File:Magnum.jpg Magnum P.I. (1980 - 1988)Magnum P.I. was a detective series that was broadcast on CBS from 1980-1988. The series starred Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a Vietnam veteran and former Naval Intelligence officer who then worked as a private investigator on the islands of Hawaii. The series was created by Donald Bellisario, who was responsible for such popular series as Quantum Leap Airwolf JAG NCIS .
The following weapons were used on the TV 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 Colt Government Model - .45 ACP Magnum with his Colt Government Model in a promotional photo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum loads the mag into the Colt. 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". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum puts down the Colt to take off the ring.
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 Season 1's "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 the Season 1 episode "Never Again.....Never Again". Magnum is also seen handling one in Season 1's "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 the Season 1 episode "Never Again.....Never Again". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum handles the Walther in Season 1's "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".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Detective Special - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 Norinco Type 54 A Norinco Type 54 was used by the rebel leader in "All For One".
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK - .32 ACP Submachine Guns Heckler & Koch HK94 (chopped and converted) The Heckler & Koch HK94s chopped and converted to resemble MP5A3s are notably used in Season 4's "All for One, Parts 1 & 2".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch HK94 chopped and converted to resemble an MP5A3. Note the lack of a paddle magazine release, a lugged barrel, and a push pin set 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum lays down fire with the HK94. Note the lack of barrel lugs. File:Magnum4 14.jpg Magnum with the HK94 in Season 4's "All for One, Part 2". Note that he has 3 mags taped together "jungle" style. "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 Uzi Magnum and Orville "Rick" Wright (Larry Manetti ) use actual Uzi submachine guns in various episodes.
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Madsen M50 In the pilot episode, thugs who chase Magnum are armed with the Madsen M50 fitted with a barrel shroud.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the pilot episode, 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 the episode "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". Remington 870 A police version of the Remington 870 , with a shortened barrel and extended magazine tube, is used by Magnum in the episode "L.A."
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 Shotgun - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum (Tom Selleck ) with a Remington 870 in the episode "L.A." Winchester Model 1897 In Season 1's "Skin Deep", actress Erin Wolfe (Cathie Shiriff ) is seen enacting a scene with a Winchester Model 1897 .
File:Winchester Model 1897.jpg Winchester Model 1897 - 12 gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Season 1's "Skin Deep", actress Erin Wolfe (Cathie Shiriff ) is seen enacting a scene with a single barrel shotgun for a video camera. over and under shotgun An O/U shotgun is seen being used for skeet-shooting in the episode "Tropical Madness".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Over and Under Shotgun - 12 Gauge side-by-side shotgun Magnum uses a side-by-side shotgun to shoot down Higgins' remote control airplane in the episode "Distant Relative".
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Rifles M16A1 An M16A1 is seen in the various flashbacks to Vietnam and notably in Season 4's "All for One, Parts 1 & 2".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16A1 Rifle -5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magnum fires the M16A1 during a flashback to his Vietnam days. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rick (Larry Manetti ) as a Marine helicopter gunner uses an M16A1 while in Vietnam Error creating thumbnail: File missing Philippe Trusseau (Robert Loggia ) fires the M16A1 while in Vietnam. File:Magnum4 03.jpg Dr. Long Tang (Clyde Kusatsu ) uses the M16A1 fitted with the M203 grenade launcher in Season 4's "All for One, Part 2". File:Magnum4 110.jpg Joe (Dustin Nguyen ) opens fire with the M16A1 in Season 4's "All for One, Part 2". Remington 700 Higgins cleans a Remington 700 in the episode "Missing in Action".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 700 - .308 Winchester Steyr SSG 69 Magnum uses a Steyr SSG 69 in the episode "Unfinished Business".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr SSG 69 - 7.62x51mm NATO Colt Sako Model L-579 Rifle In Season 1's "Skin Deep", a Colt-Sako Rifle is seen handled by Magnum and later used by David Norman (Ian McShane ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Sako Model L-579 Rifle - .308 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch HK91 A Heckler & Koch HK91 is used by TC in Vietnam in the episode "All for One".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heckler & Koch HK91 Rifle - 7.62mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing T.C. uses the HK91 in "All for One". File:Magnum4 12.jpg T.C. (Roger E. Mosley ) one-hands the HK91 in "All for One, Part 2". Galil ARM A Galil ARM with wood handguards is seen in a cache of weapons in the episode "All for One".
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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, Vietnamese pirates are seen opening fire on T.C.'s helicopter from a boat with Valmet M71S rifles substituting for the AK-47. Machine Guns M60 Rick uses an M60 in his role as T.C.'s gunner in Vietnam. In the episode "All for One, Part 1", Rick is seen using the M60 from the riverboat during the firefight on the river. Magnum and Higgins are seen using the M60 during "All For One, Part 2". The machine gun is used as well in various flashbacks to Vietnam (the M60 in the flashbacks are seen mounted on the side of TC's helicopter). Also seen in the series is the M60C model (most often in disguise as a DSHK) as in "All for One" and "Mad Dogs and Englishmen")
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M60 Machine Gun - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rick opens fire with the M60 in "All for One, Part 1". File:Magnum4 04.jpg Magnum uses the M60 in Season 4's "All For One, Part 2". DShK Machine Gun (M60D Mockup) An M60D mocked up to resemble the DShk machine gun is seen in "All for One".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK 12.7x109mm on tripod. File:Magnum4 11.jpg An M60D mocked up to resemble the DShk machine gun is seen in "All for One". Other Manville 25mm Projectile Launcher A Manville 25 mm Projectile Launcher is used by Magnum in the episode "All for One", described as "18 rounds, armor piercing".
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M203 Grenade Launcher Dr. Long Tang (Clyde Kusatsu ) uses the M203 Grenade Launcher underneath his M16A1 in "All for One".
File:Magnum4 03.jpg Dr. Long Tang (Clyde Kusatsu ) uses the M203 Grenade Launcher underneath his M16A1 in "All for One". M72 LAW Magnum uses an M72 LAW .
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