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Dragnet (1967)
Dragnet is the second television series incarnation featuring Jack Webb as LAPD Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. In this version of the series, Harry Morgan co-starred as his partner Bill Gannon. A comedic feature film adaptation of the series starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks was released in 1987 and a more serious television remake starring Ed O'Neill as Joe Friday was broadcast in 2003.
The following firearms were used in the 1967 series Dragnet:
Smith & Wesson Model 36 "Chief's Special"
The Smith & Wesson Model 36 is the revolver carried by Detective Joe Friday (Jack Webb). In Season 2's "The Shooting Board" (S2E21), Sgt. Friday uses his S&W when confronting a robbery suspect at a laundromat. When asked to give up his weapon for tests, Friday hands it over and the profile of the gun is seen. Friday mentions that it is his Smith & Wesson revolver.
Ithaca 37
Sgt. Joe Friday is seen using an Ithaca 37 shotgun in Season 1's "The Shooting" (S1E11). Friday narrates going to the property room and checking out an Ithaca 37 Shotgun and 5 rounds of 00 Magnum Buckshot. The episode was about the hunt for suspect who shot an officer in the Line of Duty. The Ithaca is carried when Friday and Gannon (Harry Morgan) got to make the arrest of the suspect.The Shotgun used int his episode is the LAPD Special Ithaca- 18 1/2" barrel, 4 shot mag tube, Rifle Sights, and Parkerized finish.
Smith & Wesson Model 27
A Smith & Wesson Model 27 is seen being fired on the range in Season 2's "The Shooting Board".
Colt New Service
The suspect who exchanges gunfire with Friday in "The Shooting Board" uses what appears to be a Colt New Service.
