L.A. Confidential

The following guns can be seen in L.A. Confidential (1997):

L.A. Confidential (1997)

WARNING: Spoilers Ahead!

Revolvers

Colt Detective Special

The most commonly seen gun in the film, the Colt Detective Special snubnose revolver is carried by both Officer Bud White (Russell Crowe) and Lt. Ed Exley (Guy Pearce). Det. Richard Stensland (Graham Beckel) also carries one of these, seen only when he hands it over to his superiors.

Colt Detective Special - .38 special

White puts his badge and his Detective Special on the chief's desk.

Stensland hands over his badge and his Colt DS.

Exley draws his Colt DS as he prepares to arrest the three Nite Owl suspects.

White forces a suspect to play Russian roulette with his Colt DS during interrogation.

White with his Colt DS discovers Inez.

Exley holds White's own Colt on him during their fight.

White and Exley draw their Colts while looking for Patchett.

Exley carries his Colt DS and 1911 akimbo during the Victory Motel shootout.

Colt Police Positive

Exley tells Capt. Smith that the cook grabbed a .38 caliber revolver but was murdered before he could use it. From looking at the revolver and the grips the revolver can be identified as a Colt revolver. It appears to have the rounded grips that the company went to in the mid-1930's and the exposed ejector rod that was a Colt signature until the late sixties. It's a Colt Police Positive as the frame size and grips are too small to be a Official Police. White disarms Leland "Buzz" Meeks (Darrell Sandeen) of this revolver near the start of the film as well.

Colt Police Positive with 4" Barrel - .38 spl

The cook at the Nite Owl lays murdered next to his revolver.

Smith & Wesson Military & Police

Nite Owl suspect Ty Jones (Kareem Washington) grabs a Smith & Wesson M&P to try and defend himself from Exley and Carlisle during their raid.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special

Jones (Kareem Washington) reaches for his revolver.

Smith & Wesson Model 30

Officer White plants a Smith & Wesson Model 30 in the hand of rapist Sylvester Fitch (Jeff Sanders). It appears to be a pre-WWII model.

Smith & Wesson Model 30 - .32 S&W Long. This is the actual screen used Model 30 carried and used by Ringo (Tim Roth) in the film Pulp Fiction.

White places a S&W Model 30 revolver with pre-taped trigger and grip in Fitch's hand.

Smith & Wesson Combat Masterpiece

Capt. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell) appears to be using a Smith & Wesson Combat Masterpiece with a 4" barrel during the climactic shootout at the Victory Motel. The story takes place before 1957 when Smith & Wesson began numbering it's models.

Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 Special

Capt. Smith fires his S&W Model 15 at Bud White.

Capt. Smith cocks his revolver. He cocks it the same way he decocks it in Eraser.

Pistols

Colt Commander

Sgt. Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) carries a Colt Commander with customized grips as his duty sidearm, carrying it during the "Movie Premiere Pot Bust" and while arresting the Nite Owl suspects.

Colt Combat Commander - .45 ACP.

Vincennes and Exley prepare to arrest the Nite Owl suspects.

Vincennes during the raid on Sugar Ray Collins' apartment.

M1911A1

Roland Navarette (Steven Lambert) shoots Officer Carlisle (Michael McCleery) with a M1911A1 when Exley and Carlisle bust in their hideout to arrest the Nite Owl suspects after they escaped. White gets one from his car, giving it and an extra magazine to Exley to use during the final gunfight at the Victory Motel.

M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.

Navarette fires at Officer Carlisle.

Exley hits the ground holding his .45 during the Victory Motel shootout.

Exley carries his Colt DS and 1911 akimbo during the final shootout.

Colt M1903 Hammerless

Captain Dudley Smith (James Cromwell) aims a .32 ACP Colt Model 1903 Hammerless pistol at Sgt. Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey).

Colt Model 1903 Semiautomatic Pistol - .32 ACP

Smith aims at Vincennes.

Shotgun

Ithaca 37

Almost as commonly seen as the Colt Detective Special, several LAPD officers carry the 12-gauge Ithaca 37. The Nite Owl shooters were said to have used 12-gauge pump shotguns with a five-shell capacity. Breuning (Tomas Arana), Carlisle, Exley, and White are among the officers seen using this shotgun throughout the film. Carlisle and Exley carry these during the Bunker Hill apartment raid, leading to Exley's "Shotgun Ed" moniker. At the Victory Motel shootout finale, Bud White uses the shotgun with great effect.

Ithaca Model 37 - 12 gauge

Breuning and Carlisle threaten Vincennes with a 12-gauge when they don't immediately recognize him.

Breuning and Carlisle in the Nite Owl suspects' apartment.

Carlisle (Michael McCleery) lies dead with his Ithaca 37 next to him.

Bud loads his shotgun for the final shootout. Exley later uses this gun.

Winchester Model 1912

Several Winchester Model 1912 shotguns are seen in the back seat of the '49 Mercury when Vincennes, Exley and other officers are searching for the Nite Owl suspects.

Winchester M1912 Riot Gun

Vincennes and Exley arrive in time to see Breuning and Carlisle "finding" the shotguns in the '49 Mercury.