
Originally Posted by
Mas
In the 1970s, one officer in my class was a sergeant from the Pepperrell, Massachusetts Police Department. He and I were the only cops in the class who were carrying cocked and locked Colt autos in lieu of revolvers. His turned out to be .38 Super. When I asked him about it, he told me the department's handgun regs specified "Colt or Smith & Wesson .38 caliber handgun only." His chief was a good sport about it, with a response kinda like "You outfoxed the regs, dammit, but what the hell."