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== M1911 == | == M1911 == | ||
[[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]] pistols are used throughout the series by several characters. Some of Sheridan's men in "Family Limitation" (1.06) carry M1911s. Nelson Van Alden ([[Michael Shannon]]) carries one in a shoulder holster. "Chalky" White ([[Michael K. Williams]]) uses a matched set of nickel 1911s to capture Meyer Lansky in "The Emerald City" (1.10). Capone ([[Stephen Graham]]) uses one for an assassination in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12). Lansky ([[Anatol Yusef]]) himself uses a chrome M1911 during the standoff in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). | [[M1911 pistol series#M1911|M1911]] pistols are used throughout the series by several characters. Some of Sheridan's men in "Family Limitation" (1.06) carry M1911s. Nelson Van Alden ([[Michael Shannon]]) carries one in a shoulder holster. "Chalky" White ([[Michael K. Williams]]) uses a matched set of nickel 1911s to capture Meyer Lansky in "The Emerald City" (1.10). Capone ([[Stephen Graham]]) uses one for an assassination in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12). Lansky ([[Anatol Yusef]]) himself uses a chrome M1911 during the standoff in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). Clifford Lathrop ([[Curt Bouril]]), the Department of Justice agent assisting Esther Randolph, carries a M1911 in a shoulder holster. | ||
[[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]] | [[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Be106-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheridan's men aim 1911s at Jimmy in "Family Limitation" (1.06)]] | [[Image:Be106-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sheridan's men aim 1911s at Jimmy in "Family Limitation" (1.06)]] | ||
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[[Image:BE206-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lansky holds his 1911 with good trigger discipline in "The Age of Reason" (2.06)]] | [[Image:BE206-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lansky holds his 1911 with good trigger discipline in "The Age of Reason" (2.06)]] | ||
[[Image:BE206-1911b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lansky with his 1911, finger now inside the trigger guard.]] | [[Image:BE206-1911b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lansky with his 1911, finger now inside the trigger guard.]] | ||
[[Image:BE207-1911a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Agent Lathrop fires his 1911 in "Peg of Old" (2.07)]] | |||
== Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector == | == Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector == | ||
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== Smith & Wesson M1917 == | == Smith & Wesson M1917 == | ||
Lucky Luciano ([[Vincent Piazza]]) has upgraded his .32 S&W Hand Ejector to a .45-caliber [[Smith & Wesson M1917]] by 1921 as seen in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). | Lucky Luciano ([[Vincent Piazza]]) has upgraded his .32 S&W Hand Ejector to a .45-caliber [[Smith & Wesson M1917]] by 1921 as seen in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). Vito Scalersio, the assassin sent by Capone to Atlantic City, uses an M1917 in "Peg of Old" (2.07). | ||
[[Image:S&W-Model-1917.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP.]] | [[Image:S&W-Model-1917.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP.]] | ||
[[Image:BE206-sw17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luciano and Lansky with their handguns in "The Age of Reason" (2.06), with Lansky exercising good trigger discipline in b.g. ]] | [[Image:BE206-sw17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luciano and Lansky with their handguns in "The Age of Reason" (2.06), with Lansky exercising good trigger discipline in b.g. ]] | ||
[[Image:BE206-sw17b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luciano aims his S&W M1917. Again, Lansky's trigger discipline is better.]] | [[Image:BE206-sw17b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luciano aims his S&W M1917. Again, Lansky's trigger discipline is better.]] | ||
[[Image:BE207-sw17a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Scalersio fires his M1917 in "Peg of Old" (2.07)]] | |||
[[Image:BE207-sw17b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Scalersio approaches his target...]] | |||
== Colt Pocket Positive == | == Colt Pocket Positive == | ||
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[[Image:Be106-lupara1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Capone grabs his lupara in "Family Limitation" (1.06)]] | [[Image:Be106-lupara1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Capone grabs his lupara in "Family Limitation" (1.06)]] | ||
[[Image:Be112-lupara1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Harrow's lupara in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12)]] | [[Image:Be112-lupara1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Harrow's lupara in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12)]] | ||
[[Image:BE208-shotgun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A little boy in Nucky's dream in "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" (2.08) aims a lupara.]] | |||
== Winchester Model 1912 == | == Winchester Model 1912 == | ||
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Enoch "Nucky" Thompson ([[Steve Buscemi]]) travels to Ireland to sell a shipment of [[Thompson Submachine Guns]] to the IRA. The particular model featured is the M1921AC configuration with a 50-round drum magazine of .45 ACP ammunition, not developed until 1926 (anachronistic during a scene set in 1921.) | Enoch "Nucky" Thompson ([[Steve Buscemi]]) travels to Ireland to sell a shipment of [[Thompson Submachine Guns]] to the IRA. The particular model featured is the M1921AC configuration with a 50-round drum magazine of .45 ACP ammunition, not developed until 1926 (anachronistic during a scene set in 1921.) | ||
[[Image:M1921Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt M1921AC Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP.]] | [[Image:M1921Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt M1921AC Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP.]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:BE208-tom1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Thompson M1921AC submachine guns in a crate at the Atlantic City armory in "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" (2.08)-]] | ||
[[File:Bwe_thompson_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guards at the Atlantic City armory handle the submachine guns.]] | [[File:Bwe_thompson_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Guards at the Atlantic City armory handle the submachine guns.]] | ||
[[File:Bwe_thompson_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A dozen Thompsons are hidden inside a coffin to be smuggled into Ireland.]] | [[File:Bwe_thompson_3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A dozen Thompsons are hidden inside a coffin to be smuggled into Ireland.]] | ||
Revision as of 06:11, 2 January 2013
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The following firearms are used in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire:
Handguns
Smith & Wesson Model 10 "Military & Police"
Several characters throughout the series, including Sheriff Elias "Eli" Thompson (Shea Whigham), Al Capone (Stephen Graham), Agent Eric Sebso (Erik Weiner), Agent Stan Sawicki (Joseph Aniska), and Chicago mob boss Sheridan use the Smith & Wesson Model 10, known during the show's era (the 1920s) as the "Military & Police" Model.
Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action
Davey Murdoch (Billy Smith) is told to drop his Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action by Jimmy and Capone in the pilot episode.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB
Agent Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) fires a Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (anachronistic for the 1920s era) at the firing range with the other Prohibition agents in training during the pilot episode.
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) carries a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless in a shoulder holster. It is differentiated from the .380 ACP Model 1908 in "Home" (1.07), when Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) asks Jimmy what type of pistol he is carrying and Jimmy responds: "A Colt 1903".
M1911
M1911 pistols are used throughout the series by several characters. Some of Sheridan's men in "Family Limitation" (1.06) carry M1911s. Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) carries one in a shoulder holster. "Chalky" White (Michael K. Williams) uses a matched set of nickel 1911s to capture Meyer Lansky in "The Emerald City" (1.10). Capone (Stephen Graham) uses one for an assassination in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12). Lansky (Anatol Yusef) himself uses a chrome M1911 during the standoff in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). Clifford Lathrop (Curt Bouril), the Department of Justice agent assisting Esther Randolph, carries a M1911 in a shoulder holster.
Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector
"Lucky" Luciano (Vincent Piazza) carries a Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector, notably seen in "Belle Femme" (1.09) when Gillian Darmody (Gretchen Mol) takes it away from him.
Remington 1866 Derringer
Eddie Kessler (Anthony Laciura), Nucky's faithful German valet/bodyguard, fires a Remington 1866 Derringer at the D'Alessio brothers when they attempt to kill Nucky in "Belle Femme" (1.09).
Colt New Service
The youngest D'Alessio brother desperately attempts to load his Colt New Service in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12).
Savage 1907
One of Masseria's men threatens Jimmy with a Savage 1907 in New York in "Ourselves Alone" (2.02).
Webley Mk VI
Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) mentions a "Webley .455" as one of his handguns, finally drawing a Webley Mk VI during a showdown with Sleater in "A Dangerous Maid" (2.03).
Smith & Wesson Model 2 Double Action
Owen Sleater (Charlie Cox), the ex-IRA soldier working for Nucky, carries a Smith & Wesson Model 2 Double Action as his primary weapon.
Colt Police Positive
Manny Horvitz (William Forsythe) carries a Colt Police Positive as his main sidearm.
Smith & Wesson M1917
Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza) has upgraded his .32 S&W Hand Ejector to a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson M1917 by 1921 as seen in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). Vito Scalersio, the assassin sent by Capone to Atlantic City, uses an M1917 in "Peg of Old" (2.07).
Colt Pocket Positive
Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) uses a Colt Pocket Positive in the season two finale.
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
Many characters use full length side-by-side Double Barreled Shotguns throughout the series. Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) uses one when ambushing Rothstein's truck drivers in the pilot episode. Margaret Schroeder (Kelly Macdonald) uses a double-barreled shotgun that she hands off to Nucky (Steve Buscemi) in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05). In the same episode, a hunter named Glenmore (Bill Camp) also carries one.
Browning Auto-5
Browning Auto-5 shotguns are used by several characters throughout the series. In the pilot episode, Al Capone (Stephen Graham) carries a Browning Auto-5, as do several of Rothstein's drivers and several Prohibition agents. Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) carries a cut-down Auto-5 in "21" (2.01) and "What Does the Bee Do?" (2.04).
Winchester Model 1912 Riot
Several Prohibition agents carry Winchester Model 1912 riot shotguns.
Winchester Model 1897
Several Prohibition agents carry full-length Winchester Model 1897 shotguns.
Lupara
Luparas are used in several episodes. Al Capone (Stephen Graham) uses one in "Family Limitation" (1.06) to ambush members of Sheridan's Irish mob. Richard Harrow also uses one against the D'Alessio brothers in the episode "Return to Normalcy" (1.12)
Winchester Model 1912
Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) takes a full size Winchester Model 1912 when he goes "hunting" in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05). A full size Model '12 is also used by a Klansman in "21" (2.01).
Winchester Model 1897 Riot
A woman who works in Chalky's warehouse uses a riot Winchester Model 1897 in "21" (2.01).
Submachine Guns
M1921AC Thompson
Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) travels to Ireland to sell a shipment of Thompson Submachine Guns to the IRA. The particular model featured is the M1921AC configuration with a 50-round drum magazine of .45 ACP ammunition, not developed until 1926 (anachronistic during a scene set in 1921.)
Rifles
M1917 Enfield
Richard Harrow uses a scoped M1917 Enfield to kill a man in a restaurant, having previously named it in a list of firearms he owns along with a Colt 1903, Roth-Steyr, Smith & Wesson "Triple Lock", and a Mauser 1914.
In "21" (2.01), "Chalky" White (Michael K. Williams) picks one up from a fallen warehouse guard to shoot a KKK member.
Machine Guns
Browning M1917
A Browning M1917 is used by KKK members to assault a liquor warehouse run by Chalky White in "21" (2.01).
Other
Mark I Trench Knife
Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) carries a 1918 Mark I Trench Knife in his left boot. The writers are doing a little bit of homework on this series as when Jimmy is asked what the point on the top of the handle is he says it's a skull crusher and is used for "cracking walnuts."
Colt Percussion cap gun
Eli Thompson (Shia Whigham) works to fix a cap gun resembling a Colt percussion revolver for his son Brian in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05).
