Les Jones: Guns of "The Shield"

February 28, 2006

Guns > Guns of "The Shield"

James Rummel and Brian Lane are trying to ID guns used in the FX show "The Shield." Brian has a collection of screen captures.

Det. Wyms has a short-barreled, full-sized revolver. Judging from that one, distant picture it might be a Smith &Wesson Model 19 with a 2.5" barrel.

I don't have an episode handy to check, but I recall Vick Mackey's backup revolver being a Smith &Wesson 640 Centennial, though it could be the Model 60 Chief's Special. The only difference is the exposed hammer on the 60 versus the fully concealed hammer on the 640. I can't tell from the picture.

It isn't clear from this picture, but Lem's shotgun is a Mossberg. I just watched the Wesley Snipes vampire flick Blade again and realized that the actor who plays Lem, Kenneth Johnson, plays club kid Heatseeking Dennis, who is lured into a nightclub by a female vampire.

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In further trivia, that vampire was Traci Lords...

Posted by: Alston at February 28, 2006

The 2.5" K-frame looks like either a 15 or a 19. Can't tell without opening the cylinder and reading the number on the frame, however. ;)

The little backup gun is a bobbed hammer J. It could be a 60, but the finish is kinda warm and bright for a stainless Smith. Possibly a nickeled 36 or 37. Clincher is the trigger: If it's flash-chromed, the gun is stainless.

Posted by: Tam at March 01, 2006

Vic's backup is a model 640. It's a "hatchback."

It's visible clearly in season two when they're going south of the border and Vic is putting it away.

Posted by: Doug at March 01, 2006