Swedish Police TV Series.

[Pat Riot]

Staring in any language is just...staring.

 

[JR24]

And Longmire cocks his 1911 each time he unholsters it. It is TV, not reality.

I feel like maybe in the books he mentions that hammer down on a loaded chamber was something he learned in Vietnam, or something like that, and kept it up because it's something he knows.

 

[CapnMac]

Also, I have heard that the Beeb (BBC) enforces really strict on-set rules for "weapons handling," an aspect of "historical accuracy" they are willing to ignore.

 

[TMW Trav]

Regarding conditions like 1,2 and 3, I believe the OOD in the 52 area Camp Pendleton carried his 1911A1 hammer down on an empty chamber and no magazine inserted. This would have been 1984 so I could be mid-remembering it.

 

[toivo]

There were two WALLANDER series. The BBC one was in English with Kenneth BRANNAGH staring. He liked the books so much, he made the series.
The other series was made in Swedish, staring a Swedish crew.
Both are very good.

I can't watch the Branagh version. I'm a second generation Finnish-American and grew up with Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking grandparents and parents. I can't bear to hear Branagh butcher the pronunciation of Swedish names and places. He could have bothered to learn how to pronounce them; it wouldn't have been that hard. Pronouncing the male name Kalle as "Kallie" instead of "Kahl-leh" grates on my ear as badly as if I heard someone pronounce the name John as "Joan."

To me, the Branagh version is just British cops driving Volvos. But that's just me. YMMV. I'm sure it's a good series in its own right.

 

[Kendahl]

Like many here I carry a LCP in a front pants pocket. Chambered round, but its crossed my mind that for safety, and control, if I should carry it with out a round in the chamber.

Carry it in a pocket holster that protects the trigger, with nothing else in that pocket, and the risk is no greater than carrying in a good belt or shoulder holster.

 

[Kendahl]

I feel like maybe in the books he mentions that hammer down on a loaded chamber was something he learned in Vietnam, or something like that, and kept it up because it's something he knows.

If the gun is DA/SA, which is common for Sigs, that's a safe and reasonable way to carry it.

 

[toivo]

I feel like maybe in the books he mentions that hammer down on a loaded chamber was something he learned in Vietnam, or something like that, and kept it up because it's something he knows.

If the gun is DA/SA, which is common for Sigs, that's a safe and reasonable way to carry it.

That reference was to the TV character Longmire, who carries a 1911 -- SAO.