Prison/police dept. property guns

[SKS Ray]

I've been seeing a distributor recently listing Remington 870 shotguns that were property of a state prison and it got me thinking about picking one up. The only thing is they don't have a stamp in the metal, just stickers in the packing showing where they came from.

I have in the past seen guns with stamped designations from being issued to certain PDs, prisons, etc. and was wondering if anyone here had any in their collection.

 

[7.62x39]

I scored a real nice pre-ban, stainless mini-14 GB model that came out of the Minnesota prison system. But it is not stamped.

 

[BriMac]

I have a Smith & Wesson 76 that came from a Georgia Sheriff's office that they purchased in 1973 from Law Enforcement Ordnance Co.,Atlanta GA. I think that old marked Smith & Colt handguns from the big cities that are anti-gun are cool to collect.

 

[7.62x39]

I have a S&W model 36 that used to belong to Kevin White (former Boston Mayor) I bought it from a prosecutor.

 

[Garys]

I have an ex California Department of Corrections 3913. It's not marked DOC, but it does have the inventory control numbers on it. I also have an ex South Hampton PD shotgun that has the stock painted SHPD. Lastly I have a pretty old Remington 870 that I bought at Zero Hour. No markings, but they had a dozen or so of them for sale.

 

[Boris]

"Detroit PD" ... word !

 

[Len-2A Training]

Lastly I have a pretty old Remington 870 that I bought at Zero Hour. No markings, but they had a dozen or so of them for sale.

It might well have been from the batch of 870s that Stoughton PD traded into ZHA. I bought one with the Surefire forend. No markings on the steel. IIRC there was a rack # on the stock (painted on), but I replaced the stock with the Knoxx Recoil-reducing stock.

My Wife bought a S&W 64-3 from Four Seasons and it is stamped "W-xxx", pretty sure it is Woburn PD badge # but never asked.

 

[PatMcD]

At one time, I had a Smith & Wesson 916 12ga pump shotgun with "MAINE STATE PRISON" crudely stamped on the receiver. I sold it because the S&W 916 was probably the worst pump ever produced, but wish I had it back for nostalgic reasons.
I also had a S&W Model 10 .38spl from the prison, but it wasn't stamped as such.

I had a local dealer who seemed to get all the Maine prison/Sheriff Dept. weapons.

 

[Garys]

It might well have been from the batch of 870s that Stoughton PD traded into ZHA. I bought one with the Surefire forend. No markings on the steel. IIRC there was a rack # on the stock (painted on), but I replaced the stock with the Knoxx Recoil-reducing stock.

I don't think it's a Stoughton gun. No markings on any of the ones they had in the rack when I picked this one up. They had maybe 8-10 in various conditions. This one had the best metal, but probably the worst wood. The friend who was with me, who was a FFL and long time collector, told me to buy the one with good metal because I could always refinish the stock. He was right, of course. I stripped the gun down, cleaned and lubed it, then sanded and refinished the stock and fore end. It looks good and shoots better.

Right now I have the butt off because I bought a recoil pad and it needed to be fitted to the stock. Actually, I sanded the stock to fit the pad. I just put the first coat of BLO on and it might not need a second.

 

[mark056]

I have a nice 5 inch barrel nickel plated S&W Model 10 stamped Detroit Police.

 

[TZCHRIS]

"Detroit PD" ... word !

Thats what my Glock 27 has all over it.