All were popular for plainclothes, undercover and off-duty law enforcement use. 38 Special snubnose revolvers (clockwise from top left): alloy-framed Cobra, Detective Special with factory installed hammer shroud and alloy-framed Agent. However, there is some evidence American law enforcement was already sluggishly progressing toward semi-autos.Ĭolt. Influencing factors leading to law enforcement’s adoption of the semi-auto include the 1986 FBI Miami shootout, the US military’s transition to the Beretta 9mm and increased violence by drug traffickers.
Also, the small, lightweight and easily concealed snubnosed revolvers are still used by undercover officers as backup guns, as well as by off-duty cops. The sight of a holstered revolver on the hip of a uniformed police officer today usually indicates great seniority.
This isn’t to infer revolvers were no longer employed, and indeed, revolvers continue to be carried daily by a grandfathered few - those who trained in revolver use as rookies. Yet they faced them anyway.īy the early 1990s, most US law enforcement agencies had transitioned from revolvers to semi-autos. Yet, fewer than 30 years ago, most American law enforcement personnel carried double-action revolvers - facing many of the same threats cops face today - but armed with 18 shots on their duty belts. Today, cops only feel adequately armed if they have a polymer, high-cap auto on their hip, with 50 rounds of ammo on-hand in magazines.
Our history is a part of us, and to ignore our beginnings is to ignore our foundation.
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