You are a 1940-1950 Detective - your piece would be?

[Grimjaws]

So just for fun you are a 1940-1950 time frame detective. If you could carry anything from that time period what would it be?

And do you currently have something from that time period that would work too?

Mine would be my Military and Police snub pre 10 - back strap has a T T 9 stamp from a local police department so it fits based upon born date and I'm a revolver fan. So I would carry a K frame snub and I happen to have one.

So what would your pick be?

 

[lihpster]

High Power.

 

[Ruger Nut]

Browning HI-Power.

 

[Kevin J.]

Colt 1911 in a shoulder holster.

 

[Onomea]

Dick Special, of course. (I have a 1958.)

 

[sigp220.45]

One a' deez.

 

[Rudi]

I'd have to go with a Colt Detective Special. Winchester M97 in the trunk.

 

[Absalom]

One of these two, of course. Did ANY detective of the 1940s/50s carry anything else?

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Detective Special for sure. That's the gun I see in reruns. Not for me the trigger guard hits my knuckle.

 

[Alk8944]

My first choice would be a 2" M&P Round Butt just like OP's attached photo, Good enough for Joe Friday. But then, when I was assigned as a detective in the 1970s, I carried a 2" Model 12 Round Butt

 

[Rudi]

My first choice would be a 2" M&P Round Butt just like OP's attached photo, Good enough for Joe Friday. But then, when I was assigned as a detective in the 1970s, I carried a 2" Model 12 Round Butt

Joe Friday also carried a Colt. Depending on the year of the show.

 

[HKSmith]

I was just at the range 2 days ago shooting my choice - a Colt Detective Special that letters as having been shipped to von Lengerke & Antoine in Chicago in 1946.

 

[Alk8944]

Joe Friday also carried a Colt. Depending on the year of the show.

So I have heard, but I never noticed a Colt in any of the episodes I ever saw, but then you didn't always see his gun. I do remember the 6" M&P his partner ( Frank Smith) carried, before Henry Morgan. (Yeah, Henry is correct, he changed his screen name to Harry at some time, at least before MASH.) Can't find when the Henry to Harry change occurred except sometime in the 196os.

My question is what gun did Friday carry in the radio episodes???

 

[chief38]

Either an M&P 2" RB (pre M10) or a Colt Dick Spl. While I like the S&W action better, the Colt is lighter and smaller - still holds 6.

My first CCW carry piece when I started toting in 1979 WAS a blue 2" RB M10. After a few years I opted for a M60 and then upgraded to a M60-7. Carried that one up until 4 years ago when I bought a Sig P365.

 

[alwslate]

Browning HP or for those light times, a 1934 Beretta .380.

 

[brucev]

In the 1950's? Detective? Most likely a 2 inch S&W M-10. Would of course carry it in a nice shoulder holster w/ a backup Airweight in a ankle holster. And I would of course be armed with my laser bright blue eyes with which I would dazzle anyone who I might confront. Just one look is all it'd take. They'd collapse like a bowl of jello. Probably never need to take my revolvers out of the holsters except for cleaning and to change out ammo for fresh loads. Sincerely. bruce.

 

[moralem]

Got to be a Colt detective special……

 

[moralem]

Though I love the Det. Sp. there's something about the perfect weight of the Cobra.

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[Ivan the Butcher]

Between J, K, & N frames I own 7 S&W snubbys, I own a Cobra. They are all well and good, but a 1911 (or Commander) and a 97 for when the good times roll!

Ivan

 

[BAM-BAM]

I'd look to Dick Tracy for guidance..............

The first half of that decade Dad carried whatever the Coast Guard issued him in the Philippines and other parts of the South Pacific.........................

Dad was a Sargent in the late 40s-50s and carried a Colt Detective Special when in plain cloths.