Police Trade-Ins

There are a lot of cops in this country and every one of them carries a modern handgun of some kind. Most of these guns are seldom fired, but carried habitually, and these guns are updated with new models every few years.


What happens to the old guns? Usually, they're purchased en masse by a wholesale gun broker, which makes sense in that a good chunk of money goes back to the city or county that bought them in the first place. The wholesaler puts them on the market at a price point that will sell them fast. Your local dealer can buy them for sale to you. I never met a handgunner who didn't have room for one more good pistol in his or her battery, as long as it was priced right.


Browsing through the latest circular from Zander's of Illinois, I find a veritable candy store of guns that once rode in John Law's holster somewhere in this nation. There are several kinds of Berettas and about as many kinds of SIGs, as well as HKs, Glocks and S&Ws. All of them are in Good or Very Good condition and attractively priced. The firm's aggressive buyers even uncovered a small cache of brand-new, unfired commercial Colt 1911A1 .45s, made in the 1950s. They want a little more for those.


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3 Responses to Police Trade-Ins

BDHale wrote:
February 09, 2011

Subscribe to outfits like J & G Sales, in Prescott, AZ, and you receive constant updates on police trade-ins. Y'all are roight, though, in that a link, at least, would be nice.

ziggs wrote:
February 04, 2011

Worthless article unless you are a dealer. No price list, no way to get one for the average reader.

Dewey E. Du Bose, SGM, USA, Ret. wrote:
January 31, 2011

Why no price list for some of these guns? Even an estimated price would have been nice. Sometimes I just don't understand why some writters fail to think like we readers do. You give us just enough info to wet our interest and then you stop. I have questions, why don't you provide the answers?