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In the beginning of the film, Detective Hartigan (Bruce Willis) packs a Colt Detective Special in an ankle holster as his "Spare Rod". He attempts to use it when he is shot several times by his partner, Bob (Michael Madsen), but is only shot again when he attempts to pull it out.

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  • Colt Detective Special
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  • In the beginning of the film, Detective Hartigan (Bruce Willis) packs a Colt Detective Special in an ankle holster as his "Spare Rod". He attempts to use it when he is shot several times by his partner, Bob (Michael Madsen), but is only shot again when he attempts to pull it out.
  • The Colt Detective Special is a weapon in Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. It is used as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives and gangsters alike.
  • The Colt Detective Special is a carbon steel framed double-action short-barreled revolver, and is an example of a class of firearms known to gun enthusiasts as "snubnosed", "snubbies", or "belly guns". As the name "Detective Special" suggests, this model revolver was used as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives. Introduced in 1927, the Detective Special was one of the first short-barreled revolvers produced with a modern swing-out frame. It was designed from the outset to be chambered for higher-powered cartridges such as the .38 Special, considered to be a powerful caliber for a concealable pocket revolver of the day.
  • The Colt Detective Special is a is a carbon steel framed double-action short-barreled revolver. In the Season 5 episode, Stakeout (episode), junkie Dennis Moran is seen holding a Colt Detective Special 3rd Generation.
  • The Colt Detective Special was a snub-nosed revolver used primarily on Earth by plain clothes detectives in the 20th century. In the Dixon Hill series of holographic programs, McNary, a detective with the San Francisco Police Department, was armed with this weapon. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye" ) In The Hotel Royale simulation, the bellboy owned a Colt Detective Special for an eventual confrontation with Mickey D over Rita. He hid this weapon in his waistband. (TNG: "The Royale" )
  • The Colt Detective Special is a carbon steel framed double-action short-barreled revolver, and is an example of a class of firearms known to gun enthusiasts as "snubnosed", "snubbies", or "belly guns". As the name "Detective Special" suggests, this model revolver was used as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives.
  • The Colt Detective Special was the most famous member of the Colt line of D-frame revolvers. It was manufactured from 1927 to 1986 and again from 1993 to 1995. The first Detective Specials were essentially cut-down Police Positive Specials, and among the first purpose-built concealable revolvers in what was then a major caliber, .38 Special (though DSs were made in several other calibers, including .38 S&W & .32 S&W). The Third Generation was introduced in 1972. The biggest change was that, for the first time, the ejector rod was enclosed by a shroud.
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  • 3.0
  • 2.0
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Rate
  • Single shot
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  • N/A
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Name
  • Colt Detective Special
  • Detective Special
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Type
Caption
  • Post-1966 Second series blued Colt Detective Special
First
  • "What Lies Ahead"
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  • 10.0
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  • 0(xsd:double)
  • 0(xsd:double)
Weight
  • 21(xsd:integer)
Caliber
  • 0(xsd:double)
color text
  • White
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Capacity
  • 6(xsd:integer)
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  • "What Lies Ahead" to Present
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  • Black
Sights
  • Fixed open sights
Sight
  • Cross hair
is ranged
  • yes
Action
production date
  • 1927(xsd:integer)
  • 1993(xsd:integer)
Magazine
  • 6(xsd:integer)
Variants
  • Banker's Special
  • Commando Special
Death
  • 1999(xsd:integer)
Barrel
  • 4.0
feed
  • Six-round cylinder
Birth
  • 1927(xsd:integer)
wield
  • One handed
abstract
  • In the beginning of the film, Detective Hartigan (Bruce Willis) packs a Colt Detective Special in an ankle holster as his "Spare Rod". He attempts to use it when he is shot several times by his partner, Bob (Michael Madsen), but is only shot again when he attempts to pull it out.
  • The Colt Detective Special is a weapon in Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. It is used as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives and gangsters alike.
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