Shaft (1971)

Shaft is a 1971 film about Private Detective John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) who is hired by Harlem Mafia boss Bumpy Jonas (Moses Gunn) to find his kidnapped daughter Marcy (Sherri Brewer). With help from gang leader Ben Buford (Christopher St. John) and Police Inspector Vic Androzzi (Charles Cioffi), he ventures into a dangerous world of gangsters, pimps and junkies. The film won an Academy Award for Isaac Hayes (1942-2008) who composed the music and sung the now iconic theme song.

The following firearms were used in the 70s Blaxploitation film Shaft:

Shaft (1971) Directed by Gordon Parks

Colt Detective Special

John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) uses a Colt Detective Special 1st Gen throughout the film. Throughout the first half of the film, he carries a brown one and keeps a nickel one wrapped up in his refrigerator, which he uses for the rest of the film.

Colt Detective Special .38 Special

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Nickel Colt Detective Special .38 Special

Shaft holding his Colt Detective Special one one of Bumpy Jonas' (Moses Gunn) gangsters

Close up of Shaft and his Detective Special in the same scene

Shaft taking his nickel Colt Detective Special out of the fridge and checking the ammo

Shaft putting the nickel Colt in his holster, as he prepares to wrap up the brown one he just took out

Shaft wrapping his brown Colt

Shaft holding his Detective special on one of Marcy's kidnappers

Shaft firing his Detective Special after being shot in the arm by a kidnapper's Thompson

Shaft shooting a kidnapper while rescuing Marcy

One of Ben Buford's gangsters (in the center) holds a Colt Detective Special while rescuing Marcy

Colt M1911

One of the gangsters that Shaft fights in the beginning carries a Colt M1911, identifiable by it's ejection port which is smaller then the M1911A1. Shaft is also seen using one to arrest some of Marcy's kidnappers in a bar.

Colt 1911 .45 ACP

Shaft holding the gangster's own gun on him in the elevator

Another view of the scene

Shaft pointing the 1911 at the gangsters after knocking them down

The 1911 on Vic Androzzi's (Charles Cioffi) desk

Shaft (pretending to be a bartender) aiming his 1911 at two of the kidnappers

Shaft continues to aim at the kidnappers while they are arrested

One of Ben Buford's men (On the left) holds a Colt 1911 while rescuing Marcy

Thompson M1928

The M1928 Thompson submachine gun is commonly seen throughout the film, most notably used by Marcy's kidanppers. It is also wielded by some of Ben Buford's (Christopher St. John) men while rescuing Marcy with Shaft in the end. There is also a brief scene when three of Buford's gangsters are gunned down of a stairway by a policeman's Thompson when cops stormed his building.

Thompson M1928 with 50 round drum magazine .45 APC

A policeman's Thompson cuts down Ben Buford's men

Marcy's kidnappers aims there Thompsons

A kidnapper holds his Thompson on Shaft after shooting him in the arm

One of the kidnappers picks up his Thompson while guarding Marcy

Ben Buford with his Thompson

Ben Buford fires his Thompson at a kidnapper

Close up of Buford's Thompson as he guns down more kidnappers

Smith & Wesson Model 10

The Smith & Wesson Model 10 is briefly seen being used by one of Ben Buford's gangsters and one of the kidnappers. A snubnose version is also seen being held by one of Buford's men.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38 Special

One of Buford's men (dressed as a waiter) with a Model 10

A kidnapper with a Model 10 before being shot by Buford's Thompson

Smith & Wesson Model 10 snubnose .38 Special

One of Buford's men (On the right) with a Model 10 snubnose

Colt Model 1903 Hammerless

One of Buford's men can briefly be seen with a Colt Model 1903 while rescuing Marcy.

Colt Model 1903 Hammerless .32 ACP

One of Buford's men holds the 1903 Hammerless on a cook in order to get disguises

Another shot of the scene