Never Again ... Never Again (1.7)

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#41 Post by IKnowWhatYoureThinking »

Maybe Higgins scored it off a Nazi in North Africa in '42? I'm sure there would be a great story behind it if it had been written into the script.

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#42 Post by Sam »

Yeah Mike...That's what I see too..Still hard to tell from the pic.

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#43 Post by rubber chicken »

I took some screen captures (and brightened them), then compared them to wikipedia's list of World War II handguns (I think we all assume Higgins would use a WWII handgun). I'm pretty sure it's a Walther P38, "the dominant German handgun of World War II" and "the most popular souvenir handgun in the European theater of World War II" (link). There were slight variations before and after the P38, like the Walther HP, but it seems likely Higgins would have the P38. In this link the P38 is the third photo, and the HP is the second.

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#44 Post by J.J. Walters »

I think you nailed it RC! A Walther P38! :)

So, Higgins is protecting a Nazi (who he thought was a Jew) against Nazi hunters (who he thought were Nazi sympathizers) with a German semi-automatic pistol that was created in Nazi Germany!? How odd!
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#45 Post by Doc Ibold »

James J. Walters wrote:I think you nailed it RC! A Walther P38! :)

So, Higgins is protecting a Nazi (who he thought was a Jew) against Nazi hunters (who he thought were Nazi sympathizers) with a German semi-automatic pistol that was created in Nazi Germany!? How odd!
Thats a Higgins-esque story if I ever heard one!

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#46 Post by only looking »

Yes, those Walthers are great guns, very solid and nice shooters. In one episode, Higgins has a little trinket box and in it is a SS insignia badge, so I guess Higgins does have a few war trophies and relics.
It made me do it Higgins!!!

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#48 Post by J.J. Walters »

GMT Master wrote:This confirms the P-38.
http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Magnum%2 ... alther_P38
Holy crap! It's the mother lode [notice the correct spelling of 'mother lode'] of MPI guns! :shock: :)

I had no idea there was even a "Internet Movie Firearms Database" out there! Cool!
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#49 Post by Doc Ibold »

That is wild! Will the internet ever cease?

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#50 Post by GMT Master »

I stumbled onto it a couple of months ago. I'm a gun nut so it was a great discovery for me. I'm glad you guys liked it.
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#51 Post by rubber chicken »

Very interesting! Though it's hard to know how accurate all those choices are without screenshots and explanations. :?

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#52 Post by Styles Bitchley »

Great investigative work on the id of all those guns! Firearms certainly aren't my cup of tea, but interesting nonetheless.
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#53 Post by J.J. Walters »

rubber chicken wrote:Very interesting! Though it's hard to know how accurate all those choices are without screenshots and explanations. :?
I spot-checked a couple and havn't found any errors so far. For example, the site lists a Browning O/U 12 gauge shotgun being used for skeet-shooting in "Tropical Madness". Sure enough, Jennifer Chapman is seen using one!


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#54 Post by robspace54 »

I always that that Lena committed suicide, adding further to Magnum's depressd nature at the end. No gunshot heard in the episode...

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#55 Post by J.J. Walters »

At the very end, when Higgins says, "There will be no wild parties, no outrageous liberties, no unauthorized overnight guests!", the audio is noticeably different, and of poor quality. I originally had this down as a flub, as 'audio sound quality flubs' have occurred before in other episodes (although rare), but someone recently emailed me saying that they believe this was intentional "to recall the speakers in the Nazi [concentration] camps, as Higgie is the Nazi to the poor Magnum..." Interesting observation, as the audio does kind of sound like it's coming through a beat-up megaphone.

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