A Present From A Widow Of An Old Chicago Police Detective

cirelaw · 08-04-2017, 03:12 PM

This was a present for my first will for a widow in Paoli, Pa. It was her husband service revolver and could not find the holster. It was the first gun I ever fired!!

Eugen · 08-04-2017, 03:27 PM

Well, that is cool!

cirelaw · 08-04-2017, 03:32 PM

That was the Capone era!

cirelaw · 08-04-2017, 03:49 PM

History~ http://www.guns.com/2011/06/30/a-qui...lice-sidearms/

Douglas Jr. · 08-04-2017, 04:50 PM

I guess this is a Smith & Wesson Military & Police, later renamed Model 10, chambered for .38 Special. A true classic, still in production.

cirelaw · 08-04-2017, 05:00 PM

It outlived our lugers and me too! I love the history right on the barrel! Did police stations or units ever stamp property marks?

MAUSER88 · 09-01-2017, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

It outlived our lugers and me too! I love the history right on the barrel! Did police stations or units ever stamp property marks?

Yes, sometimes under the grips on the frame.

gunbugs · 09-01-2017, 08:06 PM

Many police departments marked their guns. Sometimes on the backstrap, or on the side of the frame. One that comes to mind are the S&W model 58 41magnum revolvers for the San Antonio PD. Marked SAPD on the right side of the frame. Plainly visible.

Rick W. · 09-01-2017, 09:57 PM

Tis a fond memory to be sure. The memory of the first time is worth more than the metal that achieved it.

To have both, well..............that is indeed something special.

cirelaw · 09-01-2017, 10:20 PM

For sure it must have saved its' owners' life!!!

ithacaartist · 09-01-2017, 10:47 PM

Nice one, Eric. Now you're all set to play cops'n'robbers!

Mac Cat · 09-01-2017, 11:14 PM

This kind of history has to make you smile ! - Thanks !

08-04-2017, 03:12 PM	#1
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08-04-2017, 03:27 PM	#2
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 765 Thanks: 367 Thanked 598 Times in 317 Posts	Well, that is cool! __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

08-04-2017, 03:49 PM	#4
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	History~ http://www.guns.com/2011/06/30/a-qui...lice-sidearms/ Attached Thumbnails

09-01-2017, 10:47 PM	#11
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,284 Thanks: 7,013 Thanked 2,478 Times in 1,320 Posts	Nice one, Eric. Now you're all set to play cops'n'robbers! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-04-2017, 03:32 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	That was the Capone era!

08-04-2017, 04:50 PM	#5
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	I guess this is a Smith & Wesson Military & Police, later renamed Model 10, chambered for .38 Special. A true classic, still in production.

08-04-2017, 05:00 PM	#6
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	It outlived our lugers and me too! I love the history right on the barrel! Did police stations or units ever stamp property marks?

09-01-2017, 08:06 PM	#8
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 636 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,141 Times in 379 Posts	Many police departments marked their guns. Sometimes on the backstrap, or on the side of the frame. One that comes to mind are the S&W model 58 41magnum revolvers for the San Antonio PD. Marked SAPD on the right side of the frame. Plainly visible.

09-01-2017, 09:57 PM	#9
Rick W. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 339 Thanks: 81 Thanked 359 Times in 198 Posts	Tis a fond memory to be sure. The memory of the first time is worth more than the metal that achieved it. To have both, well..............that is indeed something special.

09-01-2017, 10:20 PM	#10
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	For sure it must have saved its' owners' life!!!

09-01-2017, 11:14 PM	#12
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 672 Thanks: 2,012 Thanked 542 Times in 292 Posts	This kind of history has to make you smile ! - Thanks !