.45ACP or 9mm or BOTH?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:25 pm
This is noted in the main site from episode 1.2:
' A closeup of Magnum's gun reveals it to be a Colt Government Model .45 ACP (Series 70 model), Colt's commercial version of the standard military-issue M1911A1. In reality, Magnum's gun was actually a 9mm (though it played the role of a .45 on the show) due to its lowered ejection port. At the time, no one had yet come up with blanks that could reliably cycle a .45 ACP, so for many years, 1911s in movies and TV either weren't shown being fired or they used rough look-alikes such as the Star Model B 9mm (which is why the Star Model B was a lot more popular in TV and movies than it ever was in real life). (Noted by MaximRecoil)'
I'm not sure Magnum's pistol was a 9mm on the show. I think that the series makes a lot of continuity errors with an actual .45 shown as Magnum stalks, cocks, approaches danger, etc. The Star (which is similar but visibly different) or other 9mm lookalike is then inserted when he fires. Maybe this is what MaximRecoil meant.
This continuity issue can be clearly seen in the final scene of China doll. Another example is the season 1 episode (I'm having Magnum amnesia already) where Magnum stakes out a guy in a cheap hotel room or boarding house. He approaches with the Gov't model but goes in firing with a 9mm.
As I'm finding on this forum, it's all been thought out before. Anyone else been down this path already, and found some answers?
' A closeup of Magnum's gun reveals it to be a Colt Government Model .45 ACP (Series 70 model), Colt's commercial version of the standard military-issue M1911A1. In reality, Magnum's gun was actually a 9mm (though it played the role of a .45 on the show) due to its lowered ejection port. At the time, no one had yet come up with blanks that could reliably cycle a .45 ACP, so for many years, 1911s in movies and TV either weren't shown being fired or they used rough look-alikes such as the Star Model B 9mm (which is why the Star Model B was a lot more popular in TV and movies than it ever was in real life). (Noted by MaximRecoil)'
I'm not sure Magnum's pistol was a 9mm on the show. I think that the series makes a lot of continuity errors with an actual .45 shown as Magnum stalks, cocks, approaches danger, etc. The Star (which is similar but visibly different) or other 9mm lookalike is then inserted when he fires. Maybe this is what MaximRecoil meant.
This continuity issue can be clearly seen in the final scene of China doll. Another example is the season 1 episode (I'm having Magnum amnesia already) where Magnum stakes out a guy in a cheap hotel room or boarding house. He approaches with the Gov't model but goes in firing with a 9mm.
As I'm finding on this forum, it's all been thought out before. Anyone else been down this path already, and found some answers?