Midsomer Murders - Season 9

Midsomer Murders Country UK Channel ITV Creator Caroline Graham Brian True-May Jo Wright Genre Detective Drama Broadcast 2005 – 2006 Main Cast Character Actor Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby John Nettles Joyce Barnaby Jane Wymark Cully Barnaby Laura Howard Sgt Benjamin Jones Jason Hughes Doctor George Bullard Barry Jackson

The following weapons were used in Season 9 of the television series Midsomer Murders:

Revolvers

Webley .38 Mk IV

In "Four Funerals and a Wedding" (S9E5) Tom Barnaby (John Nettles), who is a guest of honor on the fair in Broughton, fires a blank-firing revolver to start the race. This revolver looks like a converted Webley .38 Mk IV with 4" barrel though it differs in several details including the shape of trigger guard.

Webley Mk IV, 4" barrelled "Duty" model - .38 S&W

Tom Barnaby readies to fire.

A close view at the revolver.

Barnaby holds the revolver.

Pistols

Browning Hi-Power

A Browning Hi-Power used to commit murder 18 years previously is found an abandoned house's chimney in "The House in the Woods" (S9E1).

Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm

A close view at the pistol.

Dr. Bullard (Barry Jackson) and Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) study the pistol. Sgt Benjamin Jones (Jason Hughes) is seen at the background.

Shotguns

Double Barreled Side by Side Shotgun

Double barreled side by side shotguns are seen in many episodes, either for hunting or murder.

Samuel Buckley & Company/Anson & Deeley Side by Side Shotgun - 12 gauge

Sgt Benjamin Jones (Jason Hughes) inspects the supposed murder weapon in "Down Among the Dead Men" (S9E4). This shotgun is claimed to be manufactured by Purdey & Sons.

Double Barreled Over and Under Shotgun

A double barreled over and under shotgun is seen in hands of several hunters in "Country Matters" (S9E6).

Otto Seelig O/U - 12 gauge

Frank Hopkirk (Tim Hardy) fires a double barreled over and under shotgun in the opening scene in "Country Matters".

Rifles

Steyr Mannlicher .22-250 rifle

A smallbore bolt action rifle is seen in "Vixen’s Run" (S9E3). The old gamekeeper Amos Brown (Leslie Schofield) calls the rifle "Mannlicher .22-250". It is supposed to be a Steyr Mannlicher Model L.

Steyr Mannlicher Model L - .22-250

Young Michael Butler (Matthew Tennyson) trains with the rifle in the barn. Note the opened bolt.

Amos Brown (Leslie Schofield) holds the rifle.

Amos Brown fires at the targer.

A close view at the bolt.

A spent cartridge.

Unidentified bolt action sniper rifles

Several bolt action sniper rifles are used during the shooting competition in the Broughton village in "Four Funerals and a Wedding" (S9E5). The rifles are supposedly of various models. One of these rifles is later used as a murder weapon.

Rev. Anthony Gant (Richard McCabe) reloads his rifle. Note the absence of iron sights.

Peggy Aynscombe (Sian Thomas) aims her rifle.

Roland Marwood (Joseph Kennedy) aims his rifle. Note the different shape of the bolt handle.

Fiona Aynscombe (Jessica Brooks) aims her rifle.

Henry Marwood (Dominic Jephcott) holds his rifle. This rifle has iron sights.

Henry Marwood aims his rifle.

Footage

A photo of a mortar (supposedly British Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar) is seen in a Midsomer Newton village museum in "The House in the Woods" (S9E1).