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== Colt Detective Special ==
== Colt Detective Special ==
[[Gene Hackman]], in his role of Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle carries in an ankle holster a pre-1972 version of the [[Colt Detective Special]].
NYPD Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle ([[Gene Hackman]]) carries in an ankle holster a pre-1972 version of the [[Colt Detective Special]].


[[Image:Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Detective Special - .38 Special]]
[[Image:Colt Detective Special.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Detective Special - .38 Special]]
[[Image:French1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) aims a Colt Detective Special at Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi)]]
[[Image:French1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle ([[Gene Hackman]]) aims a Colt Detective Special at Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi)]]
    
    
== Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snub Nose==
== Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snub Nose==

Revision as of 06:18, 31 August 2009

Following guns were seen in The French Connection:

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The French Connection (1971)

Colt Detective Special

NYPD Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) carries in an ankle holster a pre-1972 version of the Colt Detective Special.

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Colt Detective Special - .38 Special
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Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) aims a Colt Detective Special at Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi)

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snub Nose

Detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo (Roy Scheider) uses a 2"-barrel S&W revolver as his service gun. It seems to be a "Military & Police" (later known as the Model 10) (it looks too large to be one of the early versions of the Chief's Special, with square butt).

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Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver Snub Nose - .38 Special. Same Frame, but with smaller grips and 2 inch barrel.
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Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo (Roy Scheider) with a S&W Model 10
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Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo (Roy Scheider) aiming a S&W Model 10

Colt Gold Cup National Match

The hitman Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) uses an adjustable-sights 1911-type pistol to hijack the subway train, that looks like a Colt Gold Cup.

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Colt Gold Cup National Match (Mark IV, Series 70) - .45 ACP.
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Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) holds a subway driver at gunpoint

Beretta Model 70

During the final shootout, the drug dealers use several Colt and Smith & Wesson snub-nose revolvers, but we can also see, briefly, a Beretta Model 70.

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Beretta Model 70
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A Beretta Model 70 at the lower left corner of the picture

Winchester Model 1897

During the final shootout, Detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo (Roy Scheider) uses a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun.

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Winchester Model 1897 12 gauge riot gun
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Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo (Roy Scheider) uses a Winchester model 1897 shotgun in "The French Connection"

Ithaca Model 37 riot shotgun

During the final shootout several of the other NYPD officers appear to be using the Ithaca 37 shotgun. The Ithaca 37 was used by the NYPD for several decades to include the 1970's.

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Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 gauge