Re: Guns of the SP Railroad Police - Rich
Author: Jon
Date: 03-06-2014 - 21:33
BOB R Wrote:
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> My great uncle, "Bill" Reynolds was the station
> agent and shot an killed a robber in the Firebaugh
> SP station c. 1911. Just curious as to whether he
> would have been issued one of these beautiful
> weapons or whether he'd have used his own.
Rich, back in the day he probably used his own revolver. The ones displayed in this thread are commemorative weapons. I prefer semi-autos, but I would love to have that S&W!