Talk:The Assassination of Trotsky

1911 or Hi-Power?

I begin to doubt about this pistol:

At first I identified it as M1911 but now I begin to think that it looks more like a Hi-Power. There isn't any other view of this gun. In the final scene Frank Jackson holds this pistol but it is seen very briefly. Greg-Z (talk) 13:37, 5 July 2016 (EDT)

Given how thin the grip is, my first thought was TT-33. --Funkychinaman (talk) 15:04, 5 July 2016 (EDT)

An interesting idea! but some other features, like lanyard ring, doesn't match TT, as for me. Greg-Z (talk) 02:59, 6 July 2016 (EDT)

The TT-33 does have a lanyard ring on the left side of the grip. And the grip itself looks a bit thin to be a double-stack. --Funkychinaman (talk) 12:01, 6 July 2016 (EDT)

I too think this is a Hi-Power. The glint at the mid-point of the trigger guard suggests a trigger that matches that of a HP and not a 1911. The angle and light here make it difficult to tell but I think there's also the distinctive narrowing step-down at the front of the slide, again indicative of a Hi-Power. StanTheMan (talk) 14:37, 5 July 2016 (EDT)

Thanks! Also one more feature pro Hi-Power is the large lanyard ring on the grip that is rarely seen on 1911s. So then I have to ask if the pistol in hands of Jackson is the same Hi-Power or in a continuity error it switches to M1911. Greg-Z (talk) 14:56, 5 July 2016 (EDT)

Enlarged and cropped fragment.