Talk:Stalker (1979)

Writer's pistol: doesn't seem to be a standard 1911 or TT-33

I wonder what has been used as Writer's pistol in the movie. The shape is similar to Colt 1911 and Tokarev T-33, but the following features do not match:

• a takedown lever just above the front of the trigger guard, on the left side. It is not featured on 1911, TT-33 or other pistols that I can think of (or see photos of). This might have been added to a real pistol for movie purposes though. On watching film a few more times this is just a splash of water in that place.
• spur at the bottom plate of the mag. Neither 1911 or TT-33 feature such magazine plates as far as I could find.
• grip spur under hammer. TT-33 does not have such a feature, 1911 does. Even if TT-33 slide has somehow been pushed to the front, shape of "spur" is wrong for TT-33.
• there is no mag release button behind trigger. 1911 and TT-33 do have one.
• hammer is seen at the back of the slide, similar to 1911. Tokarev had a hammer seen on top of the slide, behind rear sight.
• serrations at the back of the slide look like 1911 or post-war TT-33. Earlier TT-33 had a wider spacing of the serrations.

--Tiksom 22:45, 28 May 2010 (UTC)