Five Police Trade-Ins For Saving Some Dough

[Annihilator]

Buying police trade ins, I have owned several of them, besides some finish wear, there great to get, most are hardly shot

Best Police Trade-In Guns (2026): Duty Guns for Less

When police upgrade their firearms, they sell off their old-duty weapons. They let them go quite cheaply, and that's a benefit to us!

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[Model 457]

Buying police trade ins, I have owned several of them, besides some finish wear, there great to get, most are hardly shot

Best Police Trade-In Guns (2026): Duty Guns for Less

When police upgrade their firearms, they sell off their old-duty weapons. They let them go quite cheaply, and that's a benefit to us!

gunsamerica.com

The good ol' S&W model 457 got an honorable mention.

 

[Recusant]

The good ol' S&W model 457 got an honorable mention.

Well, here you go! I don't know why S & W won't bring these back.

 

[Model 457]

Well, here you go! I don't know why S & W won't bring

As always, I just happen to have one right here on my side....

 

[3L120]

Still have and carry, on occasion, my issued Model and 5904. Worked then and work now.

 

[Lo-Profile]

Have a couple, I like cheap guns
Best was a S&W 4006, was the issued to a local to me Chief of Police who never shot it, he preferred his snubbie.
Was able to obtain a letter from him stating it had been his issued gun and never was shot. Sold it years later, still unfired for more than I originally paid for it.

 

[ECS686]

I concur with the S&W 64 and will add my Model 65 and 10 as well!

 

[3L120]

Still have and carry, on occasion, my issued Model and 5904. Worked then and work now.

Forgot to mention my Colt DS with shroud. Still a .38 but I run +P through it occacionally, although rarely. Plus have a Model 60 and Model 36 purchased later..l

 

[belladonna]

I have a couple of S&W M&P pistols that were LE Trade ins. There was a little bit of holster wear, but aside from that they were like new and shoot flawlessly.

 

[Anchorite]

Well, here you go! I don't know why S & W won't bring these back.

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Goodness, you’re not kidding!

 

[BarryinIN]

Dang it! He’s letting the cat out of the bag before I capitalize on it.

I’ve been planning to snag a trade-in S&W 64 for a while now.
I am a fan of the 65, the same gun in .357 Mag. A 64 would make a good practice and experimenting gun.

By “experimenting” I mean I want to try a red dot revolver, and this is one of the cheapest ways to get there.

 

[Shibadog]

Well, here you go! I don't know why S & W won't bring these back.

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Too much metal. Metal’s hard to work, molded plastic is cheap to form so profits are much higher.

 

[Recusant]

Too much metal. Metal’s hard to work, molded plastic is cheap to form so profits are much higher.

Best reason I know to collect old, well made guns.