NCSUPackman
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I have an interesting story regarding a S&W model 10-6 police marked revolver:
I picked it up in a shop in West Virginia and it was marked "WAYNE P.D." When I got my history request back it said "...company records indicate that your handgun, with serial number D6######, is open on our records, therefore no further information is available."
Confused by that statement, I called Smith & Wesson customer service to ask for an explination. My call was forwarded to Roy Jinks himself and he said that statement meant that according to their files, the gun never left the factory.
I was a little dumbfounded for a minute before Mr. Jinks asked if it was a police gun. I explained that it was and had markings along the backstrap. He informed me that what probably happened was the department ordered a shipment of several guns, and someone either double wrote a serial number or skipped one when hand recording what guns were being shipped out.
His answer made me think that wasn't the first gun with that issue someone called about.
That left me curious as to what Wayne PD it came from. There is Wayne, WV outside Huntington so it's possible the gun made its way accross the state to coal country from there.
I picked it up in a shop in West Virginia and it was marked "WAYNE P.D." When I got my history request back it said "...company records indicate that your handgun, with serial number D6######, is open on our records, therefore no further information is available."
Confused by that statement, I called Smith & Wesson customer service to ask for an explination. My call was forwarded to Roy Jinks himself and he said that statement meant that according to their files, the gun never left the factory.
I was a little dumbfounded for a minute before Mr. Jinks asked if it was a police gun. I explained that it was and had markings along the backstrap. He informed me that what probably happened was the department ordered a shipment of several guns, and someone either double wrote a serial number or skipped one when hand recording what guns were being shipped out.
His answer made me think that wasn't the first gun with that issue someone called about.
That left me curious as to what Wayne PD it came from. There is Wayne, WV outside Huntington so it's possible the gun made its way accross the state to coal country from there.