Different guns (Makes, not individual guns) have different rifling sizes and numbers. Some are unique! Also, leave different firing pin marks and extractor marks on the casing.The 1911 was his Dad's, started carrying after he passed.
Guns goofs on TV:
John Wayne in one of his first movies was a Civrl War era, he carried an 1873.
I like when cop shows evaluate the scene and find a shot bullet and says: came out of a S&W auto.
But the biggest problem is when someone is both STUPID and IGNORANT.
I did not talk down to the guy just explained to him that the gun did not need to be registered and it was not made in the 1920's... then I probably did get too long winded by explaining that 'we' made over 6 million of them in less than 3 years during WW2 and then back in the 60's you could buy one through the mail for around $65. I then hinted that he would be surprised at the asking price for one of these now.... I then went on gun broker and looked up M1 Carbines... he is not the only one surprised, I was thinking around 6-800 dollars......
Correct, normally the lab does this. I'm talking about first on the scene and picks up a shot bullet and instantly knows. To the point if he thinks harder he would say the serial #.
But you also have to remember, in the service they were mostly taught, outside of combat, to keep the hammer down on a 1911A1 and no round in the chamber. My buddy was on guard duty on his destroyer during the Viet Nam war. He was issued a .45 with five rounds in the magazine, two extra 7 round magazines in a military mag pouch. He had the standard military flap holster. He was told not to put a round in the chamber unless he was absoultely positive that an enemy was approaching. So maybe in that case, Gibbs was just falling back on his training....but at least he had a round in the chamber!
When you can find a left handed pipe wrench let me know. I have one available 24 hours a day
I don't have a left-handed one, but I do have a couple in metric sizes.
A few are even lefthand twist, and gain-twist (a la terni-carcano) supposedly looks unique, too. jfk trivia..
Works pretty good for generating power as well. There's a lot of former Navy working in power.
So you know next to nothing. The newbie knows it's a gun and it goes boom, just like superheated steam can cut one in half. Your answer proved my point.
Dragnet TV show/Jack Webb was located in California. California, even in the 1900's, was more restrictive of firearms than the rest of the country.
While the M1 Carbine is under the Curio & Relic laws, it was not approval b the US Army until 1940 and tested in 1941 and produced after that. It was 2 decades after the "1920's".
it was centered in l.a. in particular
Funny enough, I think I have a left hand pipe wrench! Chinese piece of junk I picked up somewhere that the adjuster nut is reversed threaded! I like handing it to guys I work with sometimes just to watch them try to use it.
I kept my chinese lefty crescent wrench just for that reason for years, it it was such a good joke it walked away with a new owner.
I'm trying to determine how to interpret your reply... but maybe it is just me.....
I am also clueless to what his reply meant.
