Anyone watch the season premir NCIS?

woody58 · September 23, 2010, 07:33:36 AM

Just wondering if anyone notice the rifle Jethro's dad had holding up the woman that was after him? Looked like a model 76 to me.

Jed Cooper · September 23, 2010, 10:00:24 AM

I think it was a 73. Either way it was cool to see it in a modern setting. Too bad he didn't get the job done with it. Every thing worked out in the end though.

Jed

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · September 23, 2010, 10:13:29 AM

Yup! I saw it. '73 or '76, I wasn't sure.

Shotgun Franklin · September 23, 2010, 05:58:31 PM

They used a '73 in an episode a while back, might be the same gun. Didn't see this new one yet.

Forty Rod · September 23, 2010, 06:04:22 PM

Had a '76 in one episode. The sheriff told Jethro to "get the Henry off my saddle. I shoots to the right."

'Twasn't a Henry and why did it shoot to the right? Don't rural cops know how to adjust their sights?

Not many errors on guns in that show, but once in awile........!

Four-Eyed Buck · September 23, 2010, 08:19:24 PM

That earlier use was a '76.............

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · September 24, 2010, 10:29:48 AM

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=NCIS#Winchester_1873

Forty Rod · September 24, 2010, 10:39:18 AM

I still think it's a '76. Looks way too big to be a '73.

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · September 24, 2010, 10:44:31 AM

Furlong; I agree, it looks too big. And what about that roundy-humpy shape at the back of the action? Why the tang sight if its a .44-40?

MJN77 · September 24, 2010, 12:11:15 PM

Quote from: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on September 24, 2010, 10:44:31 AMWhy the tang sight if its a .44-40?

Same reason one would be on a .45-60. For better accuracy.

That's an original 73 in the Texas ranger museum.
Don't know what was in the TV show, but people put tang sights on .44-40s too.

Sir Charles deMouton-Black · September 24, 2010, 01:04:01 PM

I use a Lyman tang sight on mine as well, but usually its seen on heavier things that can be tasked to reach out and touch some one or thing.

I still wonder about the roundy-humpy shape of the rear of the action. Your '73 doesn't have that shape.

MJN77 · September 24, 2010, 01:20:54 PM

Looking at the pics from the site you posted it looks like a 76. I just posted the photo to show that the old timers used tang sights on .44-40s too.

Forty Rod · September 24, 2010, 02:51:58 PM

Quote from: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on September 24, 2010, 01:04:01 PM
I still wonder about the roundy-humpy shape of the rear of the action.

That's Jethro's head!

Don't let him hear you referring to it that way.

Roscoe Coles · September 25, 2010, 01:07:50 AM

Previous episodes shot in the dad's store showed a 73 hanging on the wall behind the counter. Lord knows about the continuity but, it also looked like a 73 to me when he was pointing it in season opener.