During the first season, LAPD Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter ([[Fred Dryer]]) carries a [[Heckler & Koch P9S]] with muzzle compensator, also seen during the opening credits. He sometimes refers to it as "Simon".
During the first season, LAPD Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter ([[Fred Dryer]]) carries a [[Heckler & Koch P9S]] with muzzle compensator, also seen during the opening credits. He sometimes refers to it as "Simon". In "The Garbage Man" (1.11), both James "Sonny" Dupree ([[Christopher McDonald]]) and his friend Ramos ([[Nicholas Worth]]) handle Hunter's H&K P9S before Dupree takes out the magazine and ejects the chambered round to hand it back to Hunter.
[[Image:Hunt101-hkp9c.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hunter fires his P9S at the bank robbers trying to make their getaway in the pilot episode.]]
[[Image:Hunt101-hkp9c.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Hunter fires his P9S at the bank robbers trying to make their getaway in the pilot episode.]]
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[[Image:Hunt109-sw36c.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall takes Whitey's Model 36 from Hunter.]]
[[Image:Hunt109-sw36c.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall takes Whitey's Model 36 from Hunter.]]
[[Image:Hunt109-sw36d.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall aims and fires the 36 in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09).]]
[[Image:Hunt109-sw36d.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall aims and fires the 36 in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09).]]
[[Image:Hunt111-sw36a.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Parolee James "Sonny" Dupree ([[Christopher McDonald]]) holds his S&W Model 36 on Hunter in "The Garbage Man" (1.11).]]
[[Image:Hunt111-sw36b.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dupree checks the load in his Model 36, seeing five rounds of .38 Short Colt loaded.]]
[[Image:Hunter-swrev.png|thumb|none|450px|McCall fires the Model 36.]]
[[Image:Hunter-swrev.png|thumb|none|450px|McCall fires the Model 36.]]
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[[Image:Hunt109-ber90b.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall with her Beretta aimed at Whitey in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09).]]
[[Image:Hunt109-ber90b.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall with her Beretta aimed at Whitey in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09).]]
[[Image:Hunt110-ber90a.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall with her Beretta drawn at night in "The Shooter" (1.10).]]
[[Image:Hunt110-ber90a.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall with her Beretta drawn at night in "The Shooter" (1.10).]]
[[Image:Hunt111-ber90a.jpg|thumb|none|500px|McCall holds her Beretta on Colson in "The Garbage Man" (1.11).]]
== Winchester Model 1300 ==
== Winchester Model 1300 ==
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== Ruger Security Six ==
== Ruger Security Six ==
Deakin ([[Anthony Charnota]]), the drug smuggler, carries a blued [[Ruger Security Six]] during "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06). The "cowboy" bounty hunter Jimmy Joe Walker ([[Wings Hauser]]) carries a stainless Security Six in "Dead or Alive" (1.08). One of Demarest's mobsters uses a Security Six in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09)
Deakin ([[Anthony Charnota]]), the drug smuggler, carries a blued [[Ruger Security Six]] during "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06). The "cowboy" bounty hunter Jimmy Joe Walker ([[Wings Hauser]]) carries a stainless Security Six in "Dead or Alive" (1.08). One of Demarest's mobsters uses a Security Six in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09). Dan Colson ([[Ed O'Neill]]), the crooked parole officer in "The Garbage Man" (1.11) also has a Security Six.
[[Image:Ruger Sec 6 1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Ruger Security Six .357 Magnum, .38 Special (note adjustable rear sights). Standard barrel lengths offered were 2.75, 4, and 6 inches.]]
[[Image:Ruger Sec 6 1.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Ruger Security Six .357 Magnum, .38 Special (note adjustable rear sights). Standard barrel lengths offered were 2.75, 4, and 6 inches.]]
[[Image:Hunt106-rug1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Deakin threatens a Mexican drug smuggler in "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06).]]
[[Image:Hunt106-rug1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Deakin threatens a Mexican drug smuggler in "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06).]]
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[[Image:Hunt106-rug3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Deakin takes Ruffy Collyer ([[Marissa Mendenhall]]) hostage with his Ruger Security Six.]]
[[Image:Hunt106-rug3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Deakin takes Ruffy Collyer ([[Marissa Mendenhall]]) hostage with his Ruger Security Six.]]
[[Image:Hunt109-rugs1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Demarest's thugs force McCall and Chrissy from the car in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09).]]
[[Image:Hunt109-rugs1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Demarest's thugs force McCall and Chrissy from the car in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09).]]
[[Image:Hunt111-rugs2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colson with his Ruger drawn inside Dupree's apartment in "The Garbage Man" (1.11).]]
[[Image:Hunt111-rugs3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Colson draws his Ruger on Mrs. Dupree.]]
During the first season, LAPD Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) carries a Heckler & Koch P9S with muzzle compensator, also seen during the opening credits. He sometimes refers to it as "Simon". In "The Garbage Man" (1.11), both James "Sonny" Dupree (Christopher McDonald) and his friend Ramos (Nicholas Worth) handle Hunter's H&K P9S before Dupree takes out the magazine and ejects the chambered round to hand it back to Hunter.
Several characters throughout the course of the show use third generation Colt Detective Specials. In the pilot episode, a bank robber (John Diehl), the pimp Whispering Willie (David Labiosa), and Justin Taylor are seen with Detective Specials.
One of the bank robbers keeps a lupara up his sleeve in the pilot episode. One of the weapons used by "cowboy" bounty hunter Jimmy Joe Walker (Wings Hauser) in "Dead or Alive" (1.08) is a lupara.
One of the bank robbers making a getaway in the pilot episode has a Remington 870 Folding Stock. One of Demarest's mobsters who shoots at Hunter and Gavin in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09) uses a Remington 870 Folding Stock with an extended magazine tube.
The bank guard in the pilot episode has a Smith & Wesson Model 19 holstered, taking it out after he goes with Hunter to chase down the suspects. A mobster uses one when breaking into Hunter's apartment in "Hard Contract" (1.02). Whitey McFee (Alan Autry) uses a Model 19 to shoot at Hunter from his car in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09) but, in a case of gun continuity, the gun found on him later by McCall is a Colt Detective Special.
A thug dressed as a doctor attacks McCall with a Star Model B in the pilot episode, but she knocks it from his hand by knocking him over in her wheelchair.
After the pilot episode, Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) carries a Walther PPK/S with white grips during the first two seasons. Hunter describes it as a "police issue .38", possibly suggesting that McCall's PPK/S is chambered in .380 ACP.
LAPD Det. Bernie Terwilliger (James Whitmore Jr.) keeps a first generation Colt Detective Special holstered on his belt. In "Hard Contract" (1.02), a thief (Ezekiel Moss) flashes a Detective Special (an S&W Model 10 Snub in the next shot) to a hot dog vendor. In "Legacy" (1.05), mobster Billy Vincent (Kip Gilman) accosts McCall and kidnaps Sandy Newton with a suppressed Detective Special. In "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06), Benny (Robert Costanzo) holds his Detective Special (an S&W Model 10 Snub in the previous shot) on Hunter and McCall but McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) takes it away from him and carries it during the scene. In "High Bleacher Man" (1.09), ex-con Elton Gavin (Michael Baseleon) uses a Detective Special during a store holdup but is stopped by Hunter. McCall later finds a Detective Special inside the gym bag of mob hood Whitey McFee (Alan Autry), saying the three spent bullets inside were used to shoot at Hunter (even though the gun used in that scene was a S&W Model 19).
Benny (Robert Costanzo) reaches for a Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose when Hunter and McCall enter his shop in "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06), but it turns into a Colt Detective Special in the next shot. In the same episode, the Mexican drug smuggler (Gary Cervantes) who meets with Deakin has a Model 10 holstered, as does one of his thugs.
Brian Carmichael (Ron Karabatsos), keeps a Double Barreled Shotgun behind his bar, the Irish Rose, in "Hard Contract" (1.02). Several posse members carry Double Barreled Shotguns while searching for Wally in "A Long Way From L.A." (1.04). In the same episode, Sheriff Cutter has one on his gun rack. A bank robber named David Blackfoot, or "The Chief", uses one to defend himself while hiding out in "Dead or Alive" (1.08).
Policeman-turned-hitman Gus Trancus (David Ackroyd) has a dismantled Remington Model 30 on his rented office desk when Hunter and McCall pay him an unexpected visit in "Hard Contract" (1.02).
Policeman-turned-hitman Gus Trancus (David Ackroyd) carries a 6"-barreled Colt Python as his sidearm, using it to wound McCall in "Hard Contract" (1.02).
Private investigator Manny Roth (Ray Girardin) has a Smith & Wesson Model 10 in "The Hot Grounder" (1.03), using it during the shootout with Crenshaw, Hunter, and McCall in the warehouse.
Sgt. Hunter (Fred Dryer) keeps a Detonics Pocket 9 as his backup pistol, handing it to a policeman when he is arrested in "The Hot Grounder" (1.03). In "Pen Pals" (1.07), a hitman named Carbone takes the Detonics from Hunter's apartment, murders a drug pusher named Rosco, and frames Hunter for the murder.
Los Angeles Police Commissioner Larry Crenshaw (William Windom) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 66 in "The Hot Grounder" (1.03). A Coronado Springs, Texas sheriff named Jake Cutter (Bo Svenson) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 66 in "A Long Way From L.A." (1.04). In this episode, it often alternates between a Model 66 and Model 67.
Coronado Springs, Texas Sheriff Jake Cutter (Bo Svenson) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 67 in "A Long Way From L.A." (1.04). In a continuity error, this often switches between a Model 67 and a Model 66.
After Hunter and McCall pick up Wally in "A Long Way From L.A." (1.04), Sheriff Cutter (Bo Svenson) shoots at them with his Winchester Model 70, which he had previously stated was the .30-06 rifle stolen by Wally for his escape. Hunter (Fred Dryer) fires a shot from it into a barrel, extracting the bullet to prove that Cutter's rifle had killed Wally.
After the killing of mobster John Vincent in "Legacy" (1.05), Det. Terwilliger (James Whitmore Jr.) shows Hunter and McCall the evidence bag with the murder weapon, a M1911A1 in it, prompting Hunter to tell him to "never pointed a loaded bag" at someone. Hunter then asks how many bullets are remaining in the "clip" (meaning magazine), and Terwilliger tells him four. McCall then interjects that the "clip" (again, meaning magazine) holds eight. It's possible that this 1911 variant has an eight-round magazine loaded into it, or the episode's writers simply made a mistake. One of Deakin's henchmen in "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06) also has a 1911. Motorcycle policeman Doug Kirkwood (Marc Alaimo) keeps a 1911 in his holster, seen in "The Shooter" (1.10). A hand is seen loading an M1911A1 during the fifth season opening credits.
Deakin (Anthony Charnota), the drug smuggler, carries a blued Ruger Security Six during "Flight on a Dead Pigeon" (1.06). The "cowboy" bounty hunter Jimmy Joe Walker (Wings Hauser) carries a stainless Security Six in "Dead or Alive" (1.08). One of Demarest's mobsters uses a Security Six in "High Bleacher Man" (1.09). Dan Colson (Ed O'Neill), the crooked parole officer in "The Garbage Man" (1.11) also has a Security Six.
Although he never uses it, "cowboy" bounty hunter Jimmy Joe Walker (Wings Hauser) keeps a Single Action Army in his trunk in "Dead or Alive" (1.08). A Single Action Army using .45 Colt silicone bullets, described as "cop killers" by Hunter and McCall, is the sidearm of serial killer Deke Broder (Robert Dryer, no relation to series star Fred Dryer) in "The Shooter" (1.10).
A customized Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" with a large lever loop is used by the bounty hunter Jimmy Joe Walker (Wings Hauser) in the opening scenes of "Dead or Alive" (1.08).
LAPD Sgt. Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) uses a .357 Magnum Desert Eagle during some episodes of the first season, beginning with "Dead or Alive" (1.08). The Desert Eagle is explained to be a gift from his Mafia father at his graduation, causing McCall to lament that all she received was a set of encyclopedias. However, Hunter had been on the police force since at least the 1970s, making it very unlikely that he could have received a Desert Eagle, which weren't produced until 1982, at his police graduation.
In "High Bleacher Man" (1.09), Det. Terwilliger (James Whitmore Jr.) arms himself with a stainless Ruger Redhawk to guard Elton Gavin (Michael Baseleon), who grabs the Redhawk from Terwilliger's holster once he is no longer a witness.
When Hunter (Fred Dryer) disguises himself as a motorcycle cop to lure out the serial killer in "The Shooter" (1.10), he wears a Smith & Wesson Model 586 in his holster that becomes a Colt Python for close shots of it firing.
Hunter uses a Beretta 92FS during seasons five, six, and seven. Sgt. Chris Novak (Lauren Lane) also carried one during her appearance of the last half of the seventh season.