Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

The following guns were used in this film:

Colt Official Police

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) loses his Colt Official Police Revolver at the beginning of the film when Willie drops it out of the getaway car after they exit club Obi Wan. Indy's had a 4" barrel and was .38 special. It had been thought that the Temple of Doom gun was the Colt New Service M1917 Revolver or possibly one of the cut down S&W's from Raiders of the Lost Ark, but new information and research has led to the discovery that it is a 4 inch Colt Official Police .38.

Colt Official Police 4" Barrel

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The same gun is used by one of Lao Che's gangsters.

Colt Official Police being used by gangster

Smith & Wesson Model 10

A 2 inch snub nose Smith & Wesson Model 10 can be seen being used by the gangster standing on the right side running board in the above photograph. EMI Elstree in the UK had rented a Colt Official Police .38 w/ 4" barrel (marked for use by Chinese gangster on left hand running board of black pursuit car), and a Smith and Wesson .38 (marked for use by Chinese gangster on right hand running board of black pursuit car).

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver Snub Nose - .38 Special. Same Frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 and Colt Official Police.

Webley Mk III

A nickel plated Webley Mk III Commercial Contract is used by Chen (Chua Kah Joo) to shoot and kill Indy's partner, Wu Han (David Yip), during the cork popping scene in Club Obi Wan. The Commercial Contract version has no butt swivel.

Webley MK lll Nickel .38 Caliber

This is a photo of the actual screen used Webley Mk III Commercial Contract

Chen holds the Webley MK III under a napkin at the table after shooting Wu Han. Interesting to note that he uses his left hand to shoot the gun.

Chen pulls his Webley MK III but is 'skewered' by Indy. This time he uses his right hand to draw the gun.

Smith & Wesson 32 Safety Hammerles

Kao Kan's (Ric Young) revolver is a Smith & Wesson 32 Safety Hammerless with a 3 1/2 inch barrel in .32 S&W caliber. It is also known as the S&W New Departure or a S&W "Lemon Squeezer". It is similar to the Smith & Wesson 4th Model but is hammerless and has a grip safety. Although it looks similar to the Webley Mk. III, you can see that the front sight is different. Another shot shows the screen used gun with white Mother of Pearl grips and not black hard rubber grips as was standard.

Smith & Wesson 32 Safety revolver with Mother of Pearl grips

Smith & Wesson 32 Safety revolver

Smith & Wesson 32 Safety revolver used by Kao Kan

Smith & Wesson Model 10

What looks like a three inch Smith & Wesson Model 10 Military & Police with the lanyard ring removed is used by Indy's partner Wu Han (David Yip). The hole for the lanyard ring can easily be seen when the revolver drops to the table. The screen used gun also had the older smooth finish grips as found on the Smith & Wesson Victory Model.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 with three inch barrel

M1928 Thompson

Lao Che's son Kao Kan (Ric Young) shoots at Indy in the Club Obi Wan nightclub with a Thompson M1928 in the opening sequence.

M1928 "Tommy Gun" .45 ACP

Lee-Enfield No 4. Mk 1

The Lee-Enfield No 4. Mk 1 was used by the Indian Army against the Temple of Doom guards at the Bridge scene.

Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British

One noteworthy scene is of an Royal Indian Army soldier having difficulty with his No 4. Mk 1 rifle. In the sequence the soldiers are cycling the bolts and firing as rapidly as they can. Being blanks there is no recoil, so the soldiers are almost 'short stroking' the cycling of the action. This soldier extracts a spent cartridge by pulling back on his bolt handle, but he does it only about 3/4th of the way before the empty brass breaks loose from the extractor claw, so he tries to load a fresh round out of the magazine before he has successfully extracted the expended brass. He struggles with two cartridges (one unspent, one spent) both jammed into the chamber, whereas after a few seconds, he pulls back hard on the bolt and both cartridges fly out, thus clearing the weapon. Thus the so called 'jam' seen on screen is purely operator error.

Soldier on the left suffers a failure to extract, causing two cartridges to get stuck in the chamber.

Martini Henry

The Martini Henry was used by the Temple of Doom Thuggees during the Mine Cart chase.

Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) .577-.450 caliber.

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Screen grab of the "Mine Cart chase" showing the Martini Henry along with a unknown revolver!

What the ----? What is that doing here? Anyway, that was unexpected, and really funny.Oliveira 21:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Ahahaha, that was awesome. Funny thing is I've been collecting a lot of legos recently.... Diego Wolfwood