Talk:Dragnet (1967)

Joe Friday's carry gun is the Smith & Wesson Model 36 Chief's Special. In episode 21, "The Shooting Board", Sgt Friday shoots and kills a laundromat burglar who fires first on Friday. In one scene Sgt Friday is asked for his gun so SID, Scientific Investigation Division, can do ballistics tests on it. We see a profile of the gun in Friday's hand with Friday saying something like, "Hear is my Smith & Wesson revolver,". From that episode and scene, I conclude his carry piece must be a model 36. In the brief shot where we see Friday's gun in profile, it has the distinct thin grip of the Smith & Wesson. This distinguishes it from the Colt Detective Special so many claim Friday carried. To my knowledge his gun is never completely identified in the series.

In the picture below, however, it looks like there are six shots in the cylinder. That would make it a Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub. --Funkychinaman 15:35, 10 December 2011 (CST)

Smith & Wesson Model 10 snub nose revolver - .38 Special. Same frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.

In the 1960's Dragnet, Joe Friday does carry a Smith & Wesson model 10, as he did in the 1950's movie. In the 1950's version of the Dragnet TV show, he carried a Colt Detective Special. --Sg688 00:12, 25 March 2012 (CDT)

Excellent finding a stock photo of the Colt Officers Model Special, but it is a separate model from the plain Officers Model. Picky, Picky. --Sg688 19:01, 27 March 2012 (CDT)