Back in 2019 I picked up this nice S&W 10-5 from King's Firearms, and it is engraved on the frame with "Wayne County" followed by a badge number. King's couldn't tell me which Wayne County it came from, and everyone I have found on other forums who said that it came from Wayne County Michigan seemed to be just assuming so. It did not come with the original grips so I added the Altamont grip pictured. Since it was part of a surplus batch in 2019, I am assuming it was a county jail gun from somewhere, I know lots of jails still used revolvers but I have a hard time believing there was a sheriff's dept using six shooters as a standard-issue duty weapon in the twenty-teens. But, I know some departments just put their revolvers in mothballs when they switched to semi-autos, and took a long time to actually get around to selling them. Last week I sent off for my Letter of Authenticity from S&W, but their website says 10-16 week wait. I thought I'd post here and see if anyone knew whether or not Wayne Co deputies or corrections officers ever carried revolvers like this. Or, maybe one of you has a gun from the same batch and already put in for your letter? Thanks in advance for anyone who can provide some insight!
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