Kojak's snubbie revolver ?

[blackpowder]

Remember the 1970's TV show "Kojak" with Telly Savallas? Does anyone know just exactly which make and model snub he carried? Was it always the same gun or different ones at different times? Bugs me that I cant find the answer on the internet

 

[mg357]

according to imfdb.org he used two revolvers a S&W model 15 and a S&W model 49 "bodyguard"

 

[goldenlight]

I remember very well the distinct shape of the 'bodyguard' S&W revolver that Kojak used most of the time.

I remember that one of the detectives (Bobby?) had a revolver with a large looking wood finger grooved grip that he wore under his suit at the 4 o'clock position.

I didn't know squat about revolvers back then, but they were probably very similar to, if not the same as, the grips on my 2 1/2 inch 686-1. Round butt wood finger grooved factory S&W 'combat' grips that are fairly large for concealment, but fairly nice for spreading out the recoil of 357 magnum loads.

My bet would be that back then, the NYPD was using the 38 Special, though.

 

[blackpowder]

Thanks, fellas, it's difficult to ID the gun watching the episodes on TV but it must have been a very small and light snubbie because more often than not he would just drop it into his right suit or coat pocket. Guess he carried it there as well and not in a holster. Although sometimes I remember him using a slightly bigger snub with adjustable sights and carrying it in a cross-draw paddle holster which was the popular mode of carry for undercover cops 2 and 3 generations ago.

 

[ldausmc1369]

Kojak's revolver

Guess it's the one he leapt from a second story window, landed on the roof of the car and shot the perp a full NYC block away and dropped him in his tracks! Always wished I could shoot a snub nose, nay, any handgun that well!

 

[blackpowder]

and anyhow, carrying a gun in ones pocket is just so much hollywood movie lore . . .
tried it with a charter arms undercover weighing just over 15 oz and still ruined my suit pockets in no time flat.

 

[O2Guy]

and anyhow, carrying a gun in ones pocket is just so much hollywood movie lore . . .
tried it with a charter arms undercover weighing just over 15 oz and still ruined my suit pockets in no time flat.

Two words: Pocket Holster

 

[blackpowder]

no, no.... watch the episodes. He just drops the piece down into his pocket. Perhaps he had a tailor sew him a reenforced pocket or something like that. . . and I don't think pocket holsters were used 40 years ago. But maybe I'm wrong. Someone here will tell us, I am sure

 

[charles isaac]

Commercial pocket holsters go back over a hundred years

 

[Rapidray]

The magazine...

Commercial pocket holsters go back over a hundred years

Guns of the Old West ( I think that is what it is called ) had a article on holsters from the western days and they showed the pocket holster... Kinda neat that some things do not chan

 

[Gunslinger808]

Guess it's the one he leapt from a second story window, landed on the roof of the car and shot the perp a full NYC block away and dropped him in his tracks!

I thought Efrain Zimbalist Jr. from the FBI was the only one that did that.

 

[shep854]

I guess this means I need to shave my head, talk funny and suck on lollipops, since I pocket-carry a 49...

 

[Marshall 357]

Who loves ya baby? I love watching re runs of old shows, times were different then, I grow up in the 80's watching Knight Rider,never used a gun? MacGyver,would make bombs out of kitchen cleaning supplies but hated guns? Yep times sure change

 

[jframe]

I'm not an actor OR a detective (although I would love to be an actor) but I would guess that, although he drops the gun in his pocket, when the scene shifted and so did the camera, the gun WASN'T in his pocket, but laying on a prop table. I figure actors carry the guns when they need to be visible, and lose the prop when it doesn't. I know, it lends a little TOO much reality to a tv show, but hey, it's their movie.

 

[shep854]

I'm not an actor OR a detective (although I would love to be an actor) but I would guess that, although he drops the gun in his pocket, when the scene shifted and so did the camera, the gun WASN'T in his pocket, but laying on a prop table. I figure actors carry the guns when they need to be visible, and lose the prop when it doesn't. I know, it lends a little TOO much reality to a tv show, but hey, it's their movie.

It's always amusing (and very interesting in the case of women ) to see them wearing tight clothes, then suddenly waving some honkin' big gun that they supposedly were carrying concealed...