One-Adam-12, One-Adam 12, see the man...

[jumbeaux]

Milner will be 83 years old this year...McCord will be 72. I watch two episodes of Adam 12 on ME TV every weekday...simpler times bring back great memories...AMC Matador Police Cruiser was a real hot rod...I believe they had the 401 cubic inch V8...while I was serving in the USN there were a few in use with base security and Shore Patrol units.

rick

 

[DWalt]

I watched it back then occasionally, and liked it. I watch it now and it leaves me cold. Sort of the same story with Dragnet and Badge 714. Times change, I've changed.

 

[WardenRoss]

Thanks boys and girls for the new Likes.

I need to check back here more often.

All I'm dealing with seems to be Glocks and AR's now-a-days.

Need to take the K38 out and have some fun.....

 

[John R]

Very nice!

 

[SG-688]

I think you will find that the K-38 (Mod 14) was carried in an open top holster style with a retention strap (at least in the earlier seasons) I believe the clamshell makes the appearance with the Model 15 - 4 inch. Best.

The first year was the Safety Speed swivel with two-piece fold away strap sometimes called a fingertip release. In his 1960 Trend book, Charles Heard credited a special LAPD holster of this design to Arvo Ojala.

Next was the Safariland Mdl. 11 "Roberts Rangemaster" swivel with the full buckleless belt and accessories. I think that must be for "Duke" Roberts. (I have an 11-A with thumb break.)

Then the Safety Speed clamshell.

In that 1960 book, Charles Heard declared the clam shell holster to be dead. Then, in 1970, E. Dixon Larson in Guns declared that ... the clamshell holster was dead. I've seen LAPD officers pictured with them into the 80's. OIF2 may have data on that.

Arvo Ojala ad from 1969.



Bucheimer had one too.



This is the only reference I've ever found to JAT Industries claiming to have a contract to produce Safariland and Safety Speed style leather for LAPD. 1971.

 

[xray 99]

Martin Milner and Kent McCord...

They starred together in a show called "Nashville Beat". Their characters were ex cop partners, but not Reed and Malloy.

Kent McCord was on a few "Jag" episodes as a Navy ofc.


Sgt Lumpy

I remember seeing a young Milner playing a minor role in a war movie. I think he asked a vet if he was scared as they were about to land on the beach.

 

[Texas Star]

I watched a few episodes on YouTube last week.

I was surprised that Reed and a lady cop went to a restaurant and both were sitting with their backs to the glass door. I sometimes see real cops do that.

I've always wanted to face the door and see who comes in.

I've also seen real cops be very casual when answering burglar alarms.

I hadn't seen the show since it originally aired. I was surprised to see how old fashioned it seemed. But I still enjoy it.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Martin Milner's/Malloy's original Adam-12 holster rig just sold on eBay for a tad over $3000. Safety Speed clamshell holster for a 4" S&W with Safariland accessories.

Auction# 291195863641

 

[153]

I wish I could get $3K for my old rig ... still have all the accessories too. I saw Milner's items at the badge show, but for all the celebrity, I'd much rather have my old shirt and rig than his ...

 

[GaryS]

Halls of Montezuma. (Note: I didn't even have to Google that, how said is that?)

That's where he met Jack Webb and the rest, as they say, is history.

I remember seeing a young Milner playing a minor role in a war movie. I think he asked a vet if he was scared as they were about to land on the beach.

 

[PALADIN85020]

I watched a few episodes on YouTube last week.

I was surprised that Reed and a lady cop went to a restaurant and both were sitting with their backs to the glass door. I sometimes see real cops do that.

I've always wanted to face the door and see who comes in.

My father taught me to always sit with my back to a wall, and in a position to scan the room when seated in a restaurant. When we have a choice of seats, my wife has learned to give me deference in that regard without asking where I want to sit. It's also a pretty good idea to check out where the exits are located.

Wild Bill Hickock observed this practice, but the one time he didn't - well, you know the rest of the story.

John

 

[OIF2]

The clamshell was authorized up until almost 1990 or so...well into Bernie Park's time as chief. There were several negligent discharges with the holster, usually caused by the gun becoming loose in the holster and then firing when any pressure was put on it, like a car seat when getting in. The department banned the holster, but grandfathered in the people who already had one and let them keep it. The coppers that had one had to register their holster at the Armory and have it inspected at each qualification. Armorers were taught how to repair/tighten the holsters if the revolver was becoming loose inside.
Bob

 

[GaryS]

I do this, almost unconsciously, to this day. I don't tell people I'm doing it, I just do it more or less naturally.

The other thing I do is constantly scan around when I'm talking to people. Some people find it disconcerting when they are talking to me and I'm looking over their shoulders to see what is going on. A few have even turned around to find... nothing. Some think I'm not paying attention even though I am, both to them and to my surroundings.

I guess that makes me weird or something.

My father taught me to always sit with my back to a wall, and in a position to scan the room when seated in a restaurant. When we have a choice of seats, my wife has learned to give me deference in that regard without asking where I want to sit. It's also a pretty good idea to check out where the exits are located.

Wild Bill Hickock observed this practice, but the one time he didn't - well, you know the rest of the story.

John

 

[4330Inroute]

I do this, almost unconsciously, to this day. I don't tell people I'm doing it, I just do it more or less naturally.

The other thing I do is constantly scan around when I'm talking to people. Some people find it disconcerting when they are talking to me and I'm looking over their shoulders to see what is going on. A few have even turned around to find... nothing. Some think I'm not paying attention even though I am, both to them and to my surroundings.

I guess that makes me weird or something.

If you are weird then you have a lot of company here. I do the same thing no matter where I am.

 

[safearm]

Martin Milner played a Cub Newspaper Reporter working his way thru college in a great movie about two rich kids from Chicago murdering a young boy in an attempt to pull off the perfect crime. Set during the 1920's IIRC and I believe Orson Welles played their defense attorney. IIRC E.G. Marshall played the state attorney that prosecuted the case.

rick

"Compulsion" is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Meyer Levin, which in turn was based on the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. It was the first film Richard D. Zanuck produced.

Although the principal roles are played by Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman, top billing went to Orson Welles, who does not appear in the film's first hour.

Martin Milner played reporter Sid Brooks. Richard Anderson and Gavin MacLeod also had roles.

 

[SG-688]

I'll keep this going.

One of my favorite episodes featured the terrific Warren Stevens playing an older officer - the best police officer Malloy ever knew - returning from disability after being shot. At the end, he hangs it up again because he feels too old and can't adjust to the new ways of policing.

Gee, do I appreciate that sentiment now.



Looks like that must be "The Dinosaur" from December, 1971.

 

[Texas Star]

I'll keep this going.

One of my favorite episodes featured the terrific Warren Stevens playing an older officer - the best police officer Malloy ever knew - returning from disability after being shot. At the end, he hangs it up again because he feels too old and can't adjust to the new ways of policing.

Gee, do I appreciate that sentiment now.



Looks like that must be "The Dinosaur" from December, 1971.

Did Warren Stevens play one of the British officers on the 77th Bengal Lancers show? His co-star there later played Phillip Marlowe, the private detective. I know the actor's name but can't recall it at the moment. Phillip Carey?

 

[Texas Star]

My father taught me to always sit with my back to a wall, and in a position to scan the room when seated in a restaurant. When we have a choice of seats, my wife has learned to give me deference in that regard without asking where I want to sit. It's also a pretty good idea to check out where the exits are located.

Wild Bill Hickock observed this practice, but the one time he didn't - well, you know the rest of the story.

John

Is that the famed Dead Man's hand?

 

[Texas Star]

I wish I could get $3K for my old rig ... still have all the accessories too. I saw Milner's items at the badge show, but for all the celebrity, I'd much rather have my old shirt and rig than his ...

Who made that Jordan style holster? Are the grips Hogues?

The basketweave is distinctively wider than usual, and I don't think I've seen it.

 

[Scotter260]

Very sad to hear of Milner's health - I suppose we all get there some day though.

meTV is where I've been catching it lately - funny, twilight zone is on an hour or so earlier and I caught Milner and "Mills"
on separate episodes last week. If you look many of the houses when on-set appear to be the same between the two shows too.