From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reminds me of the sales stands at Pistol AD after the
Princess Anne Mall attempted kidnapping. The PPK
jammed because of inept handling so almost all police
forces got rid of them - ex-police PPs and PPKs were
selling for not much over L100!
It also brought to light several forces that did no
rotate their guns. A contact in D J Litt's told me
they had bought in a largish quanity of police guns
(mainly S&W Model 10HB's but with a smattering of PPs
and PPKs). They fell into three catagories :-
'Range guns' - almost shot to bits, well worn barrels
and loose actions. Almost unsaleable junk.
'Carry Guns' - well worn external finish but internally
excellent. Sold off cheaply or used as the basis for
PP2 and 3 conversions.
'Armoury Queens' - Almost as they came out of the box
new. But many were so full of accumulated rubbish,
debris and dust they had to have the actions stripped
so they would cycle!
Times have changed since then.
Regards
Jerry
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I don't think so, because the HMIC report in 1994 was
pretty damning of police maintenance practices of
firearms, I seem to recall they said about half
of the guns were so badly maintained as to be
unusable.
Steve.
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