One of my favorite shows but I'm not sure what kind of peace maker barney carried, does anyone know?

One of my favorite shows but I'm not sure what kind of peace maker barney carried, does anyone know?

I neve looked close I just assumed it was a 4 " model 10. That what all the Mississippi Police carried in that period

A LOT of police carried Model 10's in that period.

For the record, Mayberry was in North Carolina.

S&W M&P (at least in this photo).

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I've seen some shows in which it seems to be a Model 10, others in which it is clearly a Colt Official Police.

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I'd always heard Colt Official Police, too. It was always hard for me to tell because Barney's gun shook so much any time it came out of the holster.

PC

Could be BOTH. He didn't use it that much and they may have ignored continuity on such a minor point and just grabbed a revolver out of the props dept.

I would like to think Barney carried a model 10 too....I'de lose respect if I found out it was a colt....ha ha

I've read both Colt and S&W were used in the series. My guess is both were available and whatever the prop guy grabbed, was placed in the holster. They probably looked the same to Don Knotts.

RW ....

I seem to recall that Barny's sidearm was auctioned off by the studio's property department a few years ago.

That particular pistol was a 4" Colt, Official Police. It may or may not have been in working order and it was missing the knurled knob on the end of the ejector rod.

Gavel price? Between $400.00 and $300.00 with a studio letter IIRC. Sadly, I didn't find out about the auction until it was over.

Maybe that M-10 will come up for auction one day.

Cheers ....

Da Bear

Barney's Gun It makes an appearance at 1:30.

You got to nip it in the butt!

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This has been discussed before, and if I recall, our friend Massad Ayoob says he researched it, and it was BOTH the Model 10 S&W and the Colt OP.

How very true.

On the Colt forum they claim it their a Colt Police Positve. Old Andy and Barney just came off my Christmas card list for insulting a Smith man

Naw, it was neither of the guns you guys mention. Those are 6 shooters. Barney's was a single shot.

Welldoya...ya made my night. I do believe you're right!

BTW, Andy was right to limit him to one round, and not to load it unless he had express permission. Limits the colateral damage...

Jeff

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