Children, do not try this at home.

https://youtu.be/jDP8BRSEjrA

That is badass. Thanks for posting that.

This one is a personal favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrYc__cOmmY

How times have changed

that was very cool, thanks!

Thanks for posting! The LASD Academy was my alma mater and I attended it 40 years after this film was made (1976)! Hard to believe its been 42 years since then, but time does "fly"!!! While we did most of our training at Bisculuz Center (in East Los Angeles), here's a pic from our week long shooting session at Wayside Honor Ranch. Most of the deputy sheriff and police officer trainees were still issued and using revolvers then, but a few departments (Santa Monica PD, Hermosa Beach PD, and Glendale PD) either issued semi-automatic pistols or allowed officers to purchase and carry their own department approved options. A couple agencies had pretty strange policies. One wouldn't allow those with revolvers to carry speedloaders on their Sam Brownes, only loops and dump pouches. Another policy allowed officers to buy and carry S&W Model 59s (15+1 semi-auto 9mms), but they could only carry a single spare magazine!

I'm the second officer from the right (in all tan), shooting my 6" S&W Model 19 that had been refinished in hard chrome by King's Gunworks in Glendale. You can't see them, but the grips on my revolver were original Hogue two-piece models that he had made in his garage, prior to becoming a big business.

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Originally posted by pulicords:
One wouldn't allow those with revolvers to carry speedloaders on their Sam Brownes, only loops and dump pouches.

As I recall, the California Highway Patrol had a dump pouch requirement at the time the Newhall murders. Something about how they looked on a uniform belt.

Neat photo, BTW; thanks.

And those crazy (literally) “trick” shooting demonstrations in the video were common in that era and before.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by pulicords:
One wouldn't allow those with revolvers to carry speedloaders on their Sam Brownes, only loops and dump pouches.

As I recall, the California Highway Patrol had a dump pouch requirement at the time the Newhall murders. Something about how they looked on a uniform belt.

My department pretty much followed where LASD lead.

Loops were worn for any "presentation" event...because they looked better; nickel and brass showing

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shooting my 6" S&W Model 19

Do you still have it?

Would be awesome to see a photo or three of it.

I to am a LASD alum as well. Graduated the Academy January 1974, Class 163. I also carried a 6” Model 19, which was hard-chromed and carried in a Hoyt forward cant holster. Cannot not remember where I had it hard-chromed but had King’s do some work for me from time to time. I lived in Glendale so they where close. I used Pachmyr grips on most of my stuff back then but use Hogue almost exclusively now.

Small world…

I still have mine, the Hoyt holster and photos. I shoot it a few times a year at our local club in Wickenburg on Revolver Day. It is Magna-Ported and shoots like a dream.

Kinda flies in the face of those who said the Thompson was "uncontrollable" on full auto.

Rhinowso- I still have the Smith, but since I almost immediately upon graduation went to a semi-automatic (Colt Series 70-.45 ACP), I only carried it on the street for a few months. In the mid-1990's, I sent the gun off to Bill Davis for conversion to a PPC gun. I still have it, but the original barrel disappeared (probably sold) as were the two piece grips from Hogue.

Prior to the conversion and afterwards it was a great shooter. I was fortunate enough to get the award for being the top shooter in our class. Here's a pic of it now and you can see it in this pic of one of our Class "A" inspections (I'm the hatless cadet in blue on the right).





Ambush-I loved those Hoyt holsters and if I'd stuck with a "wheelgun", I'd have ordered one for sure! They were the epitome of class for anyone carrying a revolver back then and even though some people liked the "Clamshell" rigs, the best of the best were those Hoyts.

Its always nice to meet up with fellow survivors of the runs up "SBI Hill" and in the "Mexican Alps"!!!