Prisioner destroys hinged Peerless 801c handcuffs

I am a huge fan of Peerless, but I doubt this would have occurred if the prisoner was in a pair of S&W M300's. The damaged cuffs are Peerless 801C.

Here is the actual footage of how this pair of cuffs came to become broken. You can see the leverage the prisoner used to break the hinge on the handcuffs. Smith &Wesson does have a thicker, wider hinge system, but, with the right amount of leverage, in the right location, they may be able to be pried apart as well? Hard to say? When you have a suspect that is on illegal substances and feels no pain, its amazing what that person can do, given the opportunity and methods to escape. This video makes me wonder if Las Vegas PD changed this design on their interrogation table?
The manufacturers of cuffs have always said in the literature that is included when you purchase a new cuff in the box, cuffs are a temporary form of restraint. Never leave the cuffed person unsupervised.
-Richard Knip-

I am comparing my two hinged cuffs. In my opinion there is no way someone could pop the S&W handcuffs M300. 

Peerless are just a brand name now. Nice to look at, crap to trust. Best model ever was Model 2, still going years after they stopped being made. The Chinese make many  better cuffs.

washington wrote: ↑

Aug 13, 2020

Peerless are just a brand name now. Nice to look at, crap to trust. Best model ever was Model 2, still going years after they stopped being made. The Chinese make many  better cuffs.

I use to really be into Peerless, but now after your other post/PHOTO on the leg irons I am going back to S&W. There is no way that prisoner would be able to pop the M300. 

I guess this set of German handcuffs would have stopped the prisoner from popping them...  According to a passed German fellow collector who owned these cuffs, they were Nazi cuffs.
BTW; hinged handcuffs with three linked sections are by far more secure.

Such an evil creation! The Doncaster Restraint Museum in the U.K., has one of those leg cuffs as well. You can hardly move without the teeth digging into your leg!
-Richard Knip-

I would tend to agree with those whom stated earlier that this wouldn't be possible with the Smith and Wesson M-300. It's just that the Peerless, while obviously NIJ approved and tested, has two hinged linkages akin to heavy roller chain, but still of pretty small pieces of metal. The S &W model has three solid, welded connecting links which are also cross connected together, and which join together three brackets integral to the cuff body.  Of course "Anything is possible" but I'd say anyone who could conceivably break these, would have arms and wrists too big to fit into them in the first place.

RyanVaene wrote: ↑

Aug 14, 2020

I would tend to agree with those whom stated earlier that this wouldn't be possible with the Smith and Wesson M-300. It's just that the Peerless, while obviously NIJ approved and tested, has two hinged linkages akin to heavy roller chain, but still of pretty small pieces of metal. The S &W model has three solid, welded connecting links which are also cross connected together, and which join together three brackets integral to the cuff body.  Of course "Anything is possible" but I'd say anyone who could conceivably break these, would have arms and wrists too big to fit into them in the first place.

The hinges would not snap on the S&W. 

Wow, that boy needs to be handled with he "Blue Box" from now on...SMH