1950 s&w m&p

[noslack327]

In1970 the Metro PD paid 8500 a year to start, thats about 4.08 an hour, With bennies I made more as a sgt in the army.

[Art]

noslack

Yep, entry level Fed LEOs didn't start out very high. In 1972 I started at $7,319.00 plus about $1,800.00 quasi mandatory straight time pay for 10 hours a week of overtime. It really wasn't that bad at a time when $10,000.00 was still a salary most aspired to. You and I started out at about the same pay in two cities with comparable costs of living.

Being sort of a gun guy I wanted to carry my own revolver. My first privately owned duty gun was an 2" S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece that I believe I paid about $150.00 for. Nice pistol, very nice pistol in fact. I used to get kidded about it because at the time the fashionable guns for plain clothes officers were Chief's Specials, Bodyguards, and Detective Specials. The movie "Dirty Harry" started a trend to larger revolvers for the law dogs when it came out.

[Andouille]

Thank you, sir. I knew that was a large force and the question was probably a long shot, but had to ask.

[RCS]

My 1949 M&P has the Duel Duty grips which were often carried by the armored guards picking up deposits during the 50's and 60's

[Gatofeo]

Very nice M&P revolver.
I cannot believe that 60 years from now, shooters will smile with glazed eyes while looking at an old Glock. The old Smiths and Colts have a wonderful panache.
I'm sure you know, but other readers may not:
Don't shoot +P ammo in that old Military & Police. Smith & Wesson says that +P is only safe in revolvers with model designations. This means S&Ws made in the late 1950s, with the model number stamped on the frame under the cylinder crane.
I'm sure you had no plans to subject such a fine, old revolver to +P ammo, but others who wondered now know.