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Talk:The X-Files - Season 3
The following firearms were used in Season 3 of the television series The X-Files.
Manurhin PPK (Walther clone)
In episode 3.01 "The Blessing Way" Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) again used the Manurhin PPK she used during the first season for a last time, when the FBI did confiscate her regular P228 service pistol.
Smith & Wesson 5906
Although they use SIG-Sauer pistols in Season 2, both Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) switch to using Smith & Wesson 5906s as their sidearms for all of Season 3. After this season, they resume using their respective SIG pistols (P226 for Mulder, P228 for Scully). Skinner is also seen using a 5906 as his carry weapon. The 5906, chambered to fire 9mm Luger (Parabellum) ammunition, has fully ambidextrous safety levers, a one-piece rear wraparound grip, and the construction is all stainless steel. The 5906 (S&W 3rd generation) version used by Mulder and Scully has an adjustable rear sight, black trigger and hammer.
Mulder and Scully used the 5906 from episode 3.03 "D.P.O." until episode 4.01 "Herrenvolk". In episode 3.13 "Syzygi" Dana Scully's Smith & Wesson 5906 had accidental discharges.
NOTE: Several users have suggested that these pistols might be the Smith & Wesson 1076 in 10mm, which was briefly used by the FBI. This is incorrect; the 1076 has a single-stack frame, while the pistols in the show have double-stack frames, meaning that they can only be the model S&W 5906. The show's guns are not the .40-caliber model 4006, because the 4006's frame features checkering on the grip, missing on the show's Smith & Wessons (the 5906 frame has vertical grooves on the grip). The model S&W 1076 can be easily distinguished from the S&W 5906, as the 1076 is hammerless, has no manual safety and a frame mounted de-cocking lever. This is a TV show, not real life, and movie/television armorers have always tended to use 9mm pistols rather than larger calibers, because 9mm blanks are more reliable to cycle in pistols than larger calibers.
Walther PPK
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) can be seen carrying a Walther PPK as a back-up pistol ("I got tired of losing my gun!") to his main sidearm, kept in an ankle holster in episodes: 3.09 "Nisei", 3.10 "731" and 4.08 "Paper Hearts".
