[IMtheNRA]

In the original series, there was an episode called "Shore Leave", if I remember correctly. In it, the usual landing party beams down to a beautiful planet that it turns out, can read their minds and reproduce whatever the crew happens to be thinking about at the time.

There was a knight in armor, a samurai, even Alice and the Rabbit, make an appearance at one point during the episode...

Anyway, Sulu, who apparently is an avid gun collector, happens to be thinking of a revolver he covets, and it suddenly appears before him.

Kirk and the rest of the crew are startled when without any warning, Sulu decides that the peaceful meadow he found himself in is actually a nice place for a little target practice and caps off a few rounds with complete disregard for eye and ear protection (not to mention the rule about knowing whether there are any aliens behind the distant bushes).

Later in the episode, the same wheel gun was used by Captain Kirk to whack the knight after he "kills" Dr. McCoy. Of course I never saw any tac-reloads...

OK, on to the question: What was the revolver in the episode? Caliber, barell length, production year? Does anyone have an image of Kirk or Sulu blasting away with their new "gat"?

[Bill Hook]

IIRC, it was a .38 M&P (model 10?). I think he even names it, but probably incorrectly, knowing Hollyweird (think Glock 7 :rolleyes: ).

[gun-fucious]

Police special?

Series: Star Trek
Episode: Shore Leave
Nitpick Category: Scientific Fact
Approximate time of nitpick: Throughout the episode
Summary: Sulu's gun....
Details: Sulu finds a gun on the planet and fires 4 shots in practice. Then later Kirk uses it to kill a Knight. He fires 3 shots. This is a police special gun. It has 6 bullets



[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
What do you think you're doing?
Target shooting, Captain.
Isn't it a beauty?
Haven't got anything like this in my collection.
Where did you get it?
I found it.
It's a crazy coincidence,
but I've always wanted one like this.
Found it lying over there--
an old-time police special,
and in beautiful condition.
Hasn't been one like this made
in, oh, a couple centuries.
Mr. Sulu.
It fires lead pellets
propelled by expanding gases
from a chemical explosion.
I'll hang on to it.
The fresh air seems to have made you trigger-happy.

[Mike Irwin]

It was a Smith .38.

That episode is probably my favorite one out of all of them, closely followed by "The Arena" in which Kirk fights the reptile captain and defeats it by making a crude black powder cannon.