The Hey Days of The Double Action Combat Revolvers

["DoubleAction"]

.....When I think of American Combat Police Revolvers, I think of S&W and Colt. The survival of a company relies of customers and demand, in the case of Revolvers, the demand of Police Revolvers has been on the decline for many years. Many reasons accounts for the decline of the Police Revolvers : Manufacturing Costs, Ammunition Capacity, Ease of Carry, Production Assembly, and Materials Used.....Mostly Ammunition Capacity and Costs.

.....Right before the 1994 Weapons ban took effect, there was a scramble to scoop up large capacity magazines and the semi-auto pistols, that chambered these magazines....this took the values of 6 round Double Action Revolvers into a nose dive. Once the Ban took effect, the revolvers made a come back, with 8 round cylinders....and Colt even brought back the Colt Detective Special. When the Weapons Ban ended in 2004,the higher capacity semi-auto pistols could be purchased, on the per-owned market, for far less than 10 years ago....while the older revolvers was increasing in value. Why was the older Revolvers increasing in value ?.....The Older Revolvers was manufactured with all steel components, Hand Fitted by Skilled Craftsmen, and the demand for Law Enforcement Revolvers was at the peak.

.....This Incident was the game changer for Law Enforcement, and This was the beginning of the end, for the Police Combat Revolvers. The F.B.I. has at their disposal, the scientific resources to thoroughly test ammunition and pistols.

This was the incident, which would later, lead to the standard issue .40 S&W cartridge, for many Law Enforcement agencies today.

1986 FBI Miami Shootout

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www.firearmstactical.com/briefs7.htm

www.thegunzone.com/11april86.html

A Movie Was Made, Based On Actual Events. This Is The Shoot Out Scene

"In the aftermath of the 1986 FBI Miami shootout, the FBI started the process of testing 9mm and .45 ACP ammunition"


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["DoubleAction"]

.....Two of my favorite cartridges has been the .357 magnum and the .45 acp cartridge, however..In 1999, I was introduced to the .40 S&W Cartridge and 357 sig cartridge.

....We talked about the .40 S&W cartridge and the pistols that chambered this cartridge on the Handgun Review Forum, over 13 years ago. The Pistols that could chamber the .40 S&W Cartridge would be the same size as most lightweight duty pistols in the 9mm pistols, and the Sig Sauer Pistols was offering Drop-In Conversion Barrels for their 357sig cartridge, with the P-239, P-229, and P-226. The new changes that happened with the design of the pistols, was thicker frame slide rails and machined stainless steel slide.

CNC (Computer Numerical Control)

....I can not say enough how much CNC had changed the manufacturing industries and the world we now live in; This especially holds true with the firearm industry. The terms "Pre-Fit" and "Close Tolerances", no longer applies to justify the variants of the American standard ,with "Thats Close Enough". The process of using computer technology, has drastically removed the human error from the equation from the manufacturing industry forever.

At no time in history have seen the global exchange of bringing goods and services to the table of finished goods. Where in history have you seen frames produced in another part of in world, slides in a another, barrels another, and components transported by air in over night for next day delivery, and assembled for the customer in just a few hours, while maintaining a strict level of quality standards. Welcome to the world of CNC manufacturing, where "Sloppy" just don't fit in.


This slide came with a .40 S&W barrel, and I installed a factory Sig Sauer 357 sig barrel in the same slide.

.....While holding the barrel and slide up to four 48" inch fluorescent tubes, I inspected the light around the hood and the chamber area and port. Perfect Fit.

[blueglass]

That is a almost unbelievable shootout. It is sad to see the good guys get hurt or worse. The two bad idiots got what they deserved for sure but unfortunately not in good enough time. At least they will never harm anyone else again.