New York City Police Department
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History and development of the Smith & Wesson Model 64 NY-1 family of revolvers contract produced for the NYPD
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One of the guns that I had the most difficulty in finding for my collection of NYPD guns was a Smith & Wesson Terrier with the appropriate provenance. While I am confident that several thousand Terriers went to the Department, I can only find records for about 1,700. Once Chiefs Special’s came out, the days…
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Probably one of the most difficult New York City Police Department (NYPD) revolvers to lay one’s hands upon is a Trophy Gun. While the total number of revolvers purchased by the Department during the 20th century probably numbers slightly north of 100,000-125,000, only a small percentage were engraved as Trophy Guns. As the name implies,…