The Wire - Season 3

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The Wire - Season 3 (2004)

The following weapons were used in Season 3 of the television series The Wire:

Handguns

Glock 17

The police officers use Glock 17. Many of the police officers refer to their weapons as "Nine(s)".

Glock 17 - 9x19mm.

James McNulty (Dominic West) holds his Glock 17 in "Slapstick", Season 3.

Colt Gold Cup national Match Enhanced

In the third Season episode "Middle Ground" Omar (Michael K. Williams) pulls out a stainless steel Colt Gold Cup national Match Enhanced during his confrontation with Brother Mouzone (Michael Potts) during the opening scene. Brother Mouzone and Omar get into an amusing conversation about the relative merits of their respective pistols (1911 and Walther PPK). Cheese also carries one throughout the series. It is used to put down his dog in the second episode of Season 3 and he is seen aiming it at a fellow Co-Op member in the final episode.

Colt Gold Cup National Match (Mark IV, Series 80) Enhanced with stainless steel finish and wraparound rubber grips - .45 ACP

Omar pulls his Colt Gold Cup National Match Enahnced in "Middle Ground", Season 3.

CZ 75B

In the Season 3 finale "Mission Accomplished", Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) reaches into a drawer and pulls out a stainless steel CZ 75B. It later reappears when the police are raiding Avon's safehouse.

CZ 75B with stainless steel finish - 9x19mm

Avon Barksdale retrieves his CZ 75B from a drawer in "Mission Accomplished", Season 3. The holes drilled into the ejection port indicate that it is a blank firing pistol

A stainless steel CZ 75B lying next to a MAC-10, M1911, and Beretta 92FS.

Desert Eagle

At the end of Season 3 Omar throws all of his weapons away into the dock and gets this along with his trademark shotgun.

Desert Eagle Mark XIX - .50 AE, black finish.

Heckler & Koch USP

In Season 3, after Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) gets out of prison he is seen wielding one in Stringers office.

Heckler & Koch USP - 9x19mm.

Ruger P89

Occasionally seen in the hands of dealers.

Ruger P89 - 9x19mm.

A dealer opens fire with his Ruger P89 in Season 3's "Homecoming".

SIG-Sauer P226

A nickel plated version is seen in the hands of 'Cutty' Wise (Chad Coleman).

A factory black (K-Kote) SIG-Sauer P226 pistol chambered in 9x19mm. This is a real movie gun and has appeared in several motion pictures.

Cutty (Chad Coleman) aims his SIG-Sauer P226 in "Homecoming", Season 3.

In "Slapstick", Season 3, one of the hitter's SIG-Sauer P226 runs dry as they try to kill Omar.

Walther PPK/S

Brother Mouzone (Michael Potts) carries a .380 Walther PPK/S in "Middle Ground", Season 3.

Walther PPK/S blued - .380 ACP

Close-up of Brother Mouzone's (Michael Potts) PPK/S.

Brother Mouzone (Michael Potts) opens fire with his Walther PPK/S.

Submachine Guns

MAC-10

Dennis 'Cutty' Wise (Chad Coleman) uses one when he tries to kill the corner dealers and later ditches it in a bush.

MAC-10 - .45 ACP.

One of Avon's Muscle puts down his MAC-10 in Season 3's "Mission Accomplished".

Shotguns

Mossberg 500 Cruiser

Omar (Michael K. Williams) switches from the unknown double barreled shotgun to a Mossberg 500 Cruiser in later Seasons.

Mossberg 500 Cruiser - 12 Gauge.

A Mossberg 500 Cruiser being loaded in the Season 3 episode intro.