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On tonight's "Longmire", they showed a burned up gun. Longmire opened the cylinder to check the cartridges. However, the gun also clearly had an ejector rod housing! The hammer spring was a double leaf spring like a large frame DA Colt.

 

Any ideas, or just more Hollywierdness?

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Recorded it but haven't watched it yet.

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Looks like a S&W Mod. 25 to me, but could be a rental black hard rubber or plastic prop gun copy of a Mod. 25. No prop company would allow a studio to burn up a real gun. You could remove the grips and cover it in ashes to make it look as if it had gone through a fire. But then somebody has to be paid to take the gun apart and clean it. Much easier & cheaper to just hold a prop gun under a faucet & rinse it off.

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Longmire said it looked like a .45. Could it have been a Smith or Colt circa 1917/1918??? I had one that took moon clips in .45 auto.

 

Rye

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Prop companies have attached ejector rod housings to da revolvers to make them look more Old Westy for years. This allows movie stars to shoot fast and look good without having to learn the complicated single action procedure. ;)

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And on an ultra picky technical note, Sheriff Longmire stated that one round had been fired (primer strike) and the other 5 had gone off from the heat. Would there not be damage to the cylinder/frame from .45 Colt rounds going off?

 

BSD

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