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My backup gun for work was a Model 38 S&W Bodyguard. It was also my off duty gun. It finally developed problems that S&W said they couldn't fix due to a lack of parts for the 30+ year old gun. They replaced it with a no-lock 642 but the old humpback is still missed.
Reading @ChanceMcCall post about the trove of hardware he carries reminded me of a intel detective that taught at the academy. He'd come in with dirty denim farmer coveralls. a long sleeve shirt and rubber gumboots with authentic mud and animal crap still attached, along with a straw hat that barely had any crown left.
One of the students would be invited to do a post arrest body search and told (truthfully) there were no weapons in his underwear. He normally would have upwards of 20 firearms and 10 knives secreted on him including a cut down 410 stuck down his pants leg and a micro Uzi hung from paracord. Often several handguns were missed along with miscellaneous knives. After the student had done their best search he'd doff the hat while talking and drop it -suddenly showing a pair of stainless NAA mini revolvers in his hands.
As he was getting ready to end the class he'd say "Oh, Yeah!" and pull out 2 or 3 blades used in replaceable blade barber razors from beneath his chin beard. He always got a big round of applause while leaving and it was a poignant demonstration of how hard it is to find every possible weapon, much less dope, without doing a strip search.
Reading @ChanceMcCall post about the trove of hardware he carries reminded me of a intel detective that taught at the academy. He'd come in with dirty denim farmer coveralls. a long sleeve shirt and rubber gumboots with authentic mud and animal crap still attached, along with a straw hat that barely had any crown left.
One of the students would be invited to do a post arrest body search and told (truthfully) there were no weapons in his underwear. He normally would have upwards of 20 firearms and 10 knives secreted on him including a cut down 410 stuck down his pants leg and a micro Uzi hung from paracord. Often several handguns were missed along with miscellaneous knives. After the student had done their best search he'd doff the hat while talking and drop it -suddenly showing a pair of stainless NAA mini revolvers in his hands.
As he was getting ready to end the class he'd say "Oh, Yeah!" and pull out 2 or 3 blades used in replaceable blade barber razors from beneath his chin beard. He always got a big round of applause while leaving and it was a poignant demonstration of how hard it is to find every possible weapon, much less dope, without doing a strip search.
If I want a new 642 I'll buy one, and hunt for parts and someone to fix my 38.
