The Strain - Season 1

The Strain - Season 1 Country USA Channel FX Creator Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan Genre Horror Broadcast 2014 No. of Episodes 13 Main Cast Character Actor Dr. Ephraim Goodweather Corey Stoll Dr. Nora Martinez Mía Maestro Abraham Setrakian David Bradley Vasily Fet Kevin Durand Eldritch Palmer Jonathan Hyde Augustin "Gus" Elizalde Miguel Gómez

The following weapons were used in Season 1 of the television series The Strain:

Pistols

Beretta 92FS

Professor Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) disarms a Hispanic gang member of a Beretta 92FS when two of them try to rob his pawnshop in "Night Zero" (S01E01). He then disassembles the pistol and tosses the parts into a cart of other assorted gun parts, indicating he has done so many times before.

Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm.

Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) drops the disassembled pieces of a confiscated Beretta into a cart in his workshop, joining several other gun parts and the telescopic sight from a rifle (S01E01, "Night Zero").

Glock 17

Thomas Eichhorst (Richard Sammel) gives a Glock 17 to the owner of an airline and forces him to commit suicide with it in "Gone Smooth" (S01E03). Several Glocks are also seen in Abraham Setrakian's (David Bradley) vampire-hunting armory.

Glock 17 (3rd Generation) - 9x19mm.

A screenshot from the online featurette "Inside The Strain: Setrakian's Armory" includes a row of Glocks. Note the silver hollow points in the nearby magazines.

A screenshot from the online featurette "Inside The Strain: Setrakian's Armory" shows Setrakian (David Bradley) unloading a Glock while Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) examines his silver bullets.

Nora (Mia Maestro) loads one of Setrakian's Glocks.

M1911

A Colt M1911 is among the weapons seen in Abraham Setrakian's (David Bradley) armory.

Colt M1911 - .45 ACP

A Colt M1911 is among the weapons seen in Abraham Setrakian's (David Bradley) armory.

Rifles&SMGs

KAR98K

The Karabiner 98k is used by the concentration camp guards.Throughout the series.

KAR98-7.92×57mm Mauser.

One of the many guards using the KAR98K

Other

Nail Guns

One of Abraham Setrakian's (David Bradley) most favored weapons is a nail gun that fires silver nails. Though not technically a firearm, in the novels on which the series is based, it is explained that Setrakian has augmented the gun's firing mechanism with small charges of gunpowder, like a shotgun shell. This augmentation is necessary because neither of the original type of nail gun is suitable as a vampire-hunting weapon: pneumatic guns are not portable, since they need to be connected to supplies of water and air, while electric, battery-powered guns lack muzzle velocity and ranged trajectory. The nail gun also becomes favored by Eph Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and Vasily Fet (Kevin Durand).

(N.B. Powder-actuated nail guns are commercially available, but are impractical as weapons since they require re-loading after each shot.)

A shot from the online featurette "Inside the Strain: Setrakain's Armory" shows a close-up of one of Setrakian's modified nail guns, including the drum-style magazine filled with silver nails.

A shot from the online featurette "Inside the Strain: Setrakain's Armory" shows an array of Setrakian's modified nail guns in chargers.

Eph Goodweather (Corey Stoll) fires one of Setrakian's nail guns at a vampire.

Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) fires a nail gun.

A shot from the online featurette "Inside the Strain: Setrakain's Armory" shows linked coils of silver brads, ready for loading into a nail gun's magazine.

Silver Bullets

Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) has a collection of silver bullets for loading into the various guns in his armory.

A shot from the online featurette "Inside the Strain: Setrakain's Armory" shows a collection of silver bullets in a variety of calibers.

Model 39 Eihandgranate

The weapons in Abraham Setrakian's (David Bradley) armory include a series of Model 39 Eihandgranates, with which he is attempting to make an ultraviolet light flash-bang (similar to one used in Guillermo del Toro's earlier film Blade 2).

Model 39 Eihandgranate

A shot from the online featurette "Inside the Strain: Setrakain's Armory" shows the grenade shells in Setrakian's armory.