The Old Man's 19.
by JLF 
, Friday, July 12, 2013, 23:56 (4096 days ago) @ Charles
My dad worked in the ID Bureau of the FWPD, and uniformed reserves several nights a week. The issue sidearm was a mod. 27 in a flap holster. He spent hours oiling and working the hinge of the flap until it was a doll rag, and filing down the "dot" snap until it barely latched, then many hours more perfecting his draw from a closed and snapped flap holster. His speed was pretty amazing. Then the dept. dropped the 27 in favor of the new 19, and it was love at first sight. Not only was the weight difference in lugging the thing around like being reborn, but his speed on the draw about doubled. My older brother has the 19 now, and I'm just patiently waiting to outlive him.
JLF
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2013-07-12, 13:11
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2013-07-12, 15:41
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