Firefly gun safety question

POSTED BY: Bytemite
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VERASAMUELS

Monday, January 17, 2011 8:10 AM

I think if it was a situation where carrying openly would be a problem, he might wear a shoulder holster. That would be well-hidden under the long brown coat.

Jayne, of course, wouldn't give a rats arse and would go out armed to the teeth, as usual [GG]

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, January 17, 2011 9:00 AM

Mal *does* have a couple other guns, including some suitable for pants pocket carry, or concealed holster - just before the infamous "Bwah!" scene he's cleaning them and Inara needles him a bit about it, so you can prolly put that part in frame-by-frame and have a looksee, you know.

For his main, yeah, anytime it's not in hand, holster, which also fits with the "western" setting of Firefly, of course.

Oh, and Re: Jayne - nah, if it was gonna be an issue, that's what medical tape is for (remember that one?), only... gettin it off ain't fun, so one could imagine drawing in a hurry could be... problematic.

-F

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, January 17, 2011 9:01 AM

Ruttin double posts, gah.

BYTEMITE

Monday, January 17, 2011 5:11 PM

Hehe, yeah, Fireflyfans beta doesn't quite go to thread like the old version after you've posted, so it's kind of like "Hwuh? Did it go through? - clicky click".

Well, a pocket ace would be pretty western... In my mind it must be a security thing. For one, the man probably, if you squint, has some kind of PTSD. Having lots of guns around apparently makes him feel more at ease in case he needs one. But the only time we ever see him using a gun besides his main arm is when he has no choice in Out of Gas, because the other crew wouldn't meet him with it strapped on and he had to resort to the hidden one. This is potentially because in some sense he trusts his pistol the most.

In the Those Left Behind comic, he says something outright about feeling as though that gun and Zoe are the only things that got him through the war. He also refuses to give it up to the ambushers when asked, even when they're holding him, Jayne, and Zoe at gunpoint, and that might be the moment he decides to finally fight back as well.

On the other hand, he was probably carrying concealed in The Train Job when he was in his civvies.

I imagine Jayne didn't think the medical tape idea through very well. Although Mal... Does he shave or something? Actually, he might be able to pull off a medical tape surprise.

CYBERSNARK

Monday, January 17, 2011 6:24 PM

I don't think Jayne thinks anything through very well.

Taking a page from Han Solo, Mal's probably got a hold-out (maybe that tiny little derringer Wash cocked menacingly in War Stories) that's designed to be concealed. Something pocket-sized, or with a specially-designed boot-holster (though the tightpants may make that a problem).

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BYTEMITE

Monday, January 17, 2011 6:41 PM

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I don't think Jayne thinks anything through very well.

I hear that, unless he's figuring the percentage, the benefits of a prospective job, or the exact angle to compensate for a bent scope at 500 yards.

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Something pocket-sized, or with a specially-designed boot-holster (though the tightpants may make that a problem).

Well, I'm officially confounded. Maybe I'll take a look at a freeze frame of that cleaning the guns scene in the visual companions and see what my options are.

EDIT: I was hoping to find some details, no such luck. Definitely the one Inara picks up she refers to as "concealable." Beyond that, I got nothing.

BYTEMITE

Monday, January 17, 2011 11:35 PM

Gun model trivia to the rescue!

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Firefly

:D

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, January 17, 2011 11:48 PM

Well, the ideal pocket gun would be the Colt 1903/1908 hammerless, since there's no chance of the hammer hanging up on fabric, and it's small enough for pants pocket carry, plus given where it's stashed, he could just snag it on the way out and drop it into a pocket neat as you please...

So I think that's your go-to-gun for story value here, if I take your intentions correctly.

The Colt Mustang .380 is more a boot or sleeve gun, I carried one for many a year, and it's quite small, but blocky and unsuitable for unholstered pocket carry.

-F

BYTEMITE

Monday, January 17, 2011 11:51 PM

Yeah, I was doing research on the Mustang, and possibly the ankle-holster idea.... Though I have my doubts that would work with either the boots or the pants. Might be too tight to pull that off believably, even if I eschew the holster and have it by itself in the boot.

The hammerless was the one on the side of mule in out of gas. Which could be useful for my situation if they taped it to the new hovermule for similar reasons. And they might have.

I'm learning things!

MOOSE

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:18 AM

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Originally posted by Bytemite:

The hammerless was the one on the side of mule in out of gas. Which could be useful for my situation if they taped it to the new hovermule for similar reasons. And they might have.

Apparently Mal learned from his "Out of Gas" encounter since they now have a pair of M1A1 Carbines mounted on the HoverMule.

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Serenity

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