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A Remington 870 police magnum is about the only firearm I'd buy used from my department and I would look that over real close. Everything else is pretty well wore out and not worth the hassle of getting it back to good condition. Certainly nothing I'd stake my life on. I would rather buy a new pistol and not one that has 10K plus rounds through it. Perhaps other departments don't shoot as much. Glocks are cheap new.
Which department do you work for? Dave
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When my brother became a police officer he gave me his service pistol so I can get it ready for storage. I got some gun grease and got it ready for storage. He used his own personal gun. When he retired I cleaned up his gun amd he turn that one in. It had never been fired.
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When my brother became a police officer he gave me his service pistol so I can get it ready for storage. I got some gun grease and got it ready for storage. He used his own personal gun. When he retired I cleaned up his gun amd he turn that one in. It had never been fired.
Huh? Clark
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When my brother became a police officer he gave me his service pistol so I can get it ready for storage. I got some gun grease and got it ready for storage. He used his own personal gun. When he retired I cleaned up his gun amd he turn that one in. It had never been fired.
Um, what?
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Umm I'm no Leo but I imagine that carrying a gun that wasn't approved by the chief/armorer would be bad juju if caught or in the case of using it for defense on duty. Also not sure what department doesn't know the serial number of guns they issue and would accept a different serial number back.
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When my brother became a police officer he gave me his service pistol so I can get it ready for storage. I got some gun grease and got it ready for storage. He used his own personal gun. When he retired I cleaned up his gun amd he turn that one in. It had never been fired.
When and where was this??????????? Better yet why. If they're buying you a gun why would you buy your own. That is if this truly happened.
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They issued him a 38 special but he preferred the 357 magnum.
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Interesting thread. I've purchased 4-5 copshop Glocks from Summitgunbroker, a couple of Sig 229R's from CDNN, a P220 or two from KYGuns and couple of MP40Cs from Buds. One of the MP40C's had a thin 1” strip of light rust behind the front sight and it was removed with oil and 0000 steel wool, leaving the finish intact. It was obvious from the location and shape that the cased gun was stored in a wet/damp environment and moisture collected between the foam liner & slide. Rust was present on the liner as well and foam don't rust.
I worked for or closely with about a dozen agencies over 30+ years including contract work for feds. I served as Chief or Adjunct FTO for many of them. I saw a few poorly maintained service handguns but in every case it was the personal sidearm of some fossil dick who should never have had a badge in the first place. And if I issued a sidearm that was allowed to rust like the pistol depicted in the opening post, the officer I issued it to would have been exploring other career options PDQ. I made that known from the outset and never had a problem.
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When my brother became a police officer he gave me his service pistol so I can get it ready for storage. I got some gun grease and got it ready for storage. He used his own personal gun. When he retired I cleaned up his gun amd he turn that one in. It had never been fired.
Unless the Chief authorized a personal use firearm, that sounds like a great way to get fired.
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He got the approval that he needed. Here is the announcement of his retirement back in 2009. [/URL]
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I suppose I'd do the same back in the 38 special days.
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He got the approval that he needed. Here is the announcement of his retirement back in 2009. [/URL] That's pretty cool. Travis
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Interesting thread.
I just paid Bud's $300 for one of the Detroit PD M&P40's. It should arrive by Friday. Hopefully it's in decent shape.
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Interesting thread.
I just paid Bud's $300 for one of the Detroit PD M&P40's. It should arrive by Friday. Hopefully it's in decent shape. Mine was about perfect (but it cost $319).
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just picked up the Detroit PD M&P40. bargain for $300
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Good price. Our Sig 226 DAK 40's were a bit more and the S&W 640 357's were priced stupid IMO.
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I agree with most of this thinking. IN general, police trade ins are a good deal. Carried a lot and shot a little. Most have quite a bid of holster wear. I have been happy with all of mine. But, you must buy from a reputable dealer who describes his products accurately and honestly. Most dealers are like this. If I saw a picture of that rust bucket, I would just move on. Unless it was cheap enough then I might consider buying it and cleaning it up.
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Bud's does a good job describing their police trade-ins, but I still wanna handle them before buying one.
I did that with the one I bought, but I happen to live in Kentucky and like to do a day trip now and then.
They had some Israeli? guns in, FEG Hi-Powers and CZ-75s, that looked like they'd been left in the bottom of the Dead Sea for a couple of years, lots of rust and pitting. At the price they wanted for those, I'd rather add $100 and buy the police guns, even the one pictured here looked better.
I have bought a couple 870 trade-ins before, used them for 3 Gun Matches, and had no issues. I'd monkey with them for awhile, then swap them off.
I LIKE my M&P 9mm, though, it was righteously priced and is a danged good pistol. Shoots a little high, but I can adapt.
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Bud's does a good job describing their police trade-ins, but I still wanna handle them before buying one.
I did that with the one I bought, but I happen to live in Kentucky and like to do a day trip now and then.
They had some Israeli? guns in, FEG Hi-Powers and CZ-75s, that looked like they'd been left in the bottom of the Dead Sea for a couple of years, lots of rust and pitting. At the price they wanted for those, I'd rather add $100 and buy the police guns, even the one pictured here looked better.
I have bought a couple 870 trade-ins before, used them for 3 Gun Matches, and had no issues. I'd monkey with them for awhile, then swap them off.
I LIKE my M&P 9mm, though, it was righteously priced and is a danged good pistol. Shoots a little high, but I can adapt. I had the atvantage of seeing the guns which were cherrypicked. But the ones i selected were israeli cz75's and they were muy bueno. they were from a different dealer.
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