True Detective - Season 3

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True Detective - Season 3 Country USA Language English Channel HBO Genre Crime Drama Mystery Broadcast 2019 No. of Episodes 8 Main Cast Character Actor Det. Wayne Hays Mahershala Ali Det. Roland West Stephen Dorff Amelia Reardon Carmen Ejogo

Season 3 of True Detective features Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays and Stephen Dorff as his partner Roland West, two state police detectives from Arkansas investigating a macabre crime involving two missing children across three time periods (1980,1990 and 2015). Nic Pizzolato, who wrote all eight episodes of Season 1, scripted all eight episodes of Season 3, with David Milch and Graham Gordy assisting him in scripting two, and several episodes were directed by Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room). Season 3 premiered on HBO on January 13, 2019.

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

WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!

Revolvers

Colt Python

Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) and other members of the Arkansas State Police are seen carrying a Colt Python as their sidearms in 1980.

Colt Python with 4" Barrel and factory wood grips - .357 Magnum

At the left, Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) draws his revolver in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).

The revolver on the table in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).

Smith & Wesson Model 10 M&P (Nickel)

What appears to be a Smith & Wesson M&P nickel revolver is pulled on Woodard in "The Big Never" (S3E03).

Smith & Wesson Model 10 "Military and Police" revolver - .38 Special

A Smith & Wesson M&P nickel revolver is pulled on Woodard in "The Big Never" (S3E03).

Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes) is threatened with a Smith & Wesson M&P nickel revolver in "The Big Never" (S3E03).

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub

Detective Roland West (Stephen Dorff) of the Arkansas State Police carries a Smith & Wesson Model 19 as his sidearm in 1980.

Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose, Nickel - .357 Magnum

Detective Roland West (Stephen Dorff) aims the revolver at a fox in "The Great War and Modern Memory" (S3E01).

At the right, Detective Roland West (Stephen Dorff) draws his revolver in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).

Rifles

M16

In "The Great War and Modern Memory", Hays and West inspect a photo of US soldiers in Vietnam with their M16 SP1 rifles.

M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with an A1 "birdcage" Flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1 in many Vietnam era movies. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm

Hays examines the photo in "The Great War and Modern Memory" (S3E01).

AKM

In Hays' hallucination, NVA and VC soldiers are armed with AKM rifles in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). In the same episode, Brett Woodard pulls out an AKM when confronting some men in his home.

AKM - 7.62x39mm

In Hays' hallucination, NVA and VC soldiers are armed with AKM rifles in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).

Woodard pulls out an AKM rifle from his bag of weapons in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).

Ruger Mini-14 GB

Brett Woodard pulls out a Ruger Mini-14 GB from a bag of weapons in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).

Ruger Mini-14 GB ("Government Barrel") - 5.56x45mm

A Ruger Mini-14 is also seen in Woodard's bag of weapons in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).