Portraying the Good Guys : 1920s/30s cops

[DeaconKC]

Here's a link with some great photos of Railroad Police:
http://www.therailroadpolice.com/photos.htm

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Note : there's caper/scenario potential here, one or two 'Good Guys' versus the pre-TV age insane serial killer.

Unruh files released.




http://www.philly.com/philly/news/140345203.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/video/B...70325001.html4

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Ho...osecutors.html

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Jan. 9, 1930 New York Times: “The latest thing in speakeasies: Sergeant Frank T. Zimmie and Detective Joseph Pallinado of the Philadelphia Police, exhibiting one of the twelve pint bottles of liquor cached in the papier-mâché clothes dummy, draped with an evening gown, found in the tailor shop they raided.” Two days later, The Times published an article about claims of a “police protected” speakeasy made at a luncheon of the Women’s Organization for Prohibition Reform in Philadelphia.

[DeaconKC]

Here's a great link on Lawmen's holsters from history:
http://www.gunblast.com/WBell_PoliceHolsterHist.htm
and another cool link:
http://njrpfa.com/njstatepolice.pdf

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A History of FBI Handguns
http://www.americanrifleman.org/arti...-fbi-handguns/

[DeaconKC]

Thanks for the pics, a very nice piece of history.

[DeaconKC]

Great picture of a gambling raid in 1925
http://www.shorpy.com/node/9192?size=_original

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Philadelphia Police Department circa 1944.
Some of them look sharp.
Others, not so much.

[jlottmc]

I may have to look into this, I kind of want to get into some fun shooting, and this would be right up my alley, I'd have to use reproductions though, I'm still a working man.

[DeaconKC]

We got another one on the hook folks!

[G Man]

I've been doing it from the beginning

Gentelmen,

If you look at the Wall Street Journal photos you will see how to portray a good guy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...5436.html#prev

Thanks
G Man AZSA #11

[jlottmc]

My concern there would be that most police in the period carried a 32, or 38 revolver. Not a bad thing to have to get a model 10 to shoot with, but dump pouches would be a pain, and I like my 1911. Of course I would have to get one a little more period correct, and would have to use my MILSURP rifles for those stages, which would knock out my Enfield. That one is a 2A, and since the .308 was not around then, I don't figure I could use it.
How would an M44 Moisin-Nagant fair in rifle matches, and a breech-break shotgun (single shot) do as well?
Dang it, now I'm going to be spending more money on guns and gear. Thanks guys.

[DeaconKC]

Hi ya JL, here is the link with the rules for your guns:
http://www.zootshooters.com/rules
And now you have a great excuse to get another 1911 or a 1917 revolver. You will have to reload for a milsurp rifle as the 1400 fps rule will not allow factory loads [unless there is some seriously downloaded stuff being made i don't know about].

[Bawanna]

Hi ya JL, here is the link with the rules for your guns:
http://www.zootshooters.com/rules
And now you have a great excuse to get another 1911 or a 1917 revolver. You will have to reload for a milsurp rifle as the 1400 fps rule will not allow factory loads [unless there is some seriously downloaded stuff being made i don't know about].

Oooh, I want another 1911 and a 1917 revolver (I know where one is).

Can I be Melvin Purvis? He the right era. Maybe Frank Hammer? I better study up on my gangster history so I can talk intelligent.
Definitely have to get that SBR license and the correct barrel on my Tommy too.

[jlottmc]

Guess that means I need an M-1 carbine too. Reading that means getting into this is going to be expensive, and difficult. Then there is the start up around here, no club, hmmm, more thought is required.
I saw also that military type costumes are not generally excepted, unless they were of a Prohibition type action, kind a shame that I wouldn't be able to have a persona with a China Marine background. Maybe something that is more true to life than I care to admit. I dunno, looks fun, so we'll see.