Old time TV guns

[SGT ROCK 11B]

I was watching on the Tubi Channel an old Serial from the late 1930s, S.O.S. Coast Guard and the Lieutenant is pocket carrying a four inch K Frame .38 revolver.

Now that was when men had deep pockets no pun intended.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

In old TV lots of lack of trigger control. Jack Lord in a episode of The Untouchables.

 

['79 Magnum GT]

When watching some of the shows I would tell my wife that I want some guns like that never recoil......

And never run out of ammo!!!!

Rick

 

['79 Magnum GT]

In old TV lots of lack of trigger control. Jack Lord in a episode of The Untouchables.
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And you wonder why he was a gun control activist? They just went off all by them selves. I didn't do anything!!!!

Rick

 

[Gunz50]

for those who remember KOJACK , Telly Savalas, I will forever remember a scene, Telly is in at a street corner midtown Mahatten lined with a row of 4/5 story walkup apartments, bad guy is on a third story fire-escape maybe 1/3 to 1/2 way down the block, within a couple of seconds of Telly seeing the perp he draws and fires his 2" 38 special revolver an lets a round fly... perfect hit-- perp dies, kind of shot Jerry Miculek could make!

 

[65-2x2]

Well, the best shot ever was when Lucas McCain, who had lost his signature rifle to the bad guy, Picked up a board, drove a nail in it for the front sight, attached a revolver to it, to get a longer sight radius, and shot the bad guy off the top of a mountain. Bad guy didn't have a chance.

 

[65-2x2]

Matt Dillon and Jim Hardy made some fantastic shots with their Colt SAA's without even having to aim! That's Star Power!

Hip shots are my specialiality. I would tell you how I aim but you wouldn't believe it.

 

[sheepdawg]

The hand's down best with a snubby was Dan Matthew's of Highway Patrol. I've seen him shoot people that were running with his Dick Special at 100 yards out of a flying helicopter.

 

[DWalt]

For you oldsters, remember that Broderick Crawford in Highway Patrol could shoot a bad guy off a tall building from 100 yards away, shooting from the hip. I think he carried a Dick Special.

Didn't see the above before I posted.

 

[Hawg Rider]

I agree...Lots of Police Positives and Official Police.

And don't forget the Detective Specials!

 

[BB57]

The hearing protection is just a part of the times. Hearing protection was not used back in the day. I could be remembering wrong, but when I was in boot camp, in 1971, when we shot on the range, I do not recall us using hearing protection. That is why so many of us old farts are hard of hearing.

I was kind of on the cusp.

Revolvers still issued with .38 +P. Postal matches in basement indoor range, where some folks used hearing protection while others would just stick a piece of .38 brass in their ear.

Tinnitus is a thing.

 

[Baltimoreed11754]

In the tv series Annie Oakley with Gail Davis she carried a pair of DA Police Positives with ejector rod housings hung on the barrels. DAs are always faster than a SA shooting duelist. Always thought she was a cute gal.

 

[roysha]

Well, the best shot ever was when Lucas McCain, who had lost his signature rifle to the bad guy, Picked up a board, drove a nail in it for the front sight, attached a revolver to it, to get a longer sight radius, and shot the bad guy off the top of a mountain. Bad guy didn't have a chance.

If I recall that episode correctly, the piece of wood had a knot in it that he knocked out and stuck the revolver through to "create" a rifle. You wouldn't believe how many boards my brothers and I looked at trying to find one with a knot large enough and loose enough to stick our "Fanner 50s" through. I don't think we ever found one. By the by, I still have a couple of the two-piece "cartridges" for them laying on my workbench just to remind me of a better time.

 

[4896worker]

Hey, Rockford was good, but he couldn't hold a candle to McGarrett. M. should have gotten a gold medal for the guy he shot that was 100 yards away, 100 feet above the ground, on a walkway in an industrial site, and running full tilt. A single shot from a quick draw flipped the guy over the guard rail to fall to his death.

Or the time a guy fleeing in a boat Magarett shot him at 100 yards with his snub and the guy flips out of the boat like he was hit with a cannon

 

[ralph7]

Hey, Rockford was good, but he couldn't hold a candle to McGarrett. M. should have gotten a gold medal for the guy he shot that was 100 yards away, 100 feet above the ground, on a walkway in an industrial site, and running full tilt. A single shot from a quick draw flipped the guy over the guard rail to fall to his death.

Danno didn't have to bookem.

 

[Hal No!]

Hey, Rockford was good, but he couldn't hold a candle to McGarrett. M. should have gotten a gold medal for the guy he shot that was 100 yards away, 100 feet above the ground, on a walkway in an industrial site, and running full tilt. A single shot from a quick draw flipped the guy over the guard rail to fall to his death.

I actually remember Rockford shooting down a small propeller plane that flew low overhead with a 2 1/2" K frame .357. I don't remember if it was a Model 19 or a 66.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

If you watched 60's UK shows like The Saint it seemed that the UK was awash with Beretta 1934s and 1935s. The occasional P38 showed up, but you rarely saw a 1911.

Lugers, too...and a couple of Baby Browning .25s for good measure.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Yup. The Saint, The Persuaders, The Avengers, The Protectors (need to watch), The Champions (need to watch), Secret Agent/Dangerman (need to watch), The Invisible Man (need to watch), That's all I can think of at the moment.

Rick

You left out "Jason King" with Peter Wyngard. If you remember Austin Powers, this was the character he was based on. In the show seems to be very fond of Berettas and mentions them frequently.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

The hand's down best with a snubby was Dan Matthew's of Highway Patrol. I've seen him shoot people that were running with his Dick Special at 100 yards out of a flying helicopter.View attachment 780143

Which changed magically during some of those scenes between being a Colt DS, a S&W 36, and a 2" S&W M10!

 

[Big guy]

Who was the TV detective that carried a 32? I thought it was Barnaby Jones but the interweb says otherwise.