Got a challenge for you: Identify Andy Griffith's guns.

[rickyrick]

Been trying to guess what guns are in the rack in Mayberry's Sheriffs office/courtroom/jail while Andy is committing acts of official oppression, I can't, the scenes cut away too fast for me to determine what they are. Mostly bolt guns and a shotgun or two.

 

[Old Bill Dibble]

Jack Nicholson does not know:

But pictures will help?

Guns used on the show:

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Andy_Griffith_Show,_The

Possibly a clue?

 

[g.willikers]

Was Barney actually trusted to have a real gun?

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Is it always the same guns in the rack? I see a Winchester 94 there, and some kind of pump-action.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

The guns changed over time. I remember seeing a couple M1 Garands and maybe an M1Carbine at one time.

Griffith was a combat infantryman in WW2 and landed in Normandy. He was also a big-time shotgun shooter. I have seen a pic of him loading shotgun shells on a Hollywood Model-III Special Deluxe.

 

[rickyrick]

I notice that they change, I figured they were put back in a different order.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Griffith was a combat infantryman in WW2 and landed in Normandy

According to his Wikipedia bio, he was born in 1926 and graduated high school in 1944. He attended UNC for 1945.

 

[Old Bill Dibble]

Yeah he was pledging his fraternity in in 1945 not dodging German snipers. He did claim it on the TV Show in the fictional role of Sheriff. There may be some confusion because they used his real name in the show. But he never served.

- Don Knotts, Otis and Ernest T Bass served in WWII (as entertainers in the Army, Bass was a 1SG )
- Floyd the Barber served in the Army Air Corps in WWII
- Jim Nabors was exempt
- Goober was in the Air Force (peace time 50s)
- Ron Howard and none of the women ever served

 

[buck460XVR]

A few listed here.......http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Andy_Griffith_Show,_The


This also from the discussion page.....

Weren't there rifles such as the winchester? Andy did use one, but this model is unknown, also there was a double barrel shotgun seen welded by Andy, somwhat it belongs to gomer.

Yes, there were two Winchester Rifles, the one Andy uses, was a Winchester Model 1894. Another one on the gun rack is the Winchester Model 70

 

[gunfighter48]

A couple of them look like tubular feed 22s. One looks like a Win 94 lever gun.

 

[DaleA]

Barney Fife, (Don Knotts) famously carried a revolver for which he had one round---which they made him carry in his front shirt pocket. Whenever he was allowed to load the cartridge into the gun he usually became so nervous that about half the time he discharged the gun putting it back into his holster.

It would be a fun fact to find out how many toes Barney had left on his right foot at the end of the show.

The imfdb.com says Barney’s revolver was a ‘Colt Official Police’ although he occasionally carried a ‘Colt Detective Special’.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Don_Knotts

P.S. I know you knew this, you just wanted to see if anybody would rise to the bait and restate the obvious.