I'll look for that on YouTube. I don't get the more obscure cable channels.
I think I read that FN-1910 Browning .32's were used by Aussie police back then. South African cops had the Webley 9mm (Browning Long) M-1909 pistol. Those cops who carried in London had the Webley .32 auto.
Police in the various colonies and Commonwealth nations also carried a lot of Webley .38's and the MK IV (commercial series) had come out the year before. A mini-series on BBC that was supposed to be authentic had those MK IV .38's on Kenya police in the 1930's and that jives with photos taken there during the Mau-Mau Emergency in the 1950's. But I saw a pic of one officer wearing a US military .45 auto in the usual US GI rig. Maybe they had some leeway. Author Robert C. Ruark wrote that he saw all sorts of WWII handguns on Kenya settlers then. But that has little to do with what police carried. A British movie made in Kenya in 1956 showed a cop wearing a brown crossdraw flap holster for his Webley MK VI .455.
But what other Commonwealth countries used won't necessarily be what Aussies had.
I think it varied with the state, as now. S&W and Glock .40's seem to be the current rage, replacing Ruger and S&W .38 and .357 revolvers. I think there are seven states, inc. Tasmania, which is an island.
We have Australian members. Maybe one will see this and know the answer.
The most likely snub S&W for a woman there then would probably be the .32 Hand Ejector or the .38 Terrier, if made then. BUT...Colt made snubs popular first, and the Detective Spcl. didn't arrive until 1927. S&W didn't make the M&P snub until 1933. I'd have to look up when snub versions of the .32 HE and the Terrier appeared.
If I was casting guns for that role, I'd choose the Colt .32 auto, in the absence of solid info to the contrary. The 1910 FN .32 would also be in the running, if the prop house had any.
And the pocket model of the Webley MK III .38 or the MK IV would be in the running, too. Keep in mind that these are NOT in the military .455 MK series. The Aussie military had the .455's and some S&W and maybe Colt .455's. We've seen some of the S&W .455's in this forum, with specific Australian military district markings.
Actually, this is an interesting question. I hope one of the Aussie members knows. But my best guess is that the TV gun isn't correct.
Is Miss Fisher even a cop? I seriously doubt that they had female cops then, let alone armed ones. If she's a civilian somehow licensed to carry a handgun, anything then available might be chosen.
If you recall the TV series, The Lost World, filmed in Queensland from 1999-2002, adventuress Marguerite Krux had a hammerless .32 or .38 and the prop house provided different ones. I think I saw a Webley WP, a S&W, AND SOME SORT OF h&r or Iver Johnspn EQUIVALENT. I DOUBT THE LAST, AS SHE WAS GUN SAVVY AND RICH AND WOULD not HAVE HAD A H&R OR iVER Johnson REVOLVER. iN FAN FICTION, I WROTE HER WITH A s&w nEW dEPARTURE .38, WHICH WAS LATER EXCHANGED FoR A m&p .38 WITH FOUR-INCH BARREL AND ROUND BUTT. tHAT SERIES WAS SET FROM 1919-1922. THE MALE HEROES HAD cOLT .45 AUTOS, A cOLT saa .45, AND SOME Webley iv .38'S, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN STANDING IN FOR mk vi .455'S. Australian PROP HOUSES ARE PROBAbLY SHORT OF GUNS DATING THAT FAR BACK. oN ThE RECENT, "Sea Patrol", CZ 9MM'S OFTEN STOOD IN FOR Browning 9MM'S. I doubt that the Royal Australian Navy really uses the CZ-75 or 85.
Sorry: I type while looking at the keyboard and I tend to hit the cursed Caps Lock. I'd deactivate it if I could. I'm really tired and don't feel like correcting the result.
Anyway, unless an Aussie member knows more, this is probably as good an answer as you'll get. If I find the show, I'm good at noticing what's used. I'll get back to you if I see it. Thanks for the tip.
Your posts are good. If I'd remembered, I'd have listed you in that topic about which members' posts we look for, in The Lounge.
