Reply #16: My understanding is the NYC Detectives still use double barrels [View All]

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For the reasons Stated Above, I just have not read or heard (or seen) such use since the 1970s (I do NOT live in NYC or even New York State). Ithaca went out of business in the early 1980s and the NYPD may have changed their policy not only for that reason but the general switch to more lethal weaponry since that time (I.e. the switch from Revolvers to Automatic Pistols).

My point as to mentioning the NYPD detectives was to show why such doubles could be advantages in situation where training time is short.