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[[Image:SWBodyguard.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 49 .38 Special]] | [[Image:SWBodyguard.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 49 .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:S&W38Nickel.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 649 with stainless steel finish .38 Special]] | [[Image:S&W38Nickel.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 649 with stainless steel finish .38 Special]] | ||
The Smith & Wesson Model 38/49 "Bodyguard" is a Model 36 that has a "Camel Hump" hammer shroud used to prevent clothing snag, as the hammer is concealed in the shroud. The Smith & Wesson Bodyguard was unusual in that the alloy framed "Airweight" was released to the public first as the ''Smith & Wesson Airweight Bodyguard'' in 1955. In 1957 Smith & Wesson changed the named to the ''Model 38''. When they released the version with the steel frame, they renamed the gun again, to the ''Model 49'' in 1959. So the early | The Smith & Wesson Model 38/49 "Bodyguard" is a Model 36 that has a "Camel Hump" hammer shroud used to prevent clothing snag, as the hammer is concealed in the shroud. The Smith & Wesson Bodyguard was unusual in that the alloy framed "Airweight" was released to the public first as the ''Smith & Wesson Airweight Bodyguard'' in 1955. In 1957 Smith & Wesson changed the named to the ''Model 38''. When they released the version with the steel frame, they renamed the gun again, to the ''Model 49'' in 1959. So the early alloy framed revolvers are usually the Model 38 and the Steel framed versions are the Model 49. | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
Revision as of 03:10, 6 October 2009
The Smith & Wesson Model 36/38/49 is used in the following:
Smith & Wesson Model 36 "Chiefs Special"
The Smith and Wesson Model 36 (often called simply ".38 snubnose") was introduced in 1950 as the "Chief's Special" (sometimes called the "Police Chiefs Special"). When Smith & Wesson adopted a model number only system seven years later, the revolvers' name was changed to Model 36. It is famous as being the first J-frame revolver in the S&W series (the earlier models were called "I-frames"). It is commonly used as a "belly gun", being stuffed in the pants waist, or as an officer's "Spare Rod", strapped to the ankle in a holster. It holds five rounds of .38 special.
Film
- James Caan as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather
- Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver
- Shawn Doyle as Jack Shepard in Frequency
- Art LaFleur as Captain Sears and Andrew Robinson as Detective Monte in Cobra
- Bruce Willis as Lieutenant John McClane in Die Hard with a Vengeance
- Sylvester Stallone as Det. Ray Tango in Tango & Cash
- An unruly bus passenger in Speed
- Yakuza gangsters in The Yakuza
- Lee Van Cleef as warden Bob Hauk in Escape from New York
- Tupac Shakur as Bishop in Juice
- David Arquette as Dewey Reiley in Scream 3
- Laurence Fishburne as Lt. Charlie Stobbs in Red Heat
Television
- Edward Furlong as Shane Casey and Jason Earl Carter as the 'peep show guy' in CSI: NY (episode: "Raising Shane")
- Third Watch Used by numerous characters throughout the life of the series.
Anime
- In Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman, the character Ryu found a broken one in an antique store, and used it as the base for the laser gun he built for himself, which he dubbed a "Smith and Wesson-style Magna Blaster".
- Seen breifly in the opening of Gunsmith Cats
- Used by Elroy, a hitman hired by Hotel Moscow in Black Lagoon
Smith & Wesson Model 38/49
The Smith & Wesson Model 38/49 "Bodyguard" is a Model 36 that has a "Camel Hump" hammer shroud used to prevent clothing snag, as the hammer is concealed in the shroud. The Smith & Wesson Bodyguard was unusual in that the alloy framed "Airweight" was released to the public first as the Smith & Wesson Airweight Bodyguard in 1955. In 1957 Smith & Wesson changed the named to the Model 38. When they released the version with the steel frame, they renamed the gun again, to the Model 49 in 1959. So the early alloy framed revolvers are usually the Model 38 and the Steel framed versions are the Model 49.
Film
- Vanessa Williams in Eraser (fitted with Harret grips)
- Don Cheadle as Cash in The Family Man (nickel with mother of pearl grips)
- Edward Norton as Will Graham in Red Dragon
- Unknown man and woman in Moonraker