I just got an email from the Texas Ranger Museum in Waco. The Model 81 "Special Police" in their collection is indeed serial # 10045. So that means the account that Hamer acquired # 10045 through Petmeckey's Sporting Goods store in Austin, Texas then had it sent to Peace Officer's for modi...

The rifle in the Texas Ranger Museum in Waco is a Model 81 "Special Police".

You've got some good ideas C.Cash! Concerning bullet holes. There are indeed many holes in the car, I've heard something like 107. I'm not a ballistic expert so I wouldn't know for certain which bullet/pellet made what hole or if 33 caliber 00 buckshot up close can look like a 35cal high powered rif...

Howdy all! This is my first post, love the website btw :D Thanks all for chiming in. The deeper I dig, the more questions there are! Lots of varying accounts and very little I can find that was said by Hamer himself. Wonder if the rifle in question is on some kind of expense report? Dan, what is the...