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I loved my Hoyt and carried 4 Dade Screw Machine speed loaders for my 6.5" Model 27. When I first signed on we had one unmarked 77 Plymouth Fury left. It had a 440 and the brakes were good for maybe 2 hard applications. After that, stopping and slowing was Voluntad Divina We had PR-24's and were certified with the Kubaton as well. Probably a quarter of the folks carried a beavertail in the leg pocket made for them. When I went to LE college, we actually got to have Bob Koga from LAPD teach a 2 day class with straight sticks. Cars that I rode were Gran Fury, Diplomats (dogs), Caprice, Malibu's, LeBaron. My last two cars were unmarked Malibu's and a Fusion I got at 32k miles and turned in at 102k miles. Good Times!
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I was issued a Model 66 with huge rubber grips that I replaced with Pachmayr grips. I was issued a 12 round belt loop that I never used as I bought my own speedloaders and pouch. I was issued a straight stick that I carried until I bought a PR24 and went through the training. I was issued a 36” wooden riot baton that I still have. The cars had LED DXTs that only stored two pages. It had a movable hood because sunlight washed out the screen.
The cars were a mixture. The were a couple old Malibus. The rest were the old boxy Crown Vics with huge trunks and Chevy Caprices with 350s and a four barrel carb. I always flipped the air cover lid for better air flow. All had gear driven light bars.
We started getting Gran Furies. They sucked to drive but the AC worked like a champ in the summer. When you idled at a wreck for hours it was an icebox inside.
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
Canon F-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_F-1
Issued by my ARNG unit in 1989, at which point it had evidently been out of production for about 8 years. By the time I was getting out 6 years later, they were switching over to some sissy Olympus thing. No digital stuff yet.
My MOS/ASI of 46QJ8 involved the now-fully obsolete skills of developing B&W pictures and producing color slides. Remember slides? Also learned how to lay out a newspaper literally cutting and pasting stuff. DINFOS was at Fort Ben Harrison in those days. That's obsolete, too.
Was also issued a Colt 1911 in that unit. I fired it twice in my military career.
High speed troop here.
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
I know its not as old as stuff others have posted, but to me it felt ancient. I was issued a Safariland 070 SSIII (I just love Safariland nomenclature) holster. Not only a thumb break, but an extra snap you had to defeat with your middle finger. Then, the gun still had to be rocked to the rear then up to clear leather. For many dudes, that thing was a gun case that just happened to strap to your belt.