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Just watched tonight's episode of "True Detective" and during the big shootout, noticed the CHP cop carries a 4006 (I thought it was a 5906 but IMFDB says it's a .40).
Third Generation Smiths in TV & Film
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4006 TSW is duty weapon for CHP
Lightfoot4
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Andrea carried a S&W 3913 Ladysmith in "The Walking Dead" TV series.
In Good Guys Jack Bailey (Colin Hanks) carries a two-tone Smith & Wesson Performance Center .45 CQB.
Both lead characters carried 6906's in the TV series Alien Nation.
fiasconva
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One of the detectives on Major Crimes, Lt. Provenza, carries a 3rd gen. I thought it was a 4516 but according to the website above it's something else. I just can't remember what it is.
kbm6893
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Just watched tonight's episode of "True Detective" and during the big shootout, noticed the CHP cop carries a 4006 (I thought it was a 5906 but IMFDB says it's a .40).
What a shoot out! Every time you thought it was ending it kicked up again. I'd put it up in the same category as the Heat bank robbery! Lot of head shots, too. I gotta admit I cringed when the bad guy lit up the bus. Why did he do that? And why wasn't the bus driver hugging the floor?
I remember a post about the CHP. They do indeed carry a 40 3rd gen. I thought it was DAO though. And the CHP cop not only had a safety, but there was no rail.
If you recall a few months back, the CHP had some under cover officers in a "F the Po-lice" protest. Some photographer snapped a pic of an undercover pointing his 3rd gen at the protesters after he was discovered and attacked. They wisely backed off.
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kbm6893
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Yeah. Her father gave it to her! Hope she hooked him up that Fathers Day!
fiasconva
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My mistake. It was detective Flynn and he is using a 6906 according to the web.
Double-bonus points for citing "The Good Guys" !!! While admitedly cheesy at times, it was largely a very funny and highly under-rated show, that was canceled very prematurely,IMO.In Good Guys Jack Bailey (Colin Hanks) carries a two-tone Smith & Wesson Performance Center .45 CQB.
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I mean this more as an observation and hypothesis than any sort of criticism or accusation, but something just occured to me: Given the almost overwhelming proliferation of S&W semi-autos in TV and movies during this period, what do you think the chances are that S&W "greased the wheels'',so to speak? It's not at all far-fetched.....or unprecedented.
We know the cigarette companies were actively pushing their products in the movies of the mid 20th century, and later, it became an open buisness to have products and their logos prominently featured in movies and TV.
Producers could have easily used any number of pistol facsimiles in their productions, yet the 39/59 designs have been more than proportionately cast. The odds of this being mere coincidence would be very slim, IMO.
We know the cigarette companies were actively pushing their products in the movies of the mid 20th century, and later, it became an open buisness to have products and their logos prominently featured in movies and TV.
Producers could have easily used any number of pistol facsimiles in their productions, yet the 39/59 designs have been more than proportionately cast. The odds of this being mere coincidence would be very slim, IMO.
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There are genuine, known examples of this. Harry Sanford, the man behind the ATM guns and earlier, the original Automag pistols contacted Clint Eastwood and finagled the .44 Automag in to the role of "best supporting actor" in the movie Sudden Impact.
kbm6893
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Glock HAD to have done that in U.S. Marshals. The whole movie was an advertisement for Glock. That's where Tommy Lee Jones told Robert Downey to "get rid of that sissy Nickle pistol and get yourself a Glock". Then later when Downey got one he says "these things are so cool. You can shoot them underwater"
I don't think S&W paid for movies to use them. They were just so common in the 90's. they were the S&W revolver in the 50's. Everybody had them.
It's like the Beretta 92. It was THE 9MM of the 80's and 90's. Hardly a movie got made without one in it.
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At the risk of a thread drift... funny you say that about the Beretta 92.
A story was relayed by some Hollywood prop man that the famous 92 used by John McClane in the Die Hard series wasn't just the same model that was used in the Lethal Weapon series... but rather, it was actually the SAME pistol!
That one has a high round count!
A story was relayed by some Hollywood prop man that the famous 92 used by John McClane in the Die Hard series wasn't just the same model that was used in the Lethal Weapon series... but rather, it was actually the SAME pistol!
That one has a high round count!
Product placement is as big a part of a film as the actors. Many times scripts are written with a specific firearm in mind, other times it's "what would a cop in "x" city use" or "what would this type of bad guy use" and still other times it's a matter of what's available from the prop house.
kbm6893
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It is. You can see the gun on the IMFDB. It looks really beat up. It's in some display. It was definitely used in more than 1 movie.
That .45 CQB/4563 PC gets my vote for best looking .45 ever.
Annette Bening used one in American Beauty, don't know if it was 3rd gen.
yea its too bad they probably modified it to only shoot blanks or something stupid and ruined a pretty rare gun.
629shooter
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In Collateral, Mark Ruffalo carries a 6906.
kbm6893
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It's a 3913
629shooter
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Man......l guess I should watch some of these movies again before I post.
kbm6893
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Easy mistake to make. Same gun just a single stack.
And Sean Penn used an early model 6906 with the square trigger guard in State of Grace.
scoobysnacker
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Dekes lost his Beretta during a chase. At the end of that episode, Heddy gave him a S&W box and says "try not to lose this one".
I get the impression whoever wrote that is definitely into guns. The sub-plot was subtle enough that casual viewers don't catch it, but it goes like this:
- Kensi- everyone likes Sigs. We all have Sigs. Why do you have that old Beretta? It's bulky. Get a Sig.
- Dekes- I've carried my Beretta a long time. I've trained on a slide safety, my fingers know where to go. I'm not losing all that just to be cool. Sigs have a totally different layout.
- <loses the Beretta, looks sad>
- Heddy- here, take this Smith and keep your muscle memory. Same controls as Beretta, more compact like that snot-nosed kid's P228.
629shooter
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During the final bank robbery in Point Break, the off-duty officer used a 6906.
RobertJ.
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Marsellis Wallace used a 4506 in "Pulp Fiction".
My single favorite movie of the 90's!
My single favorite movie of the 90's!
5904 on Big Bang Theory
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4POmPxa1Vpk[/ame]
Please note that
A. The decocker is in the SAFE position throughout the entire scene.
And
B. Penny racks the slide BEFORE inserting the magazine and still manages to chamber a round.
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4POmPxa1Vpk[/ame]
Please note that
A. The decocker is in the SAFE position throughout the entire scene.
And
B. Penny racks the slide BEFORE inserting the magazine and still manages to chamber a round.
