Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 ....and have discovered that, outside of western movies, the most popular handguns of all time were the Luger, the 1903 / 1905 Colt pocket hammerless guns, and Colt and S&W 38 revolvers of various kinds. Almost every PI, spy, foreign agent, gangster, hit man, local cop, fed, housewife, shop keeper, revolutionary, German officer and other world's military people had one.....even Patton....and many others. There were gazillions of them in movies of that time span. In movies showcasing people like Mr. Moto, Charley Chan, Roy Rogers, Mike Hammer, and a plethora of other movies, good and bad, well-known and obscure, you name it and someone was carrying one of those pieces. From Joe Kidd to The Maltese Falcon to Dick Tracy to Sherlock Holmes and many, many others one or more of those guns showed up. Some were in the hands of the stars, some were carried by miscellaneous people in the major scenes or backgrounds, some just sitting in the scene not carried by anyone one in particular. There were also a lot of little .25 automatics and big .45 pistols, but none as prolific as those three types. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 The Luger and the Colt Model M are used in older movies because there are just so dang photogenic. They're pretty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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