Pistols of the OPP

[willywonka519]

Does anyone know which pistols have been used by the OPP? Thanks.

 

[WAREWOLF]

I believe they use Glock 17's

 

[willywonka519]

I think they are currently using 229s unless they made a recent switch to glocks....
I was hoping to figure out which model of revolver was issued before the semi automatics.

 

[9.3 Hunter]

Sig 229

 

[Chuckbuster]

Currently P229. Previously 4inch Model 10.

 

[southwest maddog]

When I started in 1982 I was issued with a Smith & Wesson Model 10 with a heavy 4" barrel in .38 spl. That was the service revolver before we went to the Sig Sauer P229 pistol in .40 S&W in 1994.

 

[willywonka519]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Claybuster]

From the early 80s until the switch to the SIG 229, some OPP V.I.P. security teams were issued the H&K P7. The TRU team was also issued a customized Browning Hi-Power at one point.

 

[southwest maddog]

From the early 80s until the switch to the SIG 229, some OPP V.I.P. security teams were issued the H&K P7. The TRU team was also issued a customized Browning Hi-Power at one point.

Drug Enforcement Officers also carried H&K's and K-9 Handlers carried HP's. I think that the special services were the proving grounds for semi-automatic pistols. I remember a senior officer telling me around 1992 that I would not see pistols issued in my career. Now I have been carrying one for twenty years.

 

[thenewbieglockguy]

Yep. Definitely P229 .40. But is it the DAK model? I presume it is...

 

[napalmz86]

my brother is an OPP officer they use the 229

 

[martinjozwa]

yep and its the DAK model with a rather heavy pull

 

[willywonka519]

yep and its the DAK model with a rather heavy pull

I guess you get used to the DAK pull. My father in law (retired OPP) hated the SA/DA pull on my 226 navy....

 

[thenewbieglockguy]

I got a Dak so I could practise in a P226 platform.

 

[enefgee]

Aren't the TRU guys using X5's now?

 

[Slavex]

Yup, they shoot em well too.

 

[Chuckbuster]

From the early 80s until the switch to the SIG 229, some OPP V.I.P. security teams were issued the H&K P7. The TRU team was also issued a customized Browning Hi-Power at one point.

Aha! That answers a question I've puzzled over for quite some time. When the Pope came to Canada I had occasion to observe at least one plainclothes officer with an Hk P7 in a holster in the small of his back. I always assumed he was RCMP. But in fact, I guess he was OPP.

 

[Rich LPS]

P229 40 S&W and DAK with a special heavy trigger made just for them by Sig Sauer USA.
X5 Tactical in 9mm for the Special Troops, single action only. One of, if not the only, Units in Canada that issue and use SAO.
Replaced the Browning HP's. Highly Trained guys, and they shoot them very well.

Rich

 

[Chuckbuster]

P229 40 S&W and DAK with a special heavy trigger made just for them by Sig Sauer USA.
X5 Tactical in 9mm for the Special Troops, single action only. One of, if not the only, Units in Canada that issue and use SAO.
Replaced the Browning HP's. Highly Trained guys, and they shoot them very well.

Rich

Sudbury tactical guys have Para Ord 1911's. I was quite surprised when I saw one of them at work and took a look at what was in his holster. I'm told they are .40s.

 

[Moparman1303]

Why would they have 1911s? Since we just read tru guys got x5s? Or are you talking about Sudbury police?