Portraying the Good Guys : 1920s/30s cops

[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.

[Race Bannon]

Depending on the persona, a Rossi Model 92 (Winchester 1892 clone) would be a great rifle. I would look for somethig that holds 10 shots. a companion revolver, like a used model 10 would be a great way to start. Although a shotgun is not manditory, there are plenty of pre 1950 style pump shotguns available for modest cost at gun shows ana at many gunshops. The 10 foot rule is pretty forgiving for revolvers so you don't need a 5 screw S&W, a more modern used S&W will serve just as well.

[Story]

Gratuitous inspiration

[Story]

Found this while looking for something else -

1930's Group Photos Of FBI Training Classes
http://historicalgmen.squarespace.co...s-of-fbi-trai/

From
Faded Glory: Dusty Roads Of An FBI Era
http://historicalgmen.squarespace.com/

[DeaconKC]

JL, check out the archeological expeditions of the 20s and 30s of guys like Roy Chapman Andrews. Your campaign hat would work just fine in them.

[jlottmc]

I was thinking about that, and the persona would be more of a Marine mail guard for the time than a China Marine. I was also thinking like Race, and thinking a Marlin lever gun in 38/357 would be a good choice, or a Henry Bog Boy in 44mag/44spl. with a companion revolver as well. I know the 44 mag would not be period, but the 44spl would be. Been meaning to pick up some of that action anyway. This is going to take some doing and is not going to be an overnight process.
I do appreciate the help and information you guys are giving me. My wife not so much. I may have to find a range down here that wouldn't mind playing host, and starting a chapter here. Again, thanks guys, you've given me much to think about.

[DeaconKC]

Marine Mail Guard? IMA has lots of repro holsters and accessories marked USMC! [nudge, nudge]
http://www.ima-usa.com/u-s-m-1912-ca...r-u-s-m-c.html

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In a 1920s brick fortress near the gritty corner of York Boulevard and Figueroa Street in Highland Park, the intertwined history of Los Angeles and its police force is slowly being recovered from fragile documents that were never meant to be saved.

A few steps from the bullet-riddled patrol cars from the 1997 North Hollywood bank shootout and relics of the Symbionese Liberation Army on display at the former station, Los Angeles Police Museum volunteer Joan Renner, under guidance from the Getty Museum, is painstakingly archiving half a century of bulletins that provide snapshots of the LAPD starting in 1907.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...7602035.column

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[DeaconKC]

Now that is a fantastic find! Thanks!