Cosmoline
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I'm just making sure my understanding is more-or-less correct. To my knowledge, LEO's in the US carried primarily .38 Special revolvers until the 1970's, when some upgraded to .357 Mag. revolvers. These were almost universally replaced by high-cap wonder nines in the early 1980's. By the late 1980's and through the 1990's a number of dept's upgraded to the .40, but by now virtually all departments nationwide utilize semiautos.
At the same time, the US military switched to 1911 semis as the main battle sidearm by WWII, with revolvers such as the Colt Commando and S&W Victory model taking a back seat. Of course the 1911 was replaced by the 92F.
If I'm correct, then is it true that very few LEO's ever carried a 1911 style piece for duty? Indeed did any departments utilize single action semis? It seems most use SA/DA's or DAO's.
At the same time, the US military switched to 1911 semis as the main battle sidearm by WWII, with revolvers such as the Colt Commando and S&W Victory model taking a back seat. Of course the 1911 was replaced by the 92F.
If I'm correct, then is it true that very few LEO's ever carried a 1911 style piece for duty? Indeed did any departments utilize single action semis? It seems most use SA/DA's or DAO's.