"Pretty Boy" Floyd

The collection includes one of gangster “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s Colt Model 1911 pistols. This particular pistol once hung on Director J. Edgar Hoover’s so-called “wall of shame,” which included weapons belonging to criminals who were sought by the Bureau.
"Pretty Boy" Floyd
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Disposition

Firearms submitted to the Lab for disposition that are already well represented in the collection are slated for destruction.

Disposition
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Largest Revolver

The largest revolver in the collection is a Smith & Wesson 500, shown here (bottom) with the Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, which was made famous in the movie “Dirty Harry.”

Largest Revolver