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You are a 1940-1950 Detective - your piece would be?
So just for fun you are a 1940-1950 time frame detective. If you could carry anything from that time period what would it be?
And do you currently have something from that time period that would work too?
Mine would be my Military and Police snub pre 10 - back strap has a T T 9 stamp from a local police department so it fits based upon born date and I'm a revolver fan. So I would carry a K frame snub and I happen to have one.
So what would your pick be?
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I'd have to go with a Colt Detective Special. Winchester M97 in the trunk.
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One of these two, of course. Did ANY detective of the 1940s/50s carry anything else? 
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My first choice would be a 2" M&P Round Butt just like OP's attached photo, Good enough for Joe Friday. But then, when I was assigned as a detective in the 1970s, I carried a 2" Model 12 Round Butt 
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Joe Friday also carried a Colt. Depending on the year of the show.
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I was just at the range 2 days ago shooting my choice - a Colt Detective Special that letters as having been shipped to von Lengerke & Antoine in Chicago in 1946.
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So I have heard, but I never noticed a Colt in any of the episodes I ever saw, but then you didn't always see his gun. I do remember the 6" M&P his partner ( Frank Smith) carried, before Henry Morgan. (Yeah, Henry is correct, he changed his screen name to Harry at some time, at least before MASH.) Can't find when the Henry to Harry change occurred except sometime in the 196os.
My question is what gun did Friday carry in the radio episodes??? 
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Either an M&P 2" RB (pre M10) or a Colt Dick Spl. While I like the S&W action better, the Colt is lighter and smaller - still holds 6.
My first CCW carry piece when I started toting in 1979 WAS a blue 2" RB M10. After a few years I opted for a M60 and then upgraded to a M60-7. Carried that one up until 4 years ago when I bought a Sig P365.
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In the 1950's? Detective? Most likely a 2 inch S&W M-10. Would of course carry it in a nice shoulder holster w/ a backup Airweight in a ankle holster. And I would of course be armed with my laser bright blue eyes with which I would dazzle anyone who I might confront. Just one look is all it'd take. They'd collapse like a bowl of jello. Probably never need to take my revolvers out of the holsters except for cleaning and to change out ammo for fresh loads. :-) Sincerely. bruce.
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You are a 1940-1950 Detective - your piece would be?
Got to be a Colt detective special……
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I'd look to Dick Tracy for guidance..............
The first half of that decade Dad carried whatever the Coast Guard issued him in the Philippines and other parts of the South Pacific.........................
Dad was a Sargent in the late 40s-50s and carried a Colt Detective Special when in plain cloths.
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The one I have is a Sauer 38H, DA/SA with a cocker and decocker. and a safety.
The one I don't have is a Colt 1911.
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COLT 1911 IN 38 SUPER.
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As a detective I would probably carry a Colt Cobra .38 assuming I worked in the area I grew up in. Albany had its problems but it was much better than NY City or other big cities. Gun would have been light, reasonably powerful and the city at that time only would allow .38s as duty weapons.
Yes I have a very nice shrouded Cobra ,38 and Dick special .38 of that time frame in the safe. The Cobra being lighter would be the one used.
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For all those who listed the
Hi Power, may I ask where
would you get 9mm ammo?
Sure, some was around but....
Get in line, laddies, and carry
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Don't be a weirdo. 
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The very practical choice would be the Detective Special. Its strong point was one more round than a Smith J frame. This one is mine, shipped in May1959.
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Just an hysterical historical
movie note of sorts but I
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featured in a non-war
American movie in
"House of Bamboo."
Robert Ryan in Sam Fuller's
1955 crime film carried a
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Fuller was a WWII vet and
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Colt 1911 in 38 Super (in Brill of course!)
Colt SAA in 45 Colt
Smith & Wesson model of 1926 44HE aka Wolf & Klar in 44spl (or M&P snub for smaller stature folks....)
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Rem 11 12 gauge
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1940's to 1950's Texas -
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Smith & Wesson model of 1926 44HE aka Wolf & Klar in 44spl (or M&P snub for smaller stature folks....)
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Rem 11 12 gauge
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A detective or a one-man heavy
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1940's to 1950's Texas -
Colt 1911 in 38 Super (in Brill of course!)
Colt SAA in 45 Colt
Smith & Wesson model of 1926 44HE aka Wolf & Klar in 44spl (or M&P snub for smaller stature folks....)
Winchester 94 30-30
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Just kidding, I would choose one handgun to carry, and leave the rest in my vehicle (I would say truck, but the Rangers in the 40's seemed to prefer cars??).
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X 2, and I mean that literally - 2 1911's in shoulder holsters.
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Actually , Horace Kephart wrote of , and included a picture of , a Prohibition Agent in the Smokey Mtns carrying a Luger in a unique rig , so real world usage was greater than zero .
Contemporary firearms literature shows that there was interest in the Luger among American Gun Cranks from the start , with a certain amount of Commercial Imports , plus all the WWI bringbacks . But the Luger was pretty much it for mainstream American shooters in 9x19 until post WWII bringbacks and surplus post war .
Lawmen ( and shooters generally) with an interest in full power midbore autos were all about the .38 Super , and lesser degree the earlier .38 acp .
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SAFireman's pics above , does illiustrate a meaningful Regional variation in first half of 20th Century .
A significant portion of LE and quasi LE in Texas and the Southwest , and portions of the Appalachians with histories of fueding or violent mining disputes would carry serious armaments .
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A Colt model M automatic
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Either one of these. Apologies to Smith & Wesson.
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1917 S&W .45 ACP with barrel shortened
To end of ejection rod. Stag grips with a grip
Adapter.
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Colt's Agent, made in 1955 onward for a few years
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