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Diane
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Can anybody come up with a very common, recognizable model for a handgun circa 1970-80? It's for a story. I've looked up handgun history and stuff on the Net, but can't make heads or tails of it. Help is greatly appreciated.

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Malnurtured Snay
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Here you go.

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that looks a little too advanced for the timeframe snay..

here's a schematic my friend William drew

or you could try google, click image search and type handgun.. dozens and dozens of pics come up

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Malnurtured Snay
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Not really, it's a 1911 model ...

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EdipisReks
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it's mostly a 1911A1. that is actually a para ordnance (looks like the p13, which is the para odnance version of the colt commander). those have been made since 1988. high cap magazine with a wide body. made in canada, i believe. it should fit the bill nicely.

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Diane
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Mal: Er...what's it called???

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David Templar
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Colt forty-five. Everyone knows a Colt 45.

Never leave home without one. [Big Grin]

People also seem to respond pretty well to WalterPPK, Glock (any number below 30), Berreta, Luger, and Browning (string a bunch of letters together).

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Shik
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Walther P-38. Can't go wrong with Megatron, I always say. Then there's the Smith & Wesson .38 police special.

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EdipisReks
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if i was going to carry a gun from that era, it would be a browning hi-power.

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Lee
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Amazing. D'y'know, that's exactly what I was going to suggest. . .

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OnToMars
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Personally, I prefer the Fecilator. Named as such because when the victim catches sight of it, they shit their pants.

(A gold star for anybody who can place what movie that's from) [Big Grin]

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Kosh
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Colt made a nice 357 in that time frame, and I seem to remember hearing of the "Plastic" gun from that time, that turned out to be Glock. Histroy channel rated Glock the #1 pistol of all time, at least the 9mm. Smith & Wesson made some nice pistols in that time, and Dan Wesson went solo at one point, but I think that was before the time you need. We had a Dan Wesson 45 that was very accurate.

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EdipisReks
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the "plastic gun" from the 70's was the hk VP70, which was the first production polymer frame pistol. it was nice, but had a heavy trigger pull. in my opnion, there are plenty of individual guns that are better than any individual glock (SIG p220/226, SIG P210, HK USP, Beretta 92 Elite, Armand Swanson custom 1911 [Big Grin]

, etc), but Glock certainly has the best "family" of pistols, overall.

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"Dogma", OnToMars. I've seen it 15 times.

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Kosh
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the "plastic gun" from the 70's was the hk VP70,

So when was the Glock first introduced? I understand that they made dishes, or something of that nature, before going into guns.

With the History channel, I think they were refering to pistols that the police are using now.

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