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Let's see your LE trade-in pistols
Here are mine...two Germans and an American. From top to bottom in my picture:
Top Right: S&W 4006TSW - California Highway Patrol Center Left: Sig P6 - North Rhine-Westphalia Police (grips on this one are not original, but rather are Ash Wood grips from MarschalGrips in Hungary) Bottom Right: Walther/Manurhin P4 - West Berlin Police All fairly unique guns - the CHP 4006s were just for CHP, the P6s were a Sig P225 variant only used by West German Police, and the Manuhrin made P4s only ever saw service in West Berlin as far as I know. These firearms are each a piece of history IMO. What ex-LE pistols do you all have? |
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38 special only. Strange history where departments didn't want .357 in a service revolver so S&W created the 68.
https://revolverguy.com/missing-link...sson-model-68/ |
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An Italian Police Beretta M1951 from 1961: And a P225 from Swiss Police with Montage Suisse rollmark, heel release, and Zurich Canton flag on left side from 1985: I?€™d like to get a P6, I missed the boat when the first hit the market. They are getting too pricey for me anymore. Nice collection MattB! Last edited by Ruber; 07-14-2023 at 12:02 PM.. |
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Here’s another recent thread on the NRW high powers. Over the last few years I’ve tracked down 4 or 5 from the same series: https://highpowercollectors.proboards.com/thread/1107 Last edited by Ruber; 11-11-2021 at 8:15 PM.. |
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I have a 659 as well, though I don’t know its history. It does have a nice trigger. Very short reset. One thing I do like about the 2nd Gen S&Ws over the 3rd Gen S&Ws is that the grips are much easier to replace. The OEM grips on a 3rd Gen are a pain to replace.
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Yeah, I grabbed a P6 when the first batch came in. $340 out the door.
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I wish I had been able to pick one up at that price, but I wasn’t old enough to buy firearms at the time the P6s were plentiful. I love mine though. Put night sights on it, changed all the springs, and installed an SRT kit and the wood grips on it and now it’s exactly the way I want it. The only disappointment (and it wasn’t unexpected due to the design) is that it absolutely will not feed JHPs. Only FMJs for this one.
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Let's see your LE trade-in pistols
With the talk about the Smiths, I had to get this out. Not a trade in per se, but purchased from a retired LEO locally.
I actually bought this old S&W 59 twice. It was my introduction to DA/SA guns and I was not initially enamored with it and I traded it tor a SP01. Liking that less, I traded it for a MkIII Hi Power. Eventually my friend told me he was going to sell the 59, so I bought it back from him. I wound up replacing all the springs, firing pin, and small parts and it is now a keeper. Last edited by Ruber; 07-06-2022 at 11:00 AM.. |
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Walther PP former property of Bremerhaven Polizei
Mauser Luger, East German Deutsche Volkspolizei (I stashed away the Vopo grips for safe keeping) Last edited by SkyHawk; 11-12-2021 at 3:47 PM.. |
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Thanks. I think MarschalGrips has them available to order on their website now too. One thing I really like about ordering from them is that you can choose both the wood material and finish. I specifically chose maple wood and a gray stain finish for my 659 to contrast with the stainless finish.
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I would love to see a CBP trade in HK P2000.
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