This gun was used in the Ravenwood bar shootout (filmed at Elstree Studios, England), and Cairo, Egypt street scenes (filmed in Tunisia), where it was fired several times. The M1917 also lacks round S&W medallions on its checkered grips, with simple smooth round tops. These two revolvers are differentiated by the front sights: the M1917 sight is rounded (with bluing removed from the barrel underneath), and the one on the 'Bapty' Mk II ramps up at an angle.

production and Middle East location filming. According to research done by members of the web site, this was loaned from Bapty and Co. The second Smith & Wesson revolver used onscreen is a blank-firing British-issue Mk II Hand Ejector Model chambered in. This insert shot was filmed after the main scene, which is why the gun that lands in the suitcase is a different model. 'Besides, you know what a cautious fellow I am.' While in his residence, Indy pulls out another (in reality the same) M1917 while packing for his trip to find the Ark. 45 ACP Smith & Wesson M1917 Revolver, shown directly below, is now in private hands. The same prop shows up again in a scene when Jones is packing his suitcase, where several identifying marks can be clearly seen in closeup, including the unique sight blade, and corner chunk missing from the grip. This was used for studio work in the U.S., and is the gun Indy turns over to arch rival Belloq ( Paul Freeman) after barely escaping a booby-trapped Peruvian temple with the golden idol. Two similarly-modified prop weapons with barrels cut down to about four inches were employed by the production company-the first being a Smith & Wesson M1917 provided by Stembridge Gun Rentals, in California. Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford) carries as his primary sidearm in Raiders a large frame Smith & Wesson revolver of the 'Hand Ejector, Second Model' type. 5.1 RPG-2 (mocked up as a German anti-tank rocket launcher).

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