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Thursday, June 29, 2017

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Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman from the 70s TV show - with a rifle.  I can't tell if that's a Garand or not, but there's not much detail.  Bad angle.  Experts?


13 comments:

  1. Not an expert, but if you go in along the beltline from her lasso, there's a bright knob. Looks too big to be the charging handle of a Garand, more likely a bolt handle.

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  2. I'm pretty sure I see the knob of a bolt-action handle right at her waistline, so I don't think it's a Garand.

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  3. Should be an Springfield 1903A3.

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  4. Nope, not an Garand.

    It's maybe a Mauser k98.

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  5. 1903 Springield - you can see the bolt handle if you look at it with magnification and the strap connections look right for that model. Have to get mine out of the safe to check for more clues.

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  6. Bad angle. Experts?

    Not the best angle, but nice rack all the same.

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  7. Here is a link to a bigger pic.

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4c/de/4c/4cde4cfccad269850963c7753d15642c--wonder-woman-superman-lynda-carter.jpg

    And the rifle sideways

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/db/b8/6d/dbb86d5be9183b51032b16ecb1ecfe58--linda-carter-girl-guns.jpg

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  8. I don't recall enough about the TV show, but IMDB said it was based in WWII, not WWI like the movie. That rules in a Garand, but doesn't rule out an '03 Springfield. A k98 Mauser? I don't know, but I'd think they'd have Wonder Woman with an American gun. Unless the prop master doesn't know and doesn't care.

    Like Erin said, you can clearly see the knob of a bolt gun near her waist, just below the bottom of the gold thing (belt?). So I think I'm with Terrapod and Tom Murin: '03 Springfield. It's a bolt gun, and I'm guessing a 1903 Springfield would be appropriate for the show.

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  9. If you see a rifle, you may be Gay.

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  10. Like Tom said, a Springfield 1903A3. You can see the bulge of the stamped floor plate. But the picture linked by Miguel gives a bit more info. Looks like a 1903 handguard. The 03A3 handguard covers the barrel up to the front receiver ring. The one in the photo shows barrel in the area normally occupied by the rear sight on a 1903. Perhaps a cobbled together hollyweird prop gun.

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    1. Most likely correct. After all, they wouldn't want their star to accidentally shoot herself or one of the other stars with a REAL gun...

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    2. What Ownerus said. The floorplate is a dead giveaway.

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  11. I see a couple of cannons.....

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