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glock was founded in 1963, but they didn't start making guns until like 1983. cops used the VP70z (the z is the civilian version of the VP70 which, in military form combined with a stock/holster, is a machine pistol), but turned to other guns fairly quickly. in fact, the VP70 was one of the first double action only pistols, which are now quite popular with cops, but the expense and heavy trigger pull caused the gun to die an undeserved death. in my opinion, the history channels "history of the gun", etc, are VERY innacurate and like any 1 hour tv history program has to gloss over a lot of stuff (try comparing anything the history channel makes about hitler and the book Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, for example ). i still find the shows enjoyable, but i never take them at face value
if you are going to use a revolver for the story, i would choose the colt detective special. there are a couple good photos here
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"History of the Gun", for those who haven't seen it, is a series of one hour programs on the history of the gun, but Ed is correct in that they move quickly, and should be taken with a grain of salt, like anything about History, in the USA.
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Now on to the making of films!
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Have the Special Addition DVD, FoT. Kevin Smith rules!
The one that's still alive, that is...
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Man, they should have left Azrael's bar rant on the nature of Hell IN the movie.
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Well, it wasn't quite as funny as Clerks and Chasing Amy (leaving aside Dogma and the new one, which I'm not as familiar with.) More than that, Smith made more than a few concessions to the "studio" that he was, in retrospect, not happy with.
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In other matters, and out of pure curiousity, Rob, want type of handgun(s) do you own? Glock, Sig, Colt, S&W? Something else?
(P.S. -- my motive is simple curiousity and not to turn this into another debate about government regulation which is really silly since I think even Fo2 and Omega are against assault rifles and what not ... )
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). i still find the shows enjoyable, but i never take them at face value
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