Brinks M&P

skoal said:
Thats not being fired for asking a question thats a manager firing you for a chalked up bull#### reason.
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and yet the net result is identical - back to KD and Ramen noodles without even a hot gun or girl to show for it.

I'm pretty sure the only folks in Canada who have special ordered atrocious triggers for their life riskers are the Toronto Metro PD - they special ordered the 10 pound trigger, 'cause the Mass 8 pounder simply wasn't hideous enough.
 
Brinks M&Ps have standard triggers...a bit rough at first, but they get better with shooting [800 rounds for orientation, and usually a few hundred every requalification. They also have mag disconnects [not a tactical feature, just for safety when unloading...]
 
I worked in the armoured car industry for 16 years, in the Kingston area. Back then we were all carrying the 38 revolver. Every once in awhile, someone would ask why you still using those things? When I left, they were upgrading to the pistol, not sure what model. One time on a midnight run, we stopped in Belleville at Tim's for coffee, in the armoured truck. I walked in the front door, a few big crazy looking bikers pulled into the parking lot. I went into the bathroom, to talk to the driver on my radio, to ensure all was still good outside. My driver came back over the radio, and said all good, two bikers walked in behind me and are at the counter. I came out of the bathroom, and the bigger of the two bikers, turned and looked at me, and smiled. He said loud enough for everybody in the place to hear, "your pretty brave walking in here just carrying one revolver!"...I snapped back (while smiling) just as loud, "I only need two rounds!" The two bikers busted out laughing and bought me and my crew our coffee!....Was glad this guy had a great sense of humour!
 
I see lots of Brinks drivers carrying stainless revolvers, most of them around here do. Come to think of it I have never seen one carrying an M&P. Is it a new thing that they are carrying these?
 
BC sheriffs are in process of transitioning to the M&P from their 5946's, which will likely go back to the RCMP as spares.
 
ReVoR said:
The guy who regularly picks up the money from my store still carries a revolver. It's stainless, and beyond that I've no idea what it is and I'm not risking the consequences of asking. The new guy that occasionally helps him carries an M&P.
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It would be a S&W Model 64 with a 4" heavy barrel and without a hammer spur.

My firearms instructor called the heavy barrels "mountain barrels" but I don't know if that is the correct nomenclature.

It is basically the stainless steel version of the Model 10, but it's double action only.

We also had Model 10's with those little 4" noodle barrels, and the managers usually carried little 2" snubbies.

I was issued a blued Model 10 with a heavy barrel and hammer spur just before I quit in 1995.

I really liked that gun because I could #### it for my shots if I wanted to.

BTW, the load was a .38 Special +P with a 158 gr. solid lead semi-wadcutter.

I was told that they have close to the same performance as a .357 Mag.
 
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Does the RCMP ever offer their used 5946's at an auction to the public??? Sort of like a police trade in you could say... Curious if anyone has heard of something like that ever before...
 
thenewbieglockguy said:
Does the RCMP ever offer their used 5946's at an auction to the public??? Sort of like a police trade in you could say... Curious if anyone has heard of something like that ever before...
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That would be illegal on 2 grounds; first those pistols are Prohib 12.6, second there is a law which makes it illegal for any public agency to sell it's firearms when they're done with them. Members can't even keep/buy their pistols when they retire.
 
However the RCMP could likely pay for their pistol replacement program by selling them into the States, same with our military program if they sold off the Inglis HP's
 
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