The Lockerbie Smith & Wesson Model 10-11 with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson
Royal Armouries
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10m
Today's episode revolves around a Revolver with some historical significance and represents the 'last gasp' of revolvers within UK Police service.
Frederick Wilkinson. ‘Those Entrusted With Arms’ (Greenhill Books, 2002).
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/judgments/lockerbie-trial/
Comical 1980s Footage of Met Police Officers in Weapons Training (1987) by ITN Archives [Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKvLx6n2Itw ]
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