Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for those insights. Do you think either the ISS Colt or the NRA Museum Colt could be traced back to any specific episodes?Pahonu wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:13 pmHaving worked in production for a few years, I can say that there were almost certainly several prop guns used in the series, none of which could fire. Lower budget productions use completely fake weapons, while those wanting more realism use actual weapons, but doing so requires following an entire set of regulations and procedures that cost time and money. An armourer is required to follow a large number of procedures even when a “dummy” weapon can’t even fire blanks. They must visually demonstrate it before each take. The firing of blanks brings eye and ear protection for all the crew and even more procedures, costing more time and money. The close-up shown is likely a dummy weapon, one of several to make sure productions isn’t delayed in any way.To The Regiment wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:33 pmInterestingly, neither the Magnum, PI Colt owned by ISS nor the one on display at the NRA Museum (which is now closed) appear to be the one in this screenshot:NotthatRick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:26 amGood read. And that picture of his Colt is very cool!To The Regiment wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 3:41 am I ran across this Gun Digest story from December 2020 titled "The Flash and Oddity of Hollywood 1911s": https://gundigest.com/handguns/the-flas ... wood-1911s
It's an interesting read, but what piqued my interest was the hi-res closeup photo of a Colt Series 70 1911 used in the original Magnum, PI production. This one is owned by Independent Studio Services and was test fired by the author of the Gun Digest story. Note the walnut grip, which differs from the plastic GI grips on the NRA Museum's Magnum, PI prop gun.
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Note the apparent scratch on this Colt's slide near the end.
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