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This article is about the Colt Detective Special. You may be looking for other similar named Colt firearms.

The Colt Detective Special is a carbon steel framed double-action short-barreled revolver, and is an example of a class of firearms known to gun enthusiasts as "snubnosed", "snubbies", or "belly guns".

Pre-Apocalypse[]

As the name "Detective Special" suggests, this model revolver was used as a concealed weapon by plainclothes police detectives. Introduced in 1927, the Detective Special was one of the first short-barreled revolvers produced with a modern swing-out frame. It was designed from the outset to be chambered for higher-powered cartridges such as the .38 Special, considered to be a powerful caliber for a concealable pocket revolver of the day.

Post-Apocalypse[]

Original TV Series[]

Daryl Dixon takes a Colt Detective Special off of a man in the woods who had used the gun to commit suicide.

Lori Grimes often uses this kind of gun, including when Rick's group is clearing the prison of walkers.

Carol Peletier is often seen using this gun following her exile from the prison. On one occasion, Carol hid the gun up her sleeve while confronted by a group of Saviors and shot them, killing two.

Six years after the apparent death of Rick Grimes, Carol has switched to a Bow and Arrow instead, presumably due to a lack of bullets.

While trying to kill Alpha in revenge for the murder of her son, Carol briefly pulls out her old Colt Detective Special, but she fails to kill the Whisperer leader with it. In the midst of a number of hallucinations, Carol has an encounter with a Whisperer who she shoots in the back as the woman escapes. Although Carol's friends doubt the encounter because of her hallucinations, the Whisperer is shown to have been real, dying of her wounds and later reanimating. Following this, Carol apparently abandons all use of her old gun.

Novel Series[]

Cher and at least one unnamed member of Tommy's Group use Colt Detective Specials as their weapons and use speed loaders to help with reloading. After killing one of the men, Philip Blake and Nick Parsons arm themselves with his shotgun and Detective Special to kill the rest of the group.

Following the death of Tommy and his men, Brian Blake begins using the .38 taken from the dead man as his weapon. After Nick kills both Philip and Bridges' daughter, Brian uses the gun to kill him. A few days later, Brian kills Major Gene Gavin by unloading all six rounds into the vicinity of his face and takes control as the Governor of Woodbury.

Following Megan Lafferty's suicide, Brian attempts to have Lilly Caul put down the zombified woman. When Lilly can't do it, Megan is instead shot by Bob Stookey with a .38 police special.

Killed Victims[]

The following is a list of victims killed with the colt:

Original TV Series[]

Novel Series[]

Appearances[]

TV Series[]

Season 2[]

Darylsnubnose "What Lies Ahead" Daryl Dixon with the Colt Detective Special as he takes it off a corpse.
Andrearevolver "What Lies Ahead" Andrea Harrison with the Colt Detective Special as she passes it to Lori.
TWDS2E06 13 "Secrets" Patricia aiming a Colt Detective Special during shooting practice.
Episode-7-shane-carl "Pretty Much Dead Already" Shane Walsh attempts to give Carl a Colt Detective Special.
TWDS2E09 02 "Triggerfinger" A Colt Detective Special lays in the car.
TWDS2E09 04 "Triggerfinger" Lori aims a Colt Detective Special at a walker.

Season 3[]

Twd301-000893 "Seed" Lori with a Colt Detective Special as she kills Walkers through the fence at the prison.
Twd304-001281 "Killer Within" Lori Grimes with a Colt Detective Special at the prison, killing Walkers that invaded the Prison.
Walking-Dead-304-01 "Killer Within" Lori Grimes with a Colt Detective Special at the prison killing Walkers that invaded the Prison.
TWDS3E04 01 "Killer Within" Lori Grimes with a Colt Detective Special at the prison killing Walkers that invaded the Prison.
Carolbethrickcarlhershel "The Suicide King" Beth Greene with a Colt Detective Special in her back pocket as she welcomes Rick back.
BethShoots "Arrow on the Doorpost" Beth Greene with a Colt Detective Special after firing it to stop a fight.

Season 4[]

The-walking-dead-indifference-carol "Indifference" Carol with a Colt Detective Special in her waistband.
600px-TWDS4E14 11 "The Grove" Carol firing at walkers with her Colt Detective Special alongside Lizzie Samuels firing a Walther P22 pistol.
Carolshootinglizzie "The Grove" Carol killing Lizzie with her Colt Detective Special.

Season 5[]

Carolaimsgun "No Sanctuary" Carol aiming her Colt Detective Special at Martin.

Trivia[]

  • Although Brian Blake's .38 is only identified as a police special, it is mentioned to be a snubnosed revolver in "Rise of the Governor" which matches the Colt Detective Special model.

References[]

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