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I haven't heard of Jason KIng but I have heard of Peter Wyngard. Never cared for the Austin Powers movies.
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Old time TV guns
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Mannix originally carried a Walther PP in 32 ACP in a strange-looking skeletal holster with a spare magazine. Matt Houston carried the same in 380. Barnaby Jones carried a S&W Model 10 four inch heavy barrel.
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Some of the shows were on You Tube...trust me you didn't miss anything. It made Adam West's Batman look like Shakespere. So corny it would pop when subjected to a heat source...probably why it didn't last long.
One of my Dad's favorite shows, and by extention mine, was Robert Taylor and the detectives I like Robert Taylor - not the Aussie but I like him too - in about anything.
One Detectives episode I recall, though I was only about 6 or 7 and didn't know a whole lot about handguns, centered on a bad robber who was known to wear a bullet proof vest and much of the blot revolved around bullets that would go through - Rober Taylor adapted with a pre- M-27 S&W. There was some discussion about handgun calibers that penetrated well.
The odd thing was the robber's wife had a grudge (seems he had mistreated her) and she replaced the steel plates in his vest with heavy soft plates (perhaps lead?) and when Taylor shot him the bullet went though both sides.
I'd love to find that since I haven't seen it since the late 50s!
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One Detectives episode I recall, though I was only about 6 or 7 and didn't know a whole lot about handguns, centered on a bad robber who was known to wear a bullet proof vest and much of the blot revolved around bullets that would go through - Rober Taylor adapted with a pre- M-27 S&W. There was some discussion about handgun calibers that penetrated well.
The odd thing was the robber's wife had a grudge (seems he had mistreated her) and she replaced the steel plates in his vest with heavy soft plates (perhaps lead?) and when Taylor shot him the bullet went though both sides.
I'd love to find that since I haven't seen it since the late 50s!
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My favorite tv gun as a kid was the very cool modified P38 in The Man from UNCLE. Would love to have one with all the accessories today lol.
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I had that (along with a ton of other toy guns) but it didn't really look like the one on tv that much.
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Lucas used an 1892 Winchester during the 1870s.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.
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The actual Man From Uncle gun. The K means that this was Illya Kuryakin's gun. Napoleon Solo had an S on his.
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The Netflix series "Longmire," although not exactly old TV, was one of my favorites. Walt Longmire, played by Robert Taylor, carried a Colt 1911 with stag grips.
So, he was a little ahead of his time. What's the problem?
Wow! she is decked out for a date!
And then the car flips over and explodes? The scenes that I love are when the car drives off a cliff and explodes mid-air. What in the dickens causes that?
He had H.G. Wells time machine out in the barn.
I had that though it was just the cap gun without all the accessories. Thanks for trip down memory lane!
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My favorite ever was an episode of The Avengers. They are being shot at on a rifle range, and the guy picks up a live cartridge, sticks it in a hole in the backstop and hits it with a rock to discharge it. Of course he hit the bad guy. I saw this decades ago but it was so hokey that I remember it distinctly. Gotta love Hollywood.
his shooting ability was simply amazing
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For a while one of the DirecTV channels was showing reruns of "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon." I already had a .455 Mark VI Webley and a red wool coat. All I would have needed to complete the set was a huskie dog.
Check out the Internet Movie Firearms Database.
Enough info on firearms used in movies and TV to keep you busy for weeks!
Enough info on firearms used in movies and TV to keep you busy for weeks!
No kiddin'. I am always on that one.
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