Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Guns in the movies. Watching Hitchcock’s 1935 film The 39 Steps and about 45 minutes, in Professor Jordan the enemy agent in Scotland, tries to convince Mr. Hannay to kill himself. ”What if I left you alone with this revolver?”, he asks. Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 one of those semi-auto revolvers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Bet you it was script vs. available props! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 That's what happened in Thunderball. The assassin comes into Bond's room and fires six times with his silenced pistol at the lump on the bed. And from out of the shadows in the corner of the room Jimmy says, "That's a Smith & Wesson. You've had your six", and then he shoots the assassin with his silenced Walther. Except that in the movie he didn't have a Smith & Wesson. He had a 1911 Colt. Which held at the time, depending on whether you topped it off or not, either seven or eight shots. When they wrote the script, they copied that line straight out of the book. Where the assassin had a silenced Smith & Wesson six shot revolver. When they made the movie they apparently did not have a silenced revolver in props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Is there actually such a thing as a silenced revolver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said: Is there actually such a thing as a silenced revolver? The 1895 Nagant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Three Foot Johnson said: The 1895 Nagant. Pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Go to Google Images and keyword "1895 Nagant with silencer", and there are dozens of pictures and articles about this unique revolver and its ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 'cuz that revolver closes the cylinder gap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 agreed that nagant [mine is gone now] might actually work well with a silencer but ....... dont you think that even back then they looked on the silencer as menacing and evil ? it was hollywood after all and even back then the agenda was in motion , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said: Is there actually such a thing as a silenced revolver? Yes, the 1895 Nagant has a unique design that moves the cylinder forward when fired, along with a particular type of cartridge, sealing the gap between the cylinder and chamber. This traps the escaping gasses, making it supressible. In movies however they will put a suppressor on virtually any revolver. Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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