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simonrichter · May 7, 2013, 05:48 AM

Any ideas if and where .22lr semiautos or revolvers are or have been (more or less) officially issued as duty or Special operations handguns?

Actually, I only heard about

> the High Standard, used during WWII and subsequently by the CIA (the Gary Powers / U2 incident)

> the Beretta 70, reported to have been used by the Mossad as an "assasination" gun as well as the normal carry carry Piece for the few agents actually armed, and also by sky Israeli marshalls (mentioned in the books by Victor Ostrovsky and also in this article: http://www.tactical-life.com/tactica...mossad-22-lrs/ )

Any other cases you know of?

May 7, 2013, 05:48 AM	#1
simonrichter Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 2011 Location: Austria Posts: 758	.22lr as (special) service- and duty handguns Any ideas if and where .22lr semiautos or revolvers are or have been (more or less) officially issued as duty or Special operations handguns? Actually, I only heard about > the High Standard, used during WWII and subsequently by the CIA (the Gary Powers / U2 incident) > the Beretta 70, reported to have been used by the Mossad as an "assasination" gun as well as the normal carry carry Piece for the few agents actually armed, and also by sky Israeli marshalls (mentioned in the books by Victor Ostrovsky and also in this article: http://www.tactical-life.com/tactica...mossad-22-lrs/ ) Any other cases you know of? __________________ "Get off of my lawn!" Walt Kowalski . ISSC PAR .223