A couple of days ago the topic of Barney's gun came up. I had incorrectly thought it was a Smith & Wesson, but thanks to research by Tom "Zumafan," we have the correct answer.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Andy_Griffith_Show,_The According to this website, the revolvers used by Andy, Barney and Warren were a model known as the Colt Official Police. In a real law enforcement agency, it does make sense that all officers would be issued the same weapon, because then they would have only needed to purchase one type of ammunition. I'm not saying this is true everywhere in the real world, mind you. I spent two or three hours perusing the above website (mostly the James Bond section) and I noticed there were no entries for Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Maybe somebody who knows more about guns than I can contribute info to this wiki. Paul Mulik _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
