I think the Virginia state police still carry the P229R in .357 sig. I haven’t heard any plans to change. FWIW, the asshole delegate Levine who drafted the AWB/Mag capacity ban set the round capacity limit at 12 because that’s the Capacity of the VASP sigs

Once again shows how idiotic and arbitrary mag capacity bans are

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Originally posted by jljones

The 357 SIG is still in use by the Federal Air Marshals. For a little while longer......

Chesterfield Co Va used the Smith 1076 or 1006. not sure which, for a bit around 20 yrs ago,

did not last long before they got rid of it,

one Officer I knew, (RIP) said it was a POS, and the county had lots of issues with them

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Originally posted by Kevbo:
I think the Virginia state police still carry the P229R in .357 sig. I haven’t heard any plans to change.

If I recall correctly, VSP is transitioning to SIG 320s. It appears from the wikipedia page that they kept the .357SIG.

Let’s hope it’s in 9mm and the idiot Levine then applies his same standard the next time he makes a run at a capacity ban and the VSP have 17 round mags

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Originally posted by Basenji:

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Originally posted by Kevbo:
I think the Virginia state police still carry the P229R in .357 sig. I haven’t heard any plans to change.

If I recall correctly, VSP is transitioning to SIG 320s. Can't recall if it's .357 or 9mm.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Some FBI offices still have 10mm MP5/10s available for issue to agents, but their use has been mostly superceded by ARs. (And those are SMGs, not pistols anyway.)

As of at least 3-4 years ago the Agents here in Montana still had access to the 10mm MP-5's.

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Originally posted by Fredward:
KY has super-duper scary critters. Just find the nearest trailer park.

Kanawha Cunty here in WV had 1006's for a while, forget what year they got rid of them, probably late 90's

Haha...I travel Rt 23 from Ashland to Pikeville often.
It's why I keep an AR pistol/brace setup handy.
Southern WV isn't any better, just a river divides us

I carried a Glock 20 my last three years on the job. Issue piece was the Glock 37. G20 fit in the same holster. Just had to Change mag holders.

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Originally posted by Citadel:
I carried a Glock 20 my last three years on the job. Issue piece was the Glock 37. G20 fit in the same holster. Just had to Change mag holders.

Wow - don't see much 45gap rolling around anymore. What agency/location if you don't mind?

There were a couple rural county SO’s in NE that would issue/allow 10mm use. That all seemed to have ended in the early 2000’s. IIRC they all seemed to be G20’s. Which, by the way, the only Glock I can really stand.

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Originally posted by inspcalahan:

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Originally posted by Citadel:
I carried a Glock 20 my last three years on the job. Issue piece was the Glock 37. G20 fit in the same holster. Just had to Change mag holders.

Wow - don't see much 45gap rolling around anymore. What agency/location if you don't mind?

Yes, you dont hear anything about 45GAP, 10mm seems to be having a resurgance in the civilian market, but 45GAP doesnt seem to be going anywhere in any market.

It going somewhere... down the tube.

As the last few agencies transition away from .45 GAP (after having gone with it mainly thanks to some ultra-sweet deals offered by Glock in the mid-to-late 2000s in a vain attempt to keep it on life support), the caliber is functionally dead in the LE world.

There may be some small agencies still clinging to it, but I believe the Florida Highway Patrol was the last agency of any decent size still using .45 GAP, and they just switched to 9mm Glocks a few months ago.

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Originally posted by inspcalahan:

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Originally posted by Citadel:
I carried a Glock 20 my last three years on the job. Issue piece was the Glock 37. G20 fit in the same holster. Just had to Change mag holders.

Wow - don't see much 45gap rolling around anymore. What agency/location if you don't mind?

Pa State Cops. GA State Patrol, and NYSP all got the same Deal. One for one trade for our existing weapons. I was away doing military stuff, came back and had to do transition training on the G37. I didn't care for the Beretta 96 DAO we had but liked the 37 less. Somehow found out from I forget who the 20/21 fit in the G&G holster they made for the 37. Just had to get different mag pouch to fit the bigger mags. Finished the transition training, Filled out the Personal Gun Paper work and went back and qual'ed with both. Carried either the 21 or 20 Depending and nobody ever said a word. It was a Glock.