dalbert Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 All, "Sig" on this board has been doing research on Michigan State Police Colt Thompsons for a while, and recently, he located some archives that listed 77 different serial numbers for Winchester Model 97 shotguns that were issued to the various detachments in the 1930's-1940's. The list even indicates in which car each shotgun was mounted. Sig made the list available to me, and I'm posting it here for reference. Listed below are the serial numbers, and the detachments they were issued to. The list also detailed Thompsons and Tear Gas Guns, but I have only posted the shotgun list here. The undated list from the Michigan Archives is titled "Record of Gun Rack Installlations and Guns Branded." Based on the serial number range, I assume these are Winchester Model 97's. I suppose it is possible that they are Winchester Model 12's, but they were used less frequently by police departments, and it would also mean that most of them were manufactured in 1941 or later, which would be inconsistent with the other documents accompanying this list. Number Detachment 855802 East Lansing 860685 East Lansing 861625 East Lansing 857675 East Lansing 811612 East Lansing 857892 Brighton 855743 Brighton 855745 Detroit 855806 Detroit 855782 Detroit 855812 Rockwood 855699 Rockwood 811787 St. Clair 861179 St. Clair 855758 St. Clair 861348 Ypsilanti 812095 Ypsilanti 812227 Ypsilanti 862580 Romeo 811889 Romeo 898711 Bay City 855804 Bay City 855731 Bay City 811636 Flint 840162 Flint 855744 Flint 899960 West Branch 862645 West Branch 899958 Bad Axe 858455 Bad Axe 858295 East Tawas 857622 East Tawas 855795 Jackson 855778 Jackson 855827 Jonesville 855730 Jonesville 855709 Blissfield 855800 Blissfield 862575 Blissfield 857922 Erie 899909 Erie 858458 Erie 862635 Clinton 861971 Paw Paw 855792 Paw Paw 811611 Paw Paw 860787 White Pigeon 855767 White Pigeon 855702 White Pigeon 900486 South Haven 900054 South Haven 811635 New Buffalo 858788 New Buffalo 858266 Niles 811613 Niles 857670 Rockford 858268 Rockford 860930 Rockford 855706 Grand Haven 900578 Mount Pleasant 855805 Mount Pleasant 858438 Reed City 862622 Reed City 855815 Traverse City 855822 Traverse City 855740 Manistee 855738 Manistee 858554 Cheboygan 855796 Cheboygan 860683 Alpena 862784 Alpena 811812 Houghton Lake 811621 Houghton Lake 900542 Cadillac 900512 Cadillac 900577 Gaylord 900051 Gaylord It would be really cool if anyone was able to determine provenance of their shotgun(s) from this list. The shotguns may already be marked in some manner to indicate use by the Michigan State Police. David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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