Sledge Hammer! was a television parody of the Dirty Harry series that starred David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a tough no-nonsense cop whose tagline was "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!" The aired for two seasons on ABC from 1986-1988.
The following guns were used in the television series Sledge Hammer! (1986):
Inspector Sledge Hammer (David Rasche) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 629 as his sidearm. The revolver is arguably the star of the show, as it gets the vast majority of the screen time during the opening credits. The plastic grips have the image of a sledge hammer on each side. Hammer talks to it sometimes, but when people catch him doing it, he always denies it. He also cooks with it, sleeps next to it and showers with it. For a guy who talks a big game and casually discharges his weapon for fun, however, Hammer never actually killed anyone using the gun on the show, most likely constrained by the standards of prime time network television. And for a guy who fires his gun so frequently, Hammer appears to carry few, if any, reloads.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson Model 629 with Hogue Grips - .44 Magnum.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe S&W 629 lies next to Hammer in bed.A close-up of the special grips during the opening credits.A close-up of the rounds in the cylinder during the opening credits.Instead of a silencer, Hammer uses a "loudener."Hammer talks to his S&W 629.Hammer forces a purse snatcher to beat himself up at gunpoint.It wasn't until the second season that Hammer is shown reloading.Hammer turns his S&W 629 into a spatula to flip his pancakes.
Smith & Wesson Model 38/49
Hammer's partner, Detective Dori Doreau (Anne-Marie Martin) carries either a Smith & Wesson Model 38 or Model 49 as her sidearm. There's no way to tell which it is. Sometimes she keeps it in her purse, others in an outside-the-waistband holster on her skirt.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson Model 49 - .38 SpecialDoreau pulls out her S&W 38/49 on the perp in "All Shook Up" (S01E07).Doreau empties her S&W 38/49 at an oncoming forklift in "If I Had a Little Hammer" (S01E10).Doreau tries to pistol-whip a snake in "Miss of the Spider Woman" (S01E12). This offers a good shot of her grips.An image of Doreau's holster. It appears to be designed for a longer revolver. Also visible are the deactivated .50 BMG and 20mm shells, and a presumably deactivated Mk 2 grenade decorating his desk.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingClassic Smith & Wesson Model 60 - .38 SpecialCaptain Trunk with his S&W 60 on the assault course in "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?" (S01E04)Captain Trunk pulls out his S&W 60 while trying to fight off two syndicate assassins in "Over My Dead Bodyguard" (S01E08).Error creating thumbnail: File missingOfficer Jenkins (Beverly Leech) uses a S&W 60 when she tries to seduce Hammer in "Wild About Hammer" (S02E04)
Browning Hi-Power
A thief (Robert Hallak) uses a Browning Hi-Power during a convenience store robbery in "Hammer Gets Nailed" (S01E02), but Hammer takes it away and hands it to his partner, Detective Dori Doreau (Anne-Marie Martin).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingClassic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mmThe thief holds his BHP on the convenience store owner.Doreau holds the BHP on the thief after Hammer takes it away from him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingPre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol Commercial - .45 ACPAn assassin aims at Hammer with his M1911A1 in "Witless" (S01E03).Sam Steinway (Basil Hoffman) uses an M1911A1 when he's pressed into service as an assassin in "Witless" (S01E03).Cliff (Frank Doubleday) uses an M1911A1 in "Dori Day Afternoon" (S01E05).Doreau uses one after she's hit on the head and her personality changes in "Desperately Seeking Dori" (S01E18). And like a good sitcom, another blow to the head changes her personality back.
Taurus Model 65
Taurus Model 65's appear to be the sidearm of the police department in this show. Officer Lenny (John Milford) tries to collect the bounty on Hammer in "Witless" (S01E03). Vigilante #2 (David Leisure) later uses one to gun down a recently released criminal in "Magnum Farce" (S01E09).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingOlder Taurus Model 65 - .357 Magnum. The one used in the episode was a newer model with a full underlug.The Taurus 65 is on the right.
Luger P08
Two syndicate hitmen posing as cops carry Luger P08s in their holsters in "Over My Dead Bodyguard" (S01E08). Hammer recognizes this detail and saves Captain Trunk's life.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingLuger P08 with black grips - 9x19mmNotice the Luger in the holster.One of the Lugers gets dropped during the altercation.
A cop posing as a pizza delivery man has a nickel Smith & Wesson Model 40 haphazardly taped to his ankle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSmith & Wesson Model 40 Nickel - .38 SpecialSeriously, NO ONE has an ankle holster?How were they expecting him to draw this?
Colt New Service
Retired cop Gilmore Yates (Stephen Elliot) uses a Colt New Service, which was presumably also his service weapon when he was still a cop.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt New Service Revolver - .45 ACP. The Army adopted a version of the New Service, the Colt M1917, with plain wooden grips and a lanyard ring in WWI.Gilly Yates fires his Colt New Service at the range in "The Old Man and the Sledge" (S01E13). Too bad the targets are behind him.A shot of the other side of the revolver shows the Colt-style cylinder release.
Colt Detective Special (3rd Gen)
Bruce Raddish (Patrick Wayne), posing as Hammer's brother Myles, uses a nickel 3rd Gen Colt Detective Special with white grips in "Brother, Can You Spare a Crime?" (S01E17).
When Hammer's Smith & Wesson Model 629 is stolen, the only available replacement is a nickel Beretta 950 Jetfire with pearl grips.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBeretta 950B Jetfire - .25 ACPHammer tries out his Jetfire, only to find out that the bullets don't have enough power to even reach the target.Hammer insists on using his new pistol in his original shoulder rig.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingTokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic gripsMashov holds Prof. Vronsky (Mark Blankfield) at gunpoint with a TT-33. Blankfield had previously played "Slag" in "State of Sledge" (S01E14).
Colt Official Police
Myles Theiss (Ken Letner) pulls out a Colt Official Police after Hammer confronts him in "A Clockwork Hammer," (S02E01).
Myles Theiss' (Ken Letner) Colt Official Police morphs into a Heckler & Koch VP70 of all guns, in a glaring continuity error. It would appear the the switch was made just so the VP70 could fire one round. It morphs back into a Colt Official Police in the next shot.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingIMI Uzi with buttstock collapsed - 9x19mmA file photo of Feliz Navidad with an AMT Hardballer Longslide and an Uzi in "Under the Gun" (S01E01).Cottage Cheese Clodman (The Daily Show's Larry Wilmore) sets down his Uzi in "Under the Gun" (S01E01).Isadora (Ann Ryerson) and Jacob (Lewis Arquette) find Uzis in Hammer's overnight bag in "Witless" (S01E03).Lou (Britt Leach) uses an Uzi in "Dori Day Afternoon" (S01E05).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM1928 "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago typewriter" with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP, made famous through countless classic gangster movies.
Heckler & Koch HK94A3 (chopped and converted)
Hammer has a Heckler & Koch HK94A3 slung over his shoulder in "State of Sledge" (S01E14). It appears to be a rubber copy, as Hammer never fires it and flops around on the floor with it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe "Fake MP5", the Heckler & Koch HK94A3 Converted to full auto fire, shortened barrel and added third firing position on trigger pack - 9x19mm. This version was used in many films during the 1980s and 1990s.The rubber HK94 is visible to Hammer's left.
Heckler & Koch MP5K
Hammer has a Heckler & Koch MP5K slung over his shoulder in "State of Sledge" (S01E14). It appears to be a rubber copy, as Hammer never fires it and flops around on the floor with it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch MP5K - version with SEF Plastic Trigger Pack - 9x19mm. This is a very well worn Motion picture weaponThe rubber MP5K is strapped to Hammer's chest.
Shotguns
Ithaca 37
A police officer is armed with an Ithaca 37 during the sniper standoff. Hammer later takes an Ithaca 37 with an extended magazine from DA Collins (Janice Lynde) in "Magnum Farce" (S01E09).
Hammer coerces a confession from a suspect (Don Stark) using a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy". This scene was cut from the original pilot, and only reinserted for the DVD release.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingWinchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Carbine - .44/40.There are some who would consider firing guns at suspects during questioning police brutality.
Armalite AR-18
One of the mob assassins uses a Armalite AR-18 when they try to kill Hammer in "Witless" (S01E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt M16A1 with 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mmJohn Kogan (Jack Thibeau) uses a M16A1 during his rampage in "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?" (S01E04).Hammer has two M16A1s strapped to his chest in "State of Sledge" (S01E14). They might be rubber copies.
AKMS
Hammer has a AKMS slung over his shoulder in "State of Sledge" (S01E14). It appears to be a rubber copy, as Hammer never fires it and flops around on the floor with it.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mmThe AKMS is on Hammer's right.
Heavy Weapons/Explosives/Other
M60 Machine Gun
Slag (Mark Blankfield) fires an M60 machine gun while perched on the edge of the police headquarters roof in "State of Sledge" (S01E14). The recoil knocks him off the roof.
Hammer uses a M72 LAW rocket launcher to take down a sniper. (Or more specifically, to take down the building that the sniper is on top of.)
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM72A2 LAW - 66mmWhat kind of cop keeps a rocket launcher in his trunk? A PREPARED cop. (Note the "I ♥ VIOLENCE" sticker.)Hammer extends the M72.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM67 fragmentation grenadeHammer hands an M67 to a housewife in case she starts arguing with her husband again.Hammer talks his gun after pulling a grenade out of his pocket.
Mk 2 Hand Grenade
Isadora (Ann Ryerson) finds a Mk 2 Hand Grenade (and several pairs of sunglasses) in Hammer's bag. Hammer also has a (presumably) deactivated Mk 2 hand grenade decorating his desk.
Hammer is given an M8 Flare Pistol to try to signal a passing helicopter in "State of Sledge" (S01E14). He ends up shooting down the helicopter with the flare pistol.
