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Sledge Hammer! was a television parody of the Dirty Harry series that starred David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a tough no-nonsense cop whose tagline was "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!" The aired for two seasons on ABC from 1986-1988.
The following guns were used in the television series Sledge Hammer! (1986):
Inspector Sledge Hammer (David Rasche) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 629 as his sidearm. The revolver is arguably the star of the show, as it gets the vast majority of the screen time during the opening credits. The plastic grips have the image of a sledge hammer on each side. Hammer talks to it sometimes, but when people catch him doing it, he always denies it. He also cooks with it, sleeps next to it and showers with it.
Smith & Wesson Model 38/49
Hammer's partner, Detective Dori Doreau (Anne-Marie Martin) carries either a Smith & Wesson Model 38 or Model 49 as her sidearm. There's no way to tell which it is. Sometimes she keeps it in her purse, others in an outside-the-waistband holster on her skirt.
A thief (Robert Hallak) uses a Browning Hi-Power during a convenience store robbery in "Hammer Gets Nailed" (S01E02), but Hammer takes it away and hands it to his partner, Detective Dori Doreau (Anne-Marie Martin).
Heckler & Koch P7
Francine Flambo (Judie Aronson), the mayor's daughter, uses a Heckler & Koch P7M8 on Hammer and Doreau in the first episode "Under the Gun." (John Vernon reprises his role from Dirty Harry as the mayor of San Francisco in this episode.)
Taurus Model 65's appear to be the sidearm of the police department in this show. Officer Lenny (John Milford) tries to collect the bounty on Hammer in "Witless" (S01E03). Vigilante #2 (David Leisure) later uses one to gun down a recently released criminal in "Magnum Farce" (S01E09).
Luger P08
Two syndicate posing as cops carry Luger P08s in their holsters in "Over My Dead Bodyguard" (S01E08). Hammer recognizes this detail and saves Captain Trunk's life.
A police officer is armed with an Ithaca 37 during the sniper standoff. Hammer later takes an Ithaca 37 with an extended magazine from DA Collins (Janice Lynde) in "Magnum Farce" (S01E09).