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The following firearms are used in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire :
Handguns
Smith & Wesson Model 10 "Military & Police"
Several characters throughout the series, including Sheriff Elias "Eli" Thompson (Shea Whigham ), Al Capone (Stephen Graham ), Agent Eric Sebso (Erik Weiner ), Agent Stan Sawicki (Joseph Aniska ), Sixtus D'Alessio (Eric Schneider ), and Chicago mob boss Charlie Sheridan (Frank Shattuck ) use the Smith & Wesson Model 10 , known during the show's era (the 1920s) as the "Military & Police" Model.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Rothstein's drivers holds a Model 10 in the pilot episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi ) holds a Model 10 he took from Mickey Doyle (Paul Sparks ) in the pilot episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frankie Yale (Joseph Riccobene ) shoots "Big Jim" Colosimo with a Model 10 in the pilot episode.
File:Be103-sw10a.jpg Sheriff Thompson fires his S&W in "Broadway Limited" (1.03).
File:Be104-sw10a.jpg Capone with his S&W in "Anastasia" (1.04).
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File:Be106-sw10a.jpg Sheridan aims his S&W .38 in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capone with his S&W tucked into his waistband in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Agent Sebso aims his S&W .38 in "Belle Femme" (1.09)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sixtus D'Alessio (Eric Schneider ) aims his S&W .38 in "Belle Femme" (1.09)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sebso's holstered S&W revolver in "Paris Green" (1.11)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An S&W .38 is fired in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Agent Sawicki during a raid in "21" (2.01)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nucky's lawyer Bill Fallon (David Aaron Baker ) confronts Van Alden with Agent Sebso's S&W in "Under God's Power She Flourishes" (2.11)
Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action
Davey Murdoch (Billy Smith ) is told to drop his Smith & Wesson .44 Double Action by Jimmy and Capone in the pilot episode.
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Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB
Agent Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon ) fires a Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB (anachronistic for the 1920s era) at the firing range with the other Prohibition agents in training during the pilot episode.
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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless
Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt ) carries a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless in a shoulder holster. It is differentiated from the .380 ACP Model 1908 in "Home" (1.07), when Richard Harrow (Jack Huston ) asks Jimmy what type of pistol he is carrying and Jimmy responds: "A Colt 1903". In season 4 Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi ) begins carrying one with pearl grips and nickle plate.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy aims his 1903 in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy with his 1903 in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy holds his 1903 in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy's 1903 in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy holds his 1903 on Mickey Doyle in "The Emerald City" (1.10)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy with his 1903 in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy aims his Colt 1903 during the standoff in "The Age of Reason" (2.06)
M1911
M1911 pistols are used throughout the series by several characters. Some of Sheridan's men in "Family Limitation" (1.06) carry M1911s. Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon ) carries one in a shoulder holster. "Chalky" White (Michael K. Williams ) uses a matched set of nickel 1911s to capture Meyer Lansky in "The Emerald City" (1.10). Capone (Stephen Graham ) uses one for an assassination in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12). Lansky (Anatol Yusef ) himself uses a chrome M1911 during the standoff in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). Clifford Lathrop (Curt Bouril ), the Department of Justice agent assisting Esther Randolph, carries a M1911 in a shoulder holster.
After taking control of Atlantic City during the second season, Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt ) upgrades from a Colt 1903 to a 1911, carried in condition one in a large brown leather shoulder holster.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sheridan's men aim 1911s at Jimmy in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 1911-toting Van Alden makes an arrest in "Belle Femme" (1.09)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chalky draws his 1911s on Lansky in "The Emerald City" (1.10)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Van Alden's 1911, which appears to be a replica (for water scenes), holstered in "Paris Green" (1.11)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Van Alden draws his 1911 in "Paris Green" (1.11)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capone aims his 1911 in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lansky holds his 1911 with good trigger discipline in "The Age of Reason" (2.06)
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Agent Lathrop fires his 1911 in "Peg of Old" (2.07)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy with his 1911 drawn in "To the Lost" (2.12)
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Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector
"Lucky" Luciano (Vincent Piazza ) carries a Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector , notably seen in "Belle Femme" (1.09) when Gillian Darmody (Gretchen Mol ) takes it away from him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gillian holds Luciano's S&W in "Belle Femme" (1.09). Based on the size in her small hands, it appears to be a .32-caliber rather than the larger .38-caliber model.
Remington 1866 Derringer
Eddie Kessler (Anthony Laciura ), Nucky's faithful German valet/bodyguard, fires a Remington 1866 Derringer at the D'Alessio brothers when they attempt to kill Nucky in "Belle Femme" (1.09).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1866 Derringer - .41 R.F. Caliber. Polished Steel with yellow pearl grips
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Eddie fires his derringer in "Belle Femme" (1.09)
Colt New Service
The youngest D'Alessio brother, Pius D'Alessio (Nicholas Martino ), desperately attempts to load his Colt New Service in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pius raises his New Service in surrender in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12)
Savage 1907
One of Masseria's nephews, Incrocci (Mario Macaluso ) threatens Jimmy with a Savage 1907 in New York in "Ourselves Alone" (2.02).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Incrocci holds a Savage 1907 on Jimmy in "Ourselves Alone" (2.02)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing This guy clearly never heard about Jimmy's skill with a trench knife.
Webley Mk VI
Richard Harrow (Jack Huston ) mentions a "Webley .455" as one of his handguns, finally drawing a Webley Mk VI during a showdown with Sleater in "A Dangerous Maid" (2.03).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrow and Sleater face off in "A Dangerous Maid" (2.03)
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Smith & Wesson Model 2 Double Action
Owen Sleater (Charlie Cox ), the ex-IRA soldier working for Nucky, carries a Smith & Wesson Model 2 Double Action as his primary weapon.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrow and Sleater face off in "A Dangerous Maid" (2.03)
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Colt Police Positive
Manny Horvitz (William Forsythe ), the Odessa-born Jewish gangster from Philadelphia, carries a Colt Police Positive as his main sidearm.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manny with his Police Positive during the standoff in "The Age of Reason" (2.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manny with his Police Positive in "Georgia Peaches" (2.10)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manny with his Police Positive in "Georgia Peaches" (2.10)
Smith & Wesson M1917
Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza ) has upgraded his .32 S&W Hand Ejector to a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson M1917 by 1921 as seen in "The Age of Reason" (2.06). Vito Scalersio, the assassin sent by Capone to Atlantic City, uses an M1917 in "Peg of Old" (2.07).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver (Military issue with lanyard ring) - .45 ACP.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luciano and Lansky with their handguns in "The Age of Reason" (2.06), with Lansky exercising good trigger discipline in b.g.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luciano aims his S&W M1917. Again, Lansky's trigger discipline is better.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Scalersio fires his M1917 in "Peg of Old" (2.07)
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Smith & Wesson Victory Model
Richard Harrow (Jack Huston ) uses a Smith & Wesson Victory Model throughout "To the Lost" (2.12), carried in his waistband. It is differentiated from a standard Model 10 by the grips, finish, and lanyard ring. As the Victory Model was developed for World War II, its appearance in an episode set in the summer of 1921 is an anachronism.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Victory Model - a modified and parkerized version of the .38 Special revolver, the Smith & Wesson Model 10 - the "Victory Model" is chambered in .38 S&W
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrow holds his Smith & Wesson in "To the Lost" (2.12)
Colt Pocket Positive
Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi ) uses a nickel Colt Pocket Positive in "To the Lost" (2.12), carried in a shoulder holster.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nucky draws his Pocket Positive in "To the Lost" (2.12)
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
Many characters use full length side-by-side Double Barreled Shotguns throughout the series. Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt ) uses one when ambushing Rothstein's truck drivers in the pilot episode. Margaret Schroeder (Kelly Macdonald ) uses a double-barreled shotgun that she hands off to Nucky (Steve Buscemi ) in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05). In the same episode, a hunter named Glenmore (Bill Camp ) also carries one.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Prohibition agent sits up front with a double-barreled shotgun as Van Alden enters the back seat in the pilot episode.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The side of Jimmy's shotgun as Capone looks at him in the pilot episode.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Deputy Halloran (Adam Mucci ) with a shotgun in "Anastasia" (1.04)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Agent Sebso (Erik Weiner ) holds a double-barred shotgun in "Nights in Ballygran" (1.05)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ignacious D'Alessio (Edoardo Ballerini ) with his shotgun in "Hold Me In Paradise" (1.08)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Margaret holds a shotgun on Eli in "Gimcrack & Bunkum" (2.05)
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nucky (Steve Buscemi ) demonstrates the importance of a loaded weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Glenmore stands in the woods with his shotgun in "Gimcrack & Bunkum" (2.05)
Browning Auto-5
Browning Auto-5 shotguns are used by several characters throughout the series. In the pilot episode, Al Capone (Stephen Graham ) carries a Browning Auto-5, as do several of Rothstein's drivers and several Prohibition agents. Richard Harrow (Jack Huston ) carries a cut-down Auto-5 in "21" (2.01) and "What Does the Bee Do?" (2.04).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Davey Murdoch (Billy Smith ) holds his Browning Auto-5 in the pilot episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy holds his shotgun as Capone holds his Browning Auto-5 in the pilot episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Murdoch with his Browning Auto-5 in the pilot episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrow with his Auto-5 in "21" (2.01).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Jimmy and Harrow's men stands with an Auto-5 in "21" (2.01).
Winchester Model 1912 Riot
Several Prohibition agents and some of Chalky's warehouse guards carry Winchester Model 1912 riot shotguns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester M1912 Riot Gun - 12 Gauge
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Prohibition agent with his Winchester Model 12 in the foreground as Van Alden's men pray in the pilot episode.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chalky's guards carry Winchester M1912s in "To the Lost" (2.12)
Winchester Model 1897 Full Length
Several Prohibition agents carry full-length Winchester Model 1897 shotguns.
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Lupara
Luparas are used in several episodes. Al Capone (Stephen Graham ) uses one in "Family Limitation" (1.06) to ambush members of Sheridan's Irish mob. Richard Harrow also uses one against the D'Alessio brothers in the episode "Return to Normalcy" (1.12). In "Battle of the Century" (2.09), Waxey Gordon's assassin Alfred Gordetsky (Scott Burik ) uses one against Manny Horovitz.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capone grabs his lupara in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrow's lupara in "A Return to Normalcy" (1.12)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A little boy in Nucky's dream in "Two Boats and a Lifeguard" (2.08) aims a lupara.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alfred Gordetsky goes after Manny with a lupara in "Battle of the Century" (2.09)
Winchester Model 1912 Full Length
Richard Harrow (Jack Huston ) takes a full size Winchester Model 1912 when he goes "hunting" in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05). A full size Model '12 is also used by a Klansman in "21" (2.01).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A KKK member enters Chalky's warehouse in "21" (2.01).
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Winchester Model 1897 Riot
A woman who works in Chalky's warehouse uses a riot Winchester Model 1897 in "21" (2.01). Appropriately, Richard Harrow (Jack Huston ) uses one when accompanying Jimmy on a revenge mission for the warehouse shooting in "To the Lost" (2.12). Eli Thompson (Shea Whigham ) also carries on in "To the Lost" (2.12).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A woman aims her Winchester '97 in "21" (2.01)
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Submachine Guns
M1921AC Thompson
Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi ) travels to Ireland to sell a shipment of Thompsons to the IRA. The particular model featured is the M1921AC configuration with a 50-round drum magazine of .45 ACP ammunition, not developed until 1926 (anachronistic during a scene set in 1921.)
As Nucky himself comments, "No relation."
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nucky presents a dozen Thompsons inside a coffin to IRA representatives in "Battle of the Century" (2.09)
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nucky demonstrates the Thompson's capabilities to an impressed gathering of IRA leaders.
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Rifles
M1917 Enfield
Richard Harrow uses a scoped M1917 Enfield to kill a man in a restaurant, having previously named it in a list of firearms he owns along with a Colt 1903 , Roth-Steyr , Smith & Wesson "Triple Lock" , and a Mauser 1914 .
In "21" (2.01), "Chalky" White (Michael K. Williams ) picks one up from a fallen warehouse guard to shoot a KKK member.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harrow puts away his Enfield after completing a kill in "Home" (1.07)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of Chalky's warehouse guys with an Enfield in "21" (2.01).
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M1903 Springfield
During the World War I flashback in "To the Lost" (2.12), Cpl. Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt ) carries a M1903 Springfield with a bayonet attachment.
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Machine Guns
Browning M1917
A Browning M1917 is used by KKK members to assault a liquor warehouse run by Chalky White in "21" (2.01).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Klansmen reveal their Browning M1917 in "21" (2.01).
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Other
Mark I Trench Knife
Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt ) carries a 1918 Mark I Trench Knife in his left boot. The writers are doing a little bit of homework on this series as when Jimmy is asked what the point on the top of the handle is he says it's a skull crusher and is used for "cracking walnuts."
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jimmy holsters his knife in his boot in "Family Limitation" (1.06)
Colt Percussion cap gun
Eli Thompson (Shia Whigham ) works to fix a cap gun resembling a Colt percussion revolver for his son Brian in "Gimcrack and Bunkum" (2.05).
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