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Australian Police Surplus Coming?

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That is good news for shooters here. I bet most will be in excellent mechanical order. I do not think Kiwi PDP shoot handguns whole lot.
 
I suspect those police turn ins would be in good condition. I bought a Walther P1 in 1985 or thereabouts for $65 from a dealer. It came from a batch the West German police got rid of when they changed their pistols. Nice deal, even came with a police type flapped holster. The gun was in excellent shape with just a bit of holster wear. I doubt it had more than a couple hundred rounds through it if that.
 
One reason that the 2" barrel models might have been destroyed is because I don't think they are importable into the U.S. I recall reading that Taurus imports their snub revolvers into the U.S. with 4" barrels and then replaces them with 2" barrels in Miami.
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There was somebody on this board (or possibly another) who ordered a 2" Taurus 94 a couple of years ago and actually received one that had not been finished, so to speak. Rather than replacing the barrel, they come in with uneven "long barrels" (like 3.x" IIRC) that are cut down and crowned before resale.
 
POME's are from Australia.
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Um... "Poms" are what the Australians call Englishmen. I'm not sure what it means, but it's not a compliment: it's usually followed by a word that means "person born out of wedlock."
 
Plus S&W .38 Special Model 10-5 Blue 4 inch Pencil Pinned Barrel 38 Spl M10 mod 10 VG 1977 Delaware Department of Corrections.
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From what I've been able to piece together, the used Model 10 that I purchased recently is likely surplus, but not from the Delaware D.O.C. It's stamped "Davidson's, Prescott, AZ." in small letters on the frame. According to Robertson's Supply in TN, that's actually a legally required import stamp. Apparently, the M10's were sold by S&W on the export market, and are now returning to the States. The fact that they are model 10's and were purchased recently by Davidson's in bulk quantities leads me to believe they were originally purchased by foreign military or police forces. My dealer probably got it wholesale from Davidsons.

(The Deleware guns won't have a stamp, and most seem to have target grips. )

I would be interested to find out where these guns were originally exported to. Maybe they're from LOCAL police dept.s in Australia. My guess is Asia or New Zealand or that part of the world. Any ideas?
 
Speaking of J G sales, they have used S&W model 10's there for around $200. A great price, if they're in good working order. Don't think that's a wholesale-dealer only price, but I'm not really sure. You might check it out.
 
Speaking of J G sales, they have used S&W model 10's there for around $200. A great price, if they're in good working order. Don't think that's a wholesale-dealer only price, but I'm not really sure. You might check it out.
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I don't see any Model 10's on their website. Only parts kits -- no frame -- for $99.95. I'd pay $200 for a nice Model 10 in a New York minute.
 
I don't see any Model 10's on their website.
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Darned if I don't either. I was just sure they were there the other day. Maybe it was somewhere else. but I don't think so. They had multiuple model 10's listed from prices of $199 to $239. I got the impression they were surplus. This is the only thing I could find on my browser record, and this weapon is no longer on the site. Sorry about that.

http://www.jgsales.com/product_info...ndition-s-w/cPath/16_211_431/products_id/4710

if i find that they were somewhere else, i'll let you know.
 
Jim NE, you're not hallucinating. J G Sales did have a bunch of Model 10s recently. I sent a link to them to a friend who was looking for one. He waited too long. By this past weekend they were all gone. I was commiserating with him on Sunday about the missed opportunity.
 
Yep, I saw those on J&G as well. Seemed like a bunch, they really sold out quickly. I sure hope the ones coming in from AUS aren't DOA only.
 
"Australia leads the world with gun buybacks and destruction programs and yet here we have police and federal government licensing the export of several tonnes of concealable handguns to the only developed nation which suffers Third World rates of gun death and injury," he said. ???????:scrutiny:
 
They'll probably go to a place like J&G Sales, and be on the site for $199, then some other dealers will buy them by the truckload to take to gun shows and put on Gunbroker for $400-600.
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I'm afraid that this is correct. If a wholesaler offers them anyone who wants one will need to act fast, b-4 the re sellers snap them up.

Now, does anyone have any factual information as to when these may be offered for sale?
 
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