Law & Order - Season 1 (1990 – 1991)

Law & Order premiered on Tuesday, September 13th, 1990, with the first episode "Prescription for Death". This episode actually was not the first episode produced as the original pilot "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" would eventually air as the sixth episode of the first season. This episode was produced two years earlier for CBS and had Roy Thinnes as District Attorney Alfred Wentworth rather than Steven Hill as DA Adam Schiff. CBS passed, and Hill was eventually hired when Thinnes was not able to reprise his role when the series went into production. Thinnes did return as a guest star in later seasons however, as well as in spinoffs SVU and Criminal Intent, but as different characters.

Cast:

Law

Sergeant Max Greevey - George Dzundza
Detective Mike Logan - Chris Noth
Captain Donald Cragen - Dann Florek

Order

Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone - Michael Moriarty
Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette - Richard Brooks
District Attorney Adam Schiff - Steven Hill

The following weapons were used in Season 1 of the television series Law & Order:

Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Model 36

Sergeant Max Greevey (George Dzundza) and Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth) are armed with Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolvers. Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) appears to be armed with one as well, but never draws it.

Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special - 5 shot

Greevey and Logan confront a suspected cop killer with revolvers drawn in "A Death in the Family" (S01E13).

Sgt. Max Greevey (George Dzundza) holds his S&W on a woman in Season 1's "The Violence of Summer" (S01E14).

Ruger Speed Six

Tremaine Lewis (Leo O'Brien) is armed with what appears to be a stainless steel Ruger Speed Six in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (S01E06).

Ruger Speed Six with stainless steel finish and 2.75-inch barrel - .357 Magnum

Tremaine Lewis (Leo O'Brien) with what appears to be a stainless steel Ruger Speed Six in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (S01E06).

Smith & Wesson Model 64

Officer Freddo Parisi (John Finn) is armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 64 in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08).

Smith & Wesson Model 64 Stainless Model - .38 Special

Parisi with his S&W 64 drawn in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08). Note the S&W-style cylinder latch.

Parisi with his S&W 64 drawn in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08).

Ruger Redhawk

A Ruger Redhawk with black rubber grips, stainless steel finish and what appears to be a 5.5" barrel is a piece of evidence in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08). While it is never called that by name, characters refer to it as a "magnum" and say that it was chambered in .357 Magnum. While it is true that Ruger's Redhawk platform is primarily known for .44 Magnum chamberings, and Ruger focused on .357 in their Security Six and, later, GP-100 platforms, this is not necessarily an inaccuracy - A small number of very early .357 Redhawks were produced, with six rounds of capacity, though this chambering was later discontinued in favor of larger calibers, primarily .44 Magnum. Ruger would later return the .357 Redhawk to production in 2016, with an eight round cylinder.

Ruger Redhawk, Stainless steel - .44 Magnum. The one in the episode was chambered in .357 Magnum, however.

The Redhawk in the victim's hand in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08).

A lab technician fires the Redhawk into a water tank for ballistics testing. Many characters throughout the episode remark on the high quality of the revolver.

Charter Arms Undercover

A Charter Arms Undercover is found in a victim's apartment in "Mushrooms" (S01E17).

Charter Arms Undercover .32

Logan sniffs the muzzle of the Charter Arms Undercover to see if it had been fired.

Greevey with the same gun.

Smith & Wesson Model 10HB

An ESU officer with a Smith & Wesson Model 10HB in "The Secret Sharers" (S01E18).

Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (heavy barrel) revolver (Post 1950s Model) - .38 Special.

Pistols

Beretta 92F

A Beretta 92F is the murder weapon in "Happily Ever After" (S01E05). It is described by the investigators as a "Beretta model 94, blowback semi-automatic. 9mm", which is completely made up. In a continuity break, a M1911A1 on the counter turns into a Beretta 92F in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08). (It's likely a 92F rather than a 92FS because the episode was filmed in 1990.)

Beretta 92F - 9x19mm

The Beretta 92F in front of a scowling Paul Robinette in "Happily Ever After" (S01E05).

Ben Stone with the Beretta in "Happily Ever After" (S01E05).

A good shot of a Beretta 92F in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08). Too bad it was an M1911A1 in the previous scene.

A Beretta 92F in a stash of weapons found in a crackhouse in "Mushrooms" (S01E17).

The same stash at the crime lab.

Beretta 84

Greco (uncredited) is armed with what appears to be a suppressed Beretta 84 in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (S01E06).

Beretta 84 (earlier version with round trigger guard) - .380 ACP

Greco (uncredited) with what appears to be a suppressed Beretta 84 in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (S01E06).

M1911A1

Sgt. Greevey pulls a M1911A1 out of a gunsmith's (John Capodice) drawer in "Poison Ivy" (S01E08).

Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol Commercial - .45 ACP

Greevey lays the M1911A1 on the gunsmith's counter. It turns into a Beretta 92F in the next scene.

Astra 200

What appears to be a Astra 200 is used to kill a police officer in "A Death in the Family" (S01E13). It is picked up off the street by Revina (Karina Arroyave) who draws it on Dets. Greevey and Logan. It is described as a "Smith & Wesson .32."