LoneStar, the M68 was adopted shortly after the Newhall Massacre. CHP removed .357s from the approved list, and specified .38 +p+ for duty and practice use. Most of the info I've read attributed the CHP officers' poor shot placement to carrying .357 ammo on duty but only practicing with .38...
Circa 1970, the 4" S&W M15 in DAO format would've been standard. Most of the info I've come across said that the 6" K38 was grandfathered in for older officers...detectives could only carry 2" revolvers if they'd qualified with them prior to 1968. The field manual I bought also stated that...
Skeeter Skelton
Bill Jordan
Jim Wilson
Massad Ayoob
Anyone know what happened to Bob Hoelscher, the law enforcement writer for Shooting Times' ex-sister publication, Handgunning?
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