This will be a huge upgrade for guards and security forces!
It sure beats the heck out of the 4-inch barrelled .38 revolvers that were the mainstay of Embassy Marines, gateguards and USAF security cops through the 1950s/60s/70s.
I think the last buy of such weapons was the massive purchase of Ruger Security-Six .38s in the early 1980s, just as the M9 Beretta was being widely issued. A lot of the female troops had problems with the size of the M9s grip when pulling off a round double-action.
I still have a very cherry NIB grade USAF marked S&W M-15 Combat Masterpiece on my I love me wall "welded" to a plaque that was given to me as a gift when I left NKP......
I refused to carry it and had bought a P35 BHP downtown on the black market and carried that instead.....Hell I even still have some short stop rounds here somewhere for it !
Stay safe and thanks for the video....was that a chunk of frag or tire that got the camera ??
Flash to 2004! You must not be familiar with what private security is currently carrying for Federal site security at GSA buildings. Still the .38! And even though a .45 upgrade maybe in the works, we won't be protecting Uncle Sam (and our asses) with an MP7!