Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum P.I. (1980 - 1981)The following weapons were used in Season 1 of the series Magnum P.I.
Handguns Colt Government Model The main handgun used by Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck ) is a Colt MKIV/Series 70 Government Model , which is a commercial version of the U.S. Military M1911A1 . This handgun is supposed to be the one he carried during his service in Vietnam and is sometimes carried in a tanker-style holster, most often seen carried inside wast band small of back, no holster. It is sometimes seen in Magnum's flashbacks to Vietnam. A former propmaster for the show has been quoted saying that the original gun was a traditional .45 ACP 1911, but was soon changed to a 9mm version because .45 ACP blanks were too hard to get on location for the show.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The actual main prop from the show (Colt MKIV/Series 70 Government Model, 9×19mm Parabellum, serial number 70L33101, currently owned by the National Firearms Museum). A 9mm version of the Government Model was chosen for reliable functioning with readily available blanks. In the context of the show, Magnum's pistol was playing the role of a .45 ACP however, given that various characters referred to it as a "forty-five" several times throughout the series. Magnum with his Colt Government Model in a promotional photo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum loads the mag into the Colt in the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01). Note the line on the magazine that's different from an M1911A1's magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum (Tom Selleck ) with his Colt Government Model in the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum puts down the Colt to take off the ring in the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01). Star Model B In some episodes, Magnum's Colt becomes a Star Model B .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blued Star Model B - 9mm pistol from the movie The Untouchables (1987) Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "China Doll", Magnum is seen using the very similar Star Model B instead of his Colt. Walther P38 Jonathan Higgins (John Hillerman ) uses a Walther P38 in "Never Again.....Never Again". Magnum is also seen handling one in "Skin Deep".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 Pistol - 9mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jonathan Higgins (John Hillerman ) uses a Walther P38 in "Never Again.....Never Again". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum handles the Walther in "Skin Deep". Smith & Wesson Model 66
Katrina (Ann Dusenberry ) shoots Higgins and later holds Margo (Mimi Rogers ) at gunpoint with a stainless steel Smith & Wesson Model 66 (2½" bbl.) in the episode "Italian Ice".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 66 Snub with 2" barrel - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Katrina (Ann Dusenberry ) with a nickel Smith & Wesson Model 19 in the episode "Italian Ice". Smith & Wesson Model 19 Luther H. Gillis (Eugene Roche ) carries a blue Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (2½" bbl.) in the episode "Luther Gillis: File #521".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (right side). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luther H. Gillis' blue Smith & Wesson Model 19 in the episode "Luther Gillis: File #521". Smith & Wesson Model 36 Luther H. Gillis (Eugene Roche ) carries a blue Smith & Wesson Model 36 (2" bbl.) in the episode "The Return of Luther Gillis".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luther H. Gillis (Eugene Roche ) holds a blue Smith & Wesson Model 36 in the episode "The Return of Luther Gillis". Colt Detective Special A thug who confronts Higgins at the Ferrari is seen holding a Colt Detective Special in the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Detective Special - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing A thug who confronts Higgins at the Ferrari is seen holding a Colt Detective Special in the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01). Detonics Compact MKV Rick carries a stainless Dectonics Compact in several episodes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rick pulls the Detonics on Season 4's "All for One, Part 2". Detonics Pocket 9 Magnum uses a Detonics Pocket 9 as a backup in the episode "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Detonics Pocket 9 TT-33 Pistol An older TT-33 with checkered wood grips was used by the rebel leader in "All For One".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing TT-33 sated 1942 with checkered wood grips - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An older TT-33 with checkered wood grips was used by the rebel leader in "All For One". Walther PPK Magnum carries a Walther PPK as a backup weapon in an ankle holster, seen in the episode "The Big Blow".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK - .32 ACP Webley Mk VI In serveral episodes, Higgins (John Hillerman ) uses a Webley Mk VI revolver. Presumably, this is his service revolver from WW 2.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk VI .455 Webley Submachine Guns "Fake" Uzi (Mocked up M11) In Season 1, foreign agents are seen with Uzi's which are actually M11 with furniture to make it look like an Uzi.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ingram MAC-10 Rick (Larry Manetti ) uses a MAC-10 in the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ingram MAC 10 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rick (Larry Manetti ) with the MAC-10 in the pilot episode. Madsen M50 In the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01), thugs who chase Magnum are armed with the Madsen M50 fitted with a barrel shroud.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01), thugs who chase Magnum are armed with the Madsen M50 fitted with a barrel shroud. Shotguns Mossberg 500 Higgins uses a Mossberg 500 for skeet-shooting in "Skin Deep".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mossberg 500 Shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Higgins (John Hillerman ) skeet-shooting with a Mossberg 500 in the episode "Skin Deep". Winchester Model 1897 In "Skin Deep", actress Erin Wolfe (Cathie Shiriff) is seen enacting a scene with a Winchester Model 1897 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Season 1's "Skin Deep", actress Erin Wolfe (Cathie Shiriff) is seen enacting a scene with a Winchester Model 1897 shotgun for a video camera. Rifles Remington 700 Higgins cleans a Remington 700 in "Missing in Action" (S1E09).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 700 BDL - .308 Winchester Error creating thumbnail: File missing Higgins checks the barrel of the Remington 700 BDL in "Missing in Action" (S1E09). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Higgins with the rifle in "Missing in Action" (S1E09). Weatherby Mark V In "Skin Deep", a Weatherby Mark V is seen handled by Magnum and later used by David Norman (Ian McShane ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weatherby Mk. V rifle - .300 Weatherby Mag Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Season 1's "Skin Deep", a Weatherby Mark V is seen handled by Magnum, Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Season 1's "Skin Deep", a Weatherby Mark V is seen used by David Norman (Ian McShane ). Valmet M71S As what was common for productions in the 1970's and 1980's, the Valmet M71S rifle is seen used as a substitute for the AK-47. In the pilot episode, Vietnamese pirates are seen opening fire on T.C.'s helicopter from a boat. Higgins refers to the rifles in the episode as AK-47's.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Valmet M71S chambered in 5.56x45mm (.223). The Valmet was also offered in 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the pilot episode "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (S1E01), Vietnamese pirates are seen opening fire on T.C.'s helicopter from a boat with Valmet M71S rifles substituting for the AK-47. 
