"HANDLING FIREARMS: SURVIVAL PROCEDURES" 1979 POLICE & LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FILM XD39644

[@roosterj2599]

I remember this video from my LEO training waaaaay back in 1993. This vid was only 14 years old back then. Seems ancient now. In 93, my small, high desert town still carried revolvers and you brought your own shotgun and/or rifle. This was part of our firearms training block of course. I had to borrow a pistol from the PD. It was cleared from evidence and was one of two loaners. It was an S&W Model 10 bull barrel, square butt .38. I loved that thing, but was pressured to get a .357 so my first personal bought duty pistol was a S&W Model 586 full lug bull barrel with a set of Pachmeyer grips. Loved that hog leg too. I carried a Mossberg M591 12g and of all things a Galil ARM .223/5.56. It was and still is my pride and joy. I had to deploy all three weapons over those years, but never fired a shot thank God. I just mastered all three and kept it at way. Good times.

[@Just1American1966]

I saw this in 1987. My agency-issued sidearm was a Model 67, a stainless version of the Model 15. Car-mounted shotguns were Mossberg 500s. A few years back, I bought a 67 for nostalgia purposes. It really is a solid revolver.

[@1978garfield]

Important info for anyone who carries a gun.

[@dfl19034]

This looks like an early Calibre Press training film. I recognize several images in their Street Survival book. Those Motorola training film are still valuable today. It is all about fundamentals.

[@ihateapplebeeswa]

Failure to prepare is to prepare for failure.

[@randallyoderjr3477]

0:14:21 Safety at home, storage etc 0:19:17 Special care for firearms

[@gonzogriff]

Gotta love those scanimate intros and animations…

[@1978garfield]

Thanks! I never knew that is what did those. I just watched a documentary about Scanimate.

[@Schlocks]

70s cops in the rust belt had issues with rust jamming the holster's button snap too.

[@SuperTf2fan]

27:05 they really had to do Lincoln like that smh

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

That should be called "The Booth Test".

[@james-faulkner]

Carved into the stock of the bolt-action rifle, "PeACe MAKeR".

[@seanbatiz6620]

Pretty well done for its time.. found the various nationwide collaboration in end credits surprising

[@lhr_arms]

Thank 😊

[@abstractapproach634]

Remember folks, penny's ain't copper no more, don't try that pin test!

[@jackpalance9509]

Only pennies 1982 or before are copper.

[@christopherdekonstrukt444]

Need to watch out for hangfire with rimfire rounds, and Squibb loads with center-fire rounds.

[@david24442]

At 25:17, a fist sized hole in the wall in the officer's locker room. It's a stressful job.

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

Good eye, Deadeye

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

Better a wall than his wife

[@Whites0x4life]

It’s crazy that as late as 1979, scuba divers still didn’t even have at least an inflatable BC. I guess that scuba diving probably didn’t gain popularity until 007 Sean Connery, in the mid 60s.

[@OmegaBahn]

Nice job restoring this instructional video.

[@heavy_chevy.0194]

Should’ve showed this to Alec Baldwin

[@Whites0x4life]

I feel like those brown and black S&W 38 revolvers, were the most popular gun in the 60s and 70s.

[@Just1American1966]

It ain't just you. They actually were, the most common being variations of the Model 10.

[@SeanConnoly]

It’s true that it becomes part of you, you feel naked without it. It all becomes heavy and it’s the things you can’t see that weigh the most.

[@palletwizard]

That kid at 17:18 was sure a eye opener. But it happens.

[@jaminova_1969]

I thought you meant the kid at 14:30. The other one was the ring leader of the local bicycle gang and had to be taken down.

[@jameskelly7782]

Images from this were used in a lot of LEO textbooks.

[@sgt.zombie]

Question Where Booby Trapped M1s a thing for police?

[@flyoverkid55]

Not really. This was made post Vietnam, where trapped small arms was employed by both sides. And the M1 carbine was a weapon of choice for " radicals " [ Symbionese Liberation Army, Black Panthers }.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

27:04 LOL that's dark

[@dudley5658]

The rules must have changed. Now cops just spray and pray until they are out of ammo any time they feel nervous. For officer safety of course.

[@isaacfreeman8860]

Well back then police training had higher standards. Now they run you through a quick course and hand you a badge

[@happyhaunter_5546]

absolutely modernly relevant information.

[@Phill87Cro]

Lots of staches :-D

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

19:30 I damn near pulled my hair out from seeing that abused revolver.

[@eancola6111]

I don’t even know how that happens, if that’s how he takes care of his weapons I’d hate to see his other things

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

@@eancola6111 I'll tell you one thing, I wouldn't let him anywhere near my guns.

[@boxspringbandicoot9554]

I think they really killed a guy during the making of this film

[@jaminova_1969]

Well it was the 70's!

[@johncaze757]

What makes you say that exactly?

[@OldCBnGuns]

It sounds like when they shot the guy in the alley in the dark they used hand grenades on the suspect

[@terranceaddison4599]

Its like...lookong at a Neo-western. It has to the revolvers..

[@ConradSzymczak]

Penny test on a shotgun. Never heard that before..

[@Qaianna]

@suspicionofdeceit According to Wikipedia, pennies may have been too. They were ninety-five percent copper until 1982, a few years after this film.

[@Sheepdog1314]

seems like no fingerprinting off weapons back then

[@bossman1974]

Gun handling 101

[@SeanConnoly]

Riverside PD

[@destinywilliams801]

Slamfire on the shotie

[@redtra236]

27:05 I like that they chose a coin with a president on it that was assassinated by being shot in the head for this demonstration lol

[@The_Toaster]

Why you should get a ak-47-ru with romanian grip xD

[@jeffkaczmarek3577]

Should be teaching the leeches of LE to know their target and what's beyond it, they still haven't learned that lesson.

[@jaminova_1969]

Let me know when BLM riots the next time a gangbanger kills a child. I do agree that the police need to be professional and trained. And they should be held accountable for their actions, same as any private citizen.

[@jeffkaczmarek3577]

@@jaminova_1969 If those blue costume wearing welfare queens were held accountable for their actions like private gun owners are, there would be far fewer riots.

[@flyoverkid55]

In that there are approx. 500,000 sworn LEOs in the U.S., if what you're alleging had any basis in reality we'd be reading about an unintentional shooting every day.

[@james-faulkner]

Frustration seems to be a good enough reason to shoot people these days.

[@james-faulkner]

@@flyoverkid55 The problem with that hypothesis is that most police shootings aren't tracked federally and some municipalities will not release the information they do have, if any. Plus the "good ole boy" system is pretty good for making accidents disappear or seem the fault of the victim.