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Originally Posted by Texas Star
Well, no. But it DOES mean that it isn't precisely the model used by the Untouchables in real life. I thought you were under that impression.
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There, I fixed it.
In real life, Eliot Ness carried a Colt Detective Special. The rest of the Untouchables...who knows? At least one and probably more of Ness's team carried .45 ACP S&W or Colt Model 1917 New Service revolvers. Ness wrote gratefully of the stillness that evolved in a gang of criminals when one of his men pulled out such a revolver: "'Hold it just like that. This is a federal raid,' Cloonan bellowed, waving his 45-caliber Smith and Wesson. 'Everybody sit nice and quiet and nobody will get hurt.'" The command was obeyed.
The handguns of Eliot Ness and the untouchables: what guns did crime fighters use during the Prohibition Years? - Free Online Library