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Sherlock Holmes (Sherlok Holms ) is a Russian 2013 TV series, directed by Andrey Kavun and starring Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes and Andrey Panin as Dr. Watson. The series use plots of various Arthur Conan Doyle's works but shows them in a very non-canon way. In the series Holmes is twenty-seven years old genius thinker but awkward and intense man while Watson is much elder man, a veteran Army medic, who teaches Holmes shooting and boxing. Trying to make a name for himself as a writer, Watson begins describing the detective cases, solved by Holmes, often embellishing the real events.
Note: according to the interview of director Andrey Kavun, the guns in the series are from Lenfilm prop stores, so many of these revolvers are doubtless same guns that were seen in earlier Lenfilm series about Holmes and Watson, Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa i doktora Vatsona
The following weapons were used in the television series Sherlock Holmes :
Revolvers Webley .455 Mk VI Dr. Watson's (Andrey Panin ) "old army revolver" is a Webley .455 Mk VI (this model was adopted only in 1915 and doesn't fit for the time of the events). Watson's revolver is seen in hands of Sherlock Holmes (Igor Petrenko ) in several episodes. Except for the duo, Webley Mk VI is used by Morstan (Valeriy Zaytsev ) in "Rock, Scissors, Paper" and Gilbert Roy (Leonid Timtsunik ) in "The Mistresses of Lord Maulbray". It's worth noting that in the scene in "Halifax" when the Webley is shown firing, it works only as single action revolver.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson cocks the hammer of his Webley when he hears suspicious noise from Holmes' room (Ep.1-2 "221B Baker Street"). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Morstan (Valeriy Zaytsev ), a member of gang of cabmen, fires at Holmes and Watson in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Watson identified the sound of the gunshot as "Webley Mk III". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes picks up Morstan's revolver and replies: "You are right, this is Mk III". Note the custom plain grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson holds his Webley during the ambush on gang of cabmen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Watson prepares for the duel with Capt. Sholto, he unloads his revolver... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and loads it with a single cartridge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gilbert Roy (Leonid Timtsunik ) holds a Webley in Ep. 7-8 "The Mistresses of Lord Maulbray". In previous moment he had a Nagant M1895 , then his revolver switches to a Webley Mk VI and then to a Reichsrevolver M1883 due to several continuty errors. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson hits escaping Roy with a well aimed shot. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson holds his revolver in the scene in the National Bank vault in Ep.11-12 "Halifax". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson fires while riding a bicycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson fires at escaping robber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes fires Watson's revolver at a lab rat that became unstoppable agressive after Holmes' experiment with special needles that Irene Adler stole from German Ambassador's safe (Ep.13-14 "Holmes's Last Case". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson holds his revolver in the scene in the workshop of a gunsmith, working for Moriarty, in Ep.15-16 "The Baskerville Hound". Rast-Gasser M1898 Rast-Gasser M1898 revolvers are widely used throughout the series, notably by Inspector Lestrade (Mikhail Boyarskiy ) and Professor Moriarty (Aleksey Gorbunov ). Certainly a single prop is used. Like many other guns in the series, Rast-Gasser is out of time and out of place.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rast-Gasser 1898 - 8 x 27mm Gasser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade holds his Rast-Gasser when the police appears on 221B Baker Street, following the trail of deadly wounded Peter Small in Ep 3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Lestrade's revolver in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thaddeus Sholto (Igor Sklyar ) readies a Rast-Gasser during the ambush on gang of cabmen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Sholto's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade holds his Rast-Gasser when the police break in the club where the duel takes place. In next moment Lestrade is seen with a Reichsrevolver M1883 while Rast-Gasser is seen in Sholto's hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lesrade examines Sholto's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade shoots after fleeing Gilbert Roy in Ep. 7-8 "The Mistresses of Lord Maulbray". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade, with his revolver in hand, examines the stone slab, closing the underground passage, in Ep.11-12 "Halifax". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade holds his revolver when he together with Holmes and Watson moves along the underground passage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade with his Rast-Gasser during the shootout on the mint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty aims his Rast-Gasser revolver at Holmes in the scene at Reichenbach Falls in Ep.13-14 "Holmes's Last Case". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty's revolver is seen during the fight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes disarms Moriarty. In next moment the revolver switches to a Reichsrevolver M1883 due to a continuity error. Error creating thumbnail: File missing When the revolver falls in snow, it switches back to Rast-Gasser. Reichsrevolver M1879 Reichsrevolver M1879 revolvers are also seen throughout the series. Certainly a single prop is used. While this revolver somewhat fits for that time, it hardly is common for Britain.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reichsrevolver M1879 - 10,6x25R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A robber at the background holds a Reichsrevolver M1879 during the attack on the coach of an Indian prince in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Tracy (Anatoliy Rudakov ) holds a Reichsrevolver M1879. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Tracey's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing US Ambassador (Yaroslav Boyko ) fires a Reichsrevolver M1879, loaded with blanks, at an escaping person who is supposed to be Charles Gautier, being in affair with Ambassador's wife (Ep.5-6 ""Clowns"). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jealous Ambassador makes a staged attempt on Charles Gautier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flashback scene shows the Ambassador with his revolver in hand while discussing the problem with Holmes who secretly visited Ambassador's residence at night. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Royal Navy sailor Tom Taylor (Sergey Burunov ) (in reality an agent on Her Majesty's secret service) aims his revolver at Admiral Wills who turned out to be a traitor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Taylor's revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the shootout in the National Bank vault in Ep.11-12 "Halifax" Inspector Tracy's (Anatoliy Rudakov ) Reichsrevolver M1883 switches to an M1879 due to a continuty error. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After the shootout the Galand revolver of robber Courtney (Oleg Botin ) switches to a Reichsrevolver M1879 due to a continuty error. Reichsrevolver M1883 Reichsrevolver M1883 revolvers are widely used throughout the series. It appears to be that two revolvers of this model are seen, one of the has a rim on the muzzle and a lanyard ring, and another one lacks both features. While this revolver somewhat fits for that time, it hardly is common for Britain.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reichsrevolver M1883 - 10.6x25R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade with a Reichsrevolver M1883 in the scene of the boat chase in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade holds a Reichsrevolver M1883 in the scene after the duel of Watson and Sholto. In previous moment Lestrade was armed with a Rast-Gasser 1898 but in this scene Rast-Gasser is seen in Sholto's hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lord Henry Maulbray (Andrey Matyukov) holds a Reichsrevolver M1883 in Ep. 7-8 "The Mistresses of Lord Maulbray" when he plans to commit suicide in public lavatory on railway station. This is the revolver with slightly shorter barrel without a rim on the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds the revolver, interrogating Lord Henry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gilbert Roy (Leonid Timtsunik ) holds a Reichsrevolver M1883 in Ep.7-8. In previous scenes he had a Nagant M1895 that switches to a Webley .455 Mk VI and then to Reichsrevolver due to several continuty errors. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip without lanyard ring is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Lestrade (Mikhail Boyarskiy ) holds a Reichsrevolver M1883 instead of his usual Rast-Gasser after the shootout in the National Bank vault in Ep.11-12 "Halifax". Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the fight between Holmes and Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls in Ep.13-14 "Holmes's Last Case", when Holmes disarms Moriarty of his Rast-Gasser 1898 , the revolver switches to a Reichsrevolver M1883 due to a continury error. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Moriarty's revolver in Holmes' hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police Inspector Higgis (Aleksey Shevchenkov ) who turns out to be Moriarty' henchman suggests a Reichsrevolver M1883 to Johnson (Semyon Furman) who lost a large sum in gambling and wants to shoot himself (Ep. 15-16 "The Baskerville Hound"). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Johnson takes the revolver and puts it to his head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Higgis, now in police uniform, loads his revolver during the shootout with Watson on Big Ben clock tower. The lanyard ring on the grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Higgis fires. The rim on the muzzle is seen. Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are also used throughout the series, mainly in hands of police personnel. All revolvers are of post-1930 version. Like many other guns in the series, Nagant M1895 is out of time and out of place.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the police constables holds a Nagant when the police appear on 221B Baker Street in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inspector Lestrade with a Rast-Gasser 1898 and Constable Keatron (Vladimir Labetskiy ) (at the left), Inspector Higgis (Aleksey Shevchenkov ) (at the right) and Constable Gregson (Andrey Semenyuk ) (at the background) with Nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the Nagants in hands of police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Nagant is seen in the scene in the club. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gilbert Roy (Leonid Timtsunik ) holds a Nagant in Ep. 7-8 "The Mistresses of Lord Maulbray" (note the post-1930 front sight). Later his revolver switches to a Webley .455 Mk VI and then to a Reichsrevolver M1883 due to several continuty errors. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of Roy's Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the robbers in the National Bank, corrupt police Constable Spalding (Vyacheslav Ivanov ), holds a Nagant revolver (Ep.11-12 "Halifax"). In the following scene, his Nagant briefly switches to a Reichsrevolver M1883 and then back to Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the revolver next to the body of a Moriarty's henchman. Note the TOZ marking and 1940 year. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the shootout on the mint Holmes armes himself with a Nagant, taken from a killed criminal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Watson's Webley runs dry, he also takes a Nagant of a killed criminal (Watson uses two different Nagants in this scene). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police Constable Bayton (Aleksey Aleksandrov ) with a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police Inspector Higgis (Aleksey Shevchenkov ) holds a Nagant. Galand revolver Some police constables and robbers (who turn out to be corrupt policemen) carry Galand revolvers, most likely Russian contract model in 12x14mmR. Most likely a single prop is used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Galand M1868 - 12mm (or a lesser-known 7mm or 9mm). Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of police constables holds a Galand revolver in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same constable holds his Galand revolver at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Galand revolver is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A masked person in police Constable uniform attacks a coach that Holmes, Watson and Jabez Wilson ride in Ep.11-12 "Halifax". He throws away the Reichsrevolver M1883 that ran dry and continues using his Galand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Galand revolver is seen when the attacker is gunned by Watson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the robbers in the National Bank, corrupt police Constable Courtney (Oleg Botin ), holds a Galand revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Courtney's Galand. In next moment his revolver switches to a Reichsrevolver M1879 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another robber, corrupt police Constable Fife (Aleksandr Baranov), holds a Galand. In next moment his revolver switches to a Rast-Gasser 1898 . British Constabulary A Webley RIC revolver, most likely Belgian copy known as "British Constabulary", is used in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper" by one of the robbers who attacked the coach of an Indian prince and by Inspector Tracy (Anatoliy Rudakov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belgian "British Constabulary" revolver, c.1894 - .380 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A robber in center fires a RIC revolver during the attack on the coach of an Indian prince. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close but dark view of same revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tracy holds the RIC in the scene of the club of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers regiment veterans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Tracy's revolver in same scene. Pistols Percussion Pocket Pistol Irene Adler (Lyanka Gryu ) owns a Percussion Pocket Pistol . Sherlock Holmes (Igor Petrenko ) uses Irene's pistol in Ep.15-16 "The Baskerville Hound". According to the interview of director Andrey Kavun, this gun is a specially made for filming replica of a pistol from a private collection.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Percussion pocket pistol with octagonal steel barrel c. 1840 - 11mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Irene Adler threatens Holmes with her pistol (Ep.5-6 ""Clowns"). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the pistol. The hammer isn't cocked. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes cocks the hammer... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and Irene now aims the pistol that is ready for firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Irene Adler holds same pistol in Ep.13-14 "Holmes's Last Case" when Holmes catches her during the safecracking in German Ambassador's office. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes takes the pistol from the purse of murdered Irene in Ep.15-16 "The Baskerville Hound". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes aims the pistol at Moriarty in the scene on Big Ben clock tower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moriarty casts a glance of the pistol and mentions that it was he who gifted this gun to Irene. Flintlock Pistol Sword A flintlock pistol sword is seen in Capt. Sholto's house in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". It is very likely a Denix replica.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix replica of 17th century French cutlass pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes examines the pistol sword. Rifles and Muskets Winchester Model 1895 During the boat chase in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper" police Constable Gregson (Andrey Semenyuk ) holds a Winchester Model 1895 rifle. This is a Russian contract version.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1895 Russian contract model - 7.62x54R. Note the loading bridge over the receiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gregson holds the Winchester Model 1895 rifle. The loading bridge over the receiver can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A production image of the scene. Karabiner 98k Karabiner 98k rifles are used by several police constables in the scene at the doors of the club of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers regiment veterans in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper" and by German soldiers, guarding the embassy, in Ep.13-14 "Holmes's Last Case".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Constables with rifles try to open the door of the club in "Rock, Scissors, Paper". The correct rifle for Britain of that time would be Martini-Henry . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of Karabiner 98k is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Constable at the right holds a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Constables on both sides of the door hold 98k rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German guards of the embassy with 98k rifles in "Holmes's Last Case". The correct rifle for German troops of that time would be Mauser Gewehr 1871 or 1871/84 modification. Lee-Enfield What appear to be a kind of Lee-Enfield rifle is seen in the flashback scene in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper" that depicts the activities of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers in Afghanistan.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle at the background has a general outlook similar to SMLE rifles, but it seems to have its magazine removed. Unidentified muskets A number of long guns with flintlocks and percussion cap locks is seen in the flashback scene in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper" that depicts the activities of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers in Afghanistan. Very possibly these guns are mockups that represent not some actual model but rather a generic musket or rifled musket of 19th century (somewhat resembling Snider-Enfield but with old locks). Anyway, flintlock and percussion cap lock muzzleloading guns were too antique for British troops of that time.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A number of long guns with attached bayonets in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers at the right hold long guns with bayonets. Oriental Musket An Oriental style musket is seen in Capt. Sholto's house in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper". It's hard to say what kind of lock it has (if any). Possibly this is a non-firing decorative "wall-hanger".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Turkish Flintlock Musket, an example of Oriental style muskets with generally similar outlook Error creating thumbnail: File missing A musket is seen on the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same musket is seen in another scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The long barrel is seen. Shotguns Percussion Shotgun A Percussion Shotgun is seen in Ep.1-2 "221B Baker Street" during the investigation of the murder of a retired seaman Peter Carey.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1860 Russian-made Single Barreled Percussion Shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun in the house of murdered Peter Carey. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes examines the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun in hands of Peter's wife Jessica Carey (Darya Yurgens ) in a scene that depicts Holmes' version. Double Barreled Shotgun Several Double Barreled Shotguns are seen in the office of the French Ambassador Charles Gautier (Semyon Strugachyov) in Ep.5-6 "Clowns".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns in center and at the right has different barrel length. The gun at the left is unclear, it is possibly not a double barreled shotgun but somewhat different. Trivia Remington 1875 A drawing of two Remington 1875 revolvers is seen on a vignette for Ep. 13-14 "Holmes's Last Case". A color version of same vignette is a part of English language poster. This gun doesn't appear in the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1875 - .45 Long Colt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A drawing of two Reminton 1875 revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Remington 1875 revolvers are seen below the title "SHERLOCK HOLMES". Colt Official Police A Colt Official Police with 6" barrel is seen in hands of Sherlock Holmes (Igor Petrenko ), posing as Mycroft Holmes, on English language poster. This gun doesn't appear in the series.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Official Police with 6" barrel - 32-20 WCF. Manufactured 1929 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes (at the right) holds a Colt revolver. Cannon A muzzleloading cannon is seen in the flashback scene in Ep.3-4 "Rock, Scissors, Paper" that depicts the activities of 5th Northumberland Fusiliers in Afghanistan. An antique cannon is seen near the castle in Ep.9-10 "The Musgrave Ritual".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blowing from a gun of an Afghan rebel in "Rock, Scissors, Paper". Lt. Peter Small (Mikhail Evlanov ) ignits the gunpowder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An antique cannon is seen at the right in "The Musgrave Ritual". 
