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|name= Midsomer Murders  
|name= Midsomer Murders  
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|channel =  ITV
|channel =  ITV
|genre = Detective<br>Drama
|genre = Detective<br>Drama
|creator = Caroline Graham<BR>Brian True-May<BR>Jo Wright
|creator = Caroline Graham<BR>Brian True-May<BR>Jo Wright<BR>Jonathan Fisher<BR>Michele Buck
|dates = 1997 – Present
|dates = 1997 – Present
|language =  
|language =  
|seasons = 15
|seasons = 22
|episodes = 95
|episodes = 132
|character1=Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby
|character1=Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby
|actor1=John Nettles
|actor1=John Nettles
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'''The following weapons are seen in 'Midsomer Murders:'''''
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Midsomer Murders S1 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 1|Season 1]]
 
Midsomer Murders S2 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 2|Season 2]]
= Revolvers =
Midsomer Murders S3 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 3|Season 3]]
== Webley .38 Mk IV ==
Midsomer Murders S4 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 4|Season 4]]
[[Webley .38 Mk IV]] is the murder weapon in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3). One of its rounds was identified as "Enfield .38", but the shape of the front sight reveals this weapon as a Webley.
Midsomer Murders S5 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 5|Season 5]]
[[Image:Webley-MK-4.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Webley Mk IV - .38 S&W]]
Midsomer Murders S06 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 6|Season 6]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Webley-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The murderer aims his Webley in "Ring Out Your Dead".]]
Midsomer Murders S7 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 7|Season 7]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Webley-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|DS Gavin Troy ([[Daniel Casey]]) finds the first revolver in the house of the suspect.]]
Midsomer Murders S8 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 8|Season 8]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Webley-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Masie Gooch ([[Gemma Jones]]) holds the second revolver in the final scene.]]
Midsomer Murders S9 Box.jpg|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 9|Season 9]]
In "Four Funerals and a Wedding" (S9E5) Tom Barnaby ([[John Nettles]]), who is a guest of honor on the fair in Broughton, fires a blank-firing revolver to start the race. This revolver looks like a converted Webley .38 Mk IV with 4" barrel though it differs in several details including the shape of trigger guard.
Midsomer Murders S10 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 10|Season 10]]
[[Image:ShortWebley MkIV.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Webley Mk IV, 4" barrelled "Duty" model - .38 S&W]]
Midsomer Murders S11 Box.jpg|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 11|Season 11]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Webley-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tom Barnaby readies to fire.]]
Midsomer Murders S12 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 12|Season 12]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Webley-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the revolver.]]
Midsomer Murders S13 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 13|Season 13]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Webley-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Barnaby holds the revolver.]]
Midsomer Murders S14 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 14|Season 14]]
 
Midsomer Murders S15 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 15|Season 15]]
== Webley .455 Mk VI ==
Midsomer Murders S16 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 16|Season 16]]
[[Webley .455 Mk VI]] is seen in "Shot at Dawn" (S11E1) both in the flashback scene that takes place during the WW1 and in modern time. The revolver was carried by Lt. Duggie Hammond ([[Josh Stanley]]) in 1916, before being preserved in the Hammond family museum and later used to commit murder. The police expert correctly identyfied it as "a .455 service revolver produced about 1916".
Midsomer Murders S17 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 17|Season 17]]
[[Image:Webley.JPG|thumb|300px|none|Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley]]
Midsomer Murders S18 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 18|Season 18]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Webley-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Duggie Hammond ([[Josh Stanley]]) draws his revolver from the holster in the flashback scene in "Shot at Dawn".]]
Midsomer Murders S19 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 19|Season 19]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Webley-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at Lt. Hammond's revolver in the same scene.]]
Midsomer Murders S20 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 20|Season 20]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Webley-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The murderer holds a Webley revolver.]]
Midsomer Murders S21 Box.jpg‎|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 21|Season 21]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Webley-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the barrel. The shape of the front sight allows to identify the revolver as .455 Mk VI model.]]
Midsomer Murders S22 Box.jpg|[[Midsomer Murders - Season 22|Season 22]]
 
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== Single Action Army ==
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=== Quick-Draw SAA ===
Blank firing replicas of Quick-Draw [[Single Action Army]] revolvers are seen in hands of various participants of Wild West show in "Blood on the Saddle" (S13E3), including Jack Fincher ([[David Rintoul]]) and Faye Lennox ([[Emma Cooke]]). In the final scene Det. Sgt. Ben Jones ([[Jason Hughes]]) loads one of these revolvers with a live .44-40 rifle cartridge and fires it (a technically impossible feat).
[[Image:ColtSAA475barrel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, case colored and blued, referred to as "Quick-Draw" or "Civilian" model]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jack Fincher takes the revolver from Faye Lennox, saying "Never aim a gun at someone even if it is loaded with blanks".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jack Fincher holds his SAA during the show.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A stuntman holds a SAA revolver.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The grip of Jack Fincher's revolver.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-7.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the revolver in Ben Jones' hand.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-8.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones holds a blank cartridge.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-9.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jones fires the blank loaded revolver.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at Jones' revolver.]]
In the final scene Adam Burbage ([[Daniel Ryan]]), finally going crazy, imagines himself as Billy the Kid and Tom Barnaby as Wyatt Earp. "Wyatt Earp" (also played by [[John Nettles]]) carries two nickel plated Quick-Draw SAA revolvers with pearl grips.
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-14.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The pearl grip of "Wyatt Earp"'s revolver.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-15.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"Wyatt Earp" fires both his revolvers.]]
=== Cavalry SAA ===
Adam Burbage ([[Daniel Ryan]]) carries a Cavalry [[Single Action Army]] revolver both during the Wild West show and in the showdown. His revolver fires live ammunition. Adam's revolver is incorrectly called "Buntline" in one scene.
[[Image:ColtSAALongBarrel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Single Action Army  w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Adam Burbage fires his revolver, loaded with blanks, during the Wild West show.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-6.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Adam Burbage fires his revolver in the showdown.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-10.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Adam Burbage with his revolver in the flashback scene.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-SAA-13.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The grip of Burbage's revolver.]]
 
== Smith & Wesson Victory Model ==
A [[Smith & Wesson Victory Model]] is found near the 45-years-old remains of Duncan Palmer in "Death in the Slow Lane" (S14E1). In the flashback scene the revolver is seen in hands of the murderer.
[[Image:S&W-Victory-Model.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Victory Model - .38 S&W]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E1-Revolver-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The revolver is seen on the ground in "Death in the Slow Lane".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E1-Revolver-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Young Peter Fossett ([[James Richard Marshall]]) puts the revolver in the hand of Duncan Palmer in the flashback scene.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E1-Revolver-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the same scene. The grips and landyard ring allows to identify the revolver as Victory model.]]
 
== Bruni Olympic 6 ==
A [[Bruni Olympic 6]] blank-firing starting revolver is fired to start the Midsomer Regatta in "Dead in the Water" (S8E2).
[[Image:Olympic6_1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Bruni Olympic 6 with composite grips - .22 blanks]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S8E2-Olympic-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
== Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin ==
A [[Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin]] revolver is seen in Frances Le Bon's ([[Gwen Taylor]]) collection of old handguns in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3).
[[Image:Gasser_Montenegrin_1st_model.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin - 11.75 x 36mm Gasser]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin (1) is seem along with [[Remington 1858 New Army]] (2) and several flintlock or percussion cap pistols.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at the collection. Also can be seen a pepperbox revolver (3), an unidentified revolver (4) that looks like a so-called "transitional" revolver of mid XIX century (like Butterfield or Westley Richard revolvers), and a long barrel (5) of one more unidentified revolver.]]
 
== Remington 1858 New Army ==
A [[Remington 1858 New Army]] revolver is seen in Frances Le Bon's ([[Gwen Taylor]]) collection of old handguns in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3).
[[Image:Remington1858-1.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Remington 1858 New Army - .44 caliber.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Remington 1858 New Army (2) is seem along with [[Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin]] (1) and several flintlock or percussion cap pistols.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at the collection. Also can be seen a pepperbox revolver (3), an unidentified revolver (4) that looks like a so-called "transitional" revolver of mid XIX century (like Butterfield or Westley Richard revolvers), and a long barrel (5) of one more unidentified revolver.]]
 
== Unidentified revolver 1 ==
A very old-fashioned revolver is seen in Frances Le Bon's ([[Gwen Taylor]]) collection of old handguns in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3). It looks like a so-called "transitional" revolver of mid XIX century (like Butterfield or Westley Richard revolvers).
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The forementioned revolver (4) can be seen along with a [[Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin]] (1), a [[Remington 1858 New Army]] (2), a pepperbox revolver (3), a long barrel (5) of one more unidentified revolver, and  several flintlock or percussion cap pistols.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The screenshot is blurry but we can see several handguns behind DCI Tom Barnaby ([[John Nettles]]): two unidentified revolvers (4 and 5), a pepperbox revolver (3), and a long flintlock pistol.]]
 
== Unidentified revolver 2 ==
A long-barreled old-fashioned revolver is seen in Frances Le Bon's ([[Gwen Taylor]]) collection of old handguns in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3).
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|This revolver is under number 5.]]
 
= Pistols =
== Bruni 1911 ==
A [[Bruni 1911]] 8mm blank firing replica of the [[M1911A1]] is carried (but never used) by Sean O'Connell ([[Sean McGinley]]) is "Who Killed Cock Robin?" (S4E4).
[[Image:Bruni8mmM1911BlankGun.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Bruni 8mm M1911 Blank gun (First Pattern).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E4-Bruni1911-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E4-Bruni1911-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
== Beretta 92SB ==
[[Beretta 92SB]] is used by Tony Carter ([[Matthew Marsh]]) during the bank robbery in "Painted in Blood" (S6E3). Its round trigger guard and the shape of the front sight match 92SB model but due to strict UK firearms law this pistol is supposed to be a blank firing version.
[[Image:BerettaM92SB.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Beretta Model 92SB - 9x19mm (note rounded trigger guard and flat bottom magazine).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S6E3-Beretta92-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Tony Carter cocks the pistol.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S6E3-Beretta92-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Carter aims his pistol at the bank clerk.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S6E3-Beretta92-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Carter fires the pistol.]]
 
== Beretta 92FS ==
In the opening scene of "Days of Misrule" (S11E6) Alec Grainger (uncredited) aims a pisol at James Parkes ([[Joseph Millson]]). The pistol seems to be [[Beretta 92FS]] but it isn't seen clear enough to be identified for sure.
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E6-Pistol-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Grainger aims his pistol.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E6-Pistol-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The trigger guard can be seen.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E6-Pistol-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One more view at the pistol.]]
 
== Browning Hi-Power ==
A [[Browning Hi-Power]] used to commit murder 18 years previously is found an abandoned house's chimney in "The House in the Woods" (S9E1).
[[Image:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian Mfg) - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E1-BrowningHP-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the pistol.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E1-BrowningHP-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dr. Bullard ([[Barry Jackson]]) and Tom Barnaby ([[John Nettles]]) study the pistol. Sgt Benjamin Jones ([[Jason Hughes]]) is seen at the background.]]
 
== Umarex RWS C225 ==
Frances Le Bon ([[Gwen Taylor]]) owns two [[Umarex RWS C225 Target]] pistols (CO2 powered air pistols based on the [[SIG-Sauer P225]]) in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3). She correctly identifies them as "sporting pistols, not living weapons", and then "gas replicas".
[[Image:Umarex RWS C225 Target.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Umarex RWS C225 Target, a CO2 powered air pistol based on the SIG-Sauer P225 - .177 pellets]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Pistol-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the trigger.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Pistol-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the barrel.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Pistol-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view from the muzzle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-Pistol-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two pistols are seen in weapon safe.]]
 
= Shotguns =
== Double Barreled Side by Side Shotgun ==
[[Double barreled shotgun|Double barreled side by side shotguns]] are seen in many episodes, either for hunting or murder. In "Ghosts of Christmas Past" (S7E7) and in "A Rare Bird" (S14E8) shotguns are identified as 12 gauge while in other episodes the caliber is not mentioned.
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S1E1-Shotgun-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dr. Trevor Lessiter ([[Bill Wallis]]) loads his shotgun in "The Killings at Badger's Drift" (S1E1).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S1E1-Shotgun-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Phyllis Cadell's ([[Selina Cadell]]) shotgun is seen on the tea tray in "The Killings at Badger's Drift" (S1E1).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S3E1-Shotgun-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Grahame Tranter ([[Dominic Mapham]]) holds a shotgun in the final scene of "Death of a Stranger" (S3E1).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E1-Shotgun-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the shotgun shells in "Garden of Death" (S4E1).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S6E4-Shotgun-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Danny Pinchel ([[Jo Stone-Fewings]]) holds a shotgun in "A Tale of Two Hamlets" (S6E4).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E5-Shotgun-06.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lawrence Haggard ([[Raymond Coulthard]]) shows his Holland & Holland shotgun to Chief Inspector Barnaby ([[John Nettles]]) in "The Maid in Splendour" (S7E5).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E5-Shotgun-07.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Michael Bannerman ([[William Gaunt]]) holds his shotgun in the final scene in "The Maid in Splendour" (S7E5).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E7-Shotgun-08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jennifer Carter's ([[Haydn Gwynne]]) shotgun explodes during the hunt due to double loading in "Ghosts of Christmas Past" (S7E7).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E4-Shotgun-09.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt Benjamin Jones ([[Jason Hughes]]) inspects the supposed murder weapon in "Down Among the Dead Men" (S9E4). This shotgun is claimed to be manufactured by Purdey & Sons.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E5-Shotgun-10.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dorothy Hutton ([[Stephanie Cole]]) holds her shotgun in "Death and Dust" (S10E5).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-Shotgun-18.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Leo Fincher ([[Richard Harrington]]) fires his shotgun during the chase after Dan Malko's car in "Blood on the Saddle" (S13E3).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S13E3-Shotgun-19.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Det. Sgt. Ben Jones finds a shotgun in Leo Fincher's car in "Blood on the Saddle" (S13E3).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E2-Shotgun-11.jpg|thumb|none|500px|William Bingham ([[Edward Fox]]) holds a shotgun in "Dark Secrets" (S14E2).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E5-Shotgun-12.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Evan Jago ([[Richard Leaf]]) aims at Det. Sgt. Jones ([[Jason Hughes]]) and Sgt. Trevor Gibson ([[Lee Ross]]) in "The Sleeper Under the Hill" (S14E5).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E5-Shotgun-14.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sgt. Trevor Gibson ([[Lee Ross]]) with Jago's shotgun in the same episode.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E8-Shotgun-16.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Dave Foxely's ([[Paul Nicholls]]) shotgun is seen in his car in "A Rare Bird" (S14E8).]]
 
== Double Barreled Over and Under Shotgun ==
A [[double barreled shotgun|double barreled over and under shotgun]] is seen in hands of several hunters in "Country Matters" (S9E6).
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E6-OUShotgun-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Frank Hopkirk ([[Tim Hardy]]) fires a double barreled over and under shotgun in the opening scene in "Country Matters".]]
 
== Single Barreled Shotgun ==
A [[Single Barreled Shotgun]] is a hunting weapon of Byron Street ([[Bernard Lloyd]]) in "The Night of the Stag" (S14E6). In the final scene of this episode Smudgepot ([[Francis Magee]]), Samuel Quested's ([[Warren Clarke]]) henchman, holds the Street's shotgun but is disarmed by Chief Inspector John Barnaby ([[Neil Dudgeon]]).
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E6-SBShotgun-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Byron Street holds his shotgun.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E6-SBShotgun-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The open barrel can be seen. The caliber seems to be larger that 12 Gauge.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E6-SBShotgun-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Smudgepot aims the shotgun at Chief Inspector John Barnaby.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E6-SBShotgun-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|John Barnaby holds the shotgun.]]
 
= Rifles =
== FN Trombone ==
A pump action .22 rifle is used by a trio of yound hoodlums during their night hunt in "The Green Man" (S7E1). Later this weapon is used to kill two of them. Due to the design of the pump, the large screw on the receiver and the shape of the ejection port it can be identified as an [[FN Trombone]].
[[Image:FN Browning Trombone.jpg|thumb|400px|none|FN Trombone - .22 LR]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E1-Remington12-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|One of the trio fires the rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E1-Remington12-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The pump can be seen in this shot, note the spacing of the grooves and the position of the screw which matches the Trombone.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E1-Remington12-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the receiver.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E1-Remington12-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view from another side. Note the shape of the ejection port of the Trombone, being square at the back and rounded at the front.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E1-Remington12-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Simon Mayfield ([[Henry Cavill]]) holds the rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S7E1-Remington12-06.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A handful of cartridges.]]
 
== Steyr Mannlicher .22-250 rifle ==
A smallbore bolt action rifle is seen in "Vixen’s Run" (S9E3). The old gamekeeper Amos Brown ([[Leslie Schofield]]) calls the rifle "Mannlicher .22-250". It is supposed to be a [[Steyr Mannlicher Model L]].
[[Image:Steyr Mannlicher Model L.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Steyr Mannlicher Model L - .22-250]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E3-Rifle-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Young Michael Butler ([[Matthew Tennyson]]) trains with the rifle in the barn. Note the opened bolt.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E3-Rifle-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Amos Brown ([[Leslie Schofield]]) holds the rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E3-Rifle-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Amos Brown fires at the targer.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E3-Rifle-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the bolt.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E3-Rifle-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A spent cartridge.]]
 
== Unidentified bolt action sniper rifles ==
Several bolt action sniper rifles are used during the shooting competition in the Broughton village in "Four Funerals and a Wedding" (S9E5). The rifles are supposedly of various models. One of these rifles is later used as a weapon of murder.
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Rifle-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Rev. Anthony Gant ([[Richard McCabe]]) reloads his rifle. Note the absence of iron sights.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Rifle-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Peggy Aynscombe ([[Sian Thomas]]) aims her rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Rifle-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Roland Marwood ([[Joseph Kennedy]]) aims his rifle. Note the different shape of the bolt handle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Rifle-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Fiona Aynscombe ([[Jessica Brooks]]) aims her rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Rifle-06.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Henry Marwood ([[Dominic Jephcott]]) holds his rifle. This rifle has iron sights.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E5-Rifle-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Henry Marwood aims his rifle.]]
 
== Martini-Henry rifle ==
Two rifles are seen on the wall of the pub in "Destroying angel" (S4E2) and "Who Killed Cock Robin?" (S4E4): a [[Martini-Henry Rifle Series|Martini-Henry]] and a [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]].
[[Image:Martini-HenryMarkIV_(1888-1889).jpg|thumb|400px|none|Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) - .577-.450 caliber]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E2-Rifles-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Martini-Henry rifle is seen on the wall. Below it a [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield]] is seen partially.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E4-Rifles-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at Martini-Henry and Lee-Enfield rifles.]]
 
== Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* ==
A [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]] is seen on the pub wall in "Destroying Angel" (S4E2) and "Who Killed Cock Robin?" (S4E4). Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* are also seen in "Shot at Dawn" (S11E1), both in the 1916 flashback and in the present.
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E2-Rifles-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A [[Martini-Henry Rifle Series|Martini-Henry]] rifle is seen on the wall. Below it a Lee-Enfield is seen partially.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S4E4-Rifles-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at Martini-Henry and Lee-Enfield rifles.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-SMLE-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Pvt. Tommy Hicks ([[Will Featherstone]]) weakly moves through the battlefield with his Lee-Enfield rifle in the flashback scene in "Shot at Dawn".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-SMLE-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The firing squad aim their rifles in the same scene.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-SMLE-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mickey Ryan ([[Lloyd Hutchinson]]), a member of a WW1 reenacting group, carries a Lee-Enfield rifle in "Shot at Dawn".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-SMLE-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lee-Enfield rifles are for a rifle salute.]]
 
== Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I ==
Paul Bright ([[Ifan Huw Dafydd]]) is seen with a [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I]] in "Dance with the Dead" (S10E1).
[[Image:LeeEnfield4Rifle.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-Rifle-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Paul Bright ([[Ifan Huw Dafydd]]) aims his rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-Rifle-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view at the muzzle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-Rifle-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|.303 cartriges.]]
 
== Sporterised Lee-Enfield ==
Jack Tewson ([[Tony Haygarth]]) is seen with a bolt action sniper rifle in "King's Crystal" (S10E3) that appears to be a sporterised  [[Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)|Lee-Enfield rifle]].
[[Image:BSA2flat.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Lee-Speed Sporter Rifle]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E3-Rifle-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Jack Tewson ([[Tony Haygarth]]) aims his rifle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E3-Rifle-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the scope and the bolt.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E3-Rifle-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the trigger.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E3-Rifle-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view at Tewson's rifle.]]
 
= Assault Rifles =
== Enfield L85 ==
[[Enfield L85]] assault rifles are seen in the depot of the Territorial Army unit in "A Tale of Two Hamlets" (S6E4). They are supposed to be training mockups, not real rifles. In "Days of Misrule" (S11E6) L85s are seen in hands of Territorial Army soldiers during the night training.
[[Image:L85A1_left_side.jpg|thumb|400px|none|L85A1 with SUSAT scope - 5.56x45mm NATO]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S6E4-L85-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A mockup of L85 is seen in the depot of the Territorial Army unit in "A Tale of Two Hamlets".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S6E4-L85-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|About two dozens of L85s are seen in gun racks in the depot in the same scene.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E6-L85-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A photo of a British soldier with L85 is seen in "Days of Misrule".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E6-L85-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Territorial Army soldiers with L85s at the night training in "Days of Misrule".]]
 
== Heckler & Koch G3 ==
In the flashback scene in "A Sacred Trust" (S14E7) that takes place during the war in some African country two white mercenaries are armed with [[Heckler & Koch G3]] assault rifles. This scene is intentionally made with low quality (reflecting memories of one of the characters), so the exact model of G3 is difficult to be identified.
[[Image:HKG3A3.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch G3A3 with slimline handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E7-G3-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A mercenary at the left carries a G3.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E7-G3-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another mercenary with his G3.]]
 
== AK-47 ==
In the flashback scene in "A Sacred Trust" (S14E7) that takes place during the war in some African country several native soldiers carry [[AK-47]] assault rifles. This scene is intentionally made with low quality (reflecting memories of one of the characters).
[[Image:AK-47_type_II_Part_DM.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type II AK-47 - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E7-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|African soldiers with [[AKS-47]]s and AK-47 (the one in the green beret).]]
 
== AKS-47 ==
In the flashback scene in "A Sacred Trust" (S14E7) that takes place during the war in some African country several native soldiers carry [[AKS-47]] assault rifles. This scene is intentionally made with low quality (reflecting memories of one of the characters).
[[Image:AKS-47.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Type III AKS-47 with stock folded - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E7-AK-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|African soldiers with AKS-47s and [[AK-47]] (the one in the green beret).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S14E7-AK-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closer view at the soldier with AKS-47.]]
 
== Unidentified AK version ==
During the 1980s Berlin flashback in "Secrets and Spies" (S12E3), East German soldiers carry [[AK-47|AK]]-style assault rifles. They are seen very briefly and are possibly airsoft guns.
[[Image:AK47-PolyTechLegend.jpg|thumb|none|400px|AK with cleaning rod removed and laminated stock - 7.62x39mm]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S12E3-AK-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|AK is seen at the back of East German soldier.]]
 
= Machine Guns =
== Vickers Mk1 ==
A [[Vickers Mk1]] machine gun is used as a  murder weapon in "Shot at Dawn" (S11E1).
[[Image:Vickers_gun.JPG|thumb|400px|none|Vickers gun with ribbed water jacket - .303 British]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Vickers-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A local dog is interested by the machine gun.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Vickers-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A close view at the Vickers muzzle.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Vickers-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The remotely controlled Vickers fires with a large muzzle flash.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Vickers-04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The police expert Dr. Bullard ([[Barry Jackson]]) inspects the machine gun.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E1-Vickers-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The disassembled Vickers is studied in the police lab.]]
 
== Browining L3A3 (M1919A4) ==
An L3A3, UK version of [[Browning M1919A4]] machine gun in .303 caliber, is seen in the turret of Ferret Mk 2 armoured car in "Dance with the Dead" (S10E1). It may be a real machine gun or a mockup of the barrel.
[[Image:M1919A4.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Browning M1919A4 - .30-06 Springfield]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-Ferret.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Ferret Mk 2 armoured car armed with a machine gun is seen among old cars on the former airbase.]]
 
= Other weapons =
== Flintlock pistol ==
A [[flintlock pistol]] is seen on the wall of the pub in "Dead Man's Eleven" (S2E3). It is also seen in "Second Sight" (S8E5) where the same decoration is used for another pub.
[[Image:TowerSeaServicePistol.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Tower Sea Service Pistol used by the British Royal Navy.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S2E3-Flintlock-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A flintlock pistol is seen on the wall in a pub in "Dead Man's Eleven".]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S8E5-Flintlock-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A flintlock pistol is seen on the wall in a pub in "Second Sight".]]
 
== Flintlock Musket ==
Flintlock muskets are seen during the filming of the historical movie about the French Revolution in the opening scene in "They Seek Him Here" (S10E7).
[[Image:Charlie.jpg|thumb|none|400px|French Charleville Mle 1766 - .69 cal]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E7-Musket-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
 
== Blunderbuss ==
Munro Hilliard ([[John Nettleton]]) carries a flintlock [[blunderbuss]] in one scene in "Orchis Fatalis" (S8E3).
[[Image:Blunderbuss.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Flintlock Blunderbuss]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S8E3-Blunderbuss-01.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Munro Hilliard aims his blunderbuss at Sgt Scott ([[John Hopkins]]) whom he supposed to be an illegal collector of orchids.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S8E3-Blunderbuss-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A closer view at Hilliard's weapon.]]
 
== Pepperbox revolver ==
A pepperbox revolver is seen in Frances Le Bon's ([[Gwen Taylor]]) collection of old handguns in "Ring Out Your Dead" (S5E3). It looks similar to [[Allen & Thurber Pepperbox]] but cannot be identified for sure.
[[Image:ATPepper.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Allen & Thurber Pepperbox revolver]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A pepperbox revolver (3) can be seen along with a [[Gasser M1870/74 Montenegrin]] (1), a [[Remington 1858 New Army]] (2), and several other old-fashioned handguns.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S5E3-LeBonHandguns-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The screenshot is blurry but we can see a pepperbox revolver (3) along with several other handguns.]]
 
= Trivia =
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-Ferret.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Ferret Mk 2 armoured car is seen among old cars on the former airbase in "Dance with the Dead" (S10E1). It is armed with an L3A3, UK version of [[Browning M1919A4]] machine gun in .303 caliber. The barrel that can be seen may be a real machine gun or a mockup.]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-SdKfz251.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German Sd.Kfz. 251 armored half-track is seen among old cars on the former airbase in "Dance with the Dead" (S10E1). A mounting for [[MG34]] or [[MG42]] is still on place.]]
 
= Footage =
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S9E1-MortarPhoto.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A photo of a mortar (supposedly British [[Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar]]) is seen in a Midsomer Newton village museum in "The House in the Woods" (S9E1).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-MortarPhoto.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The same photo is seen in "Dance with the Dead" (S10E1), next to Sgt Jones ([[Jason Hughes]]).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S10E1-20mmHS.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two 20mm [[Hispano-Suiza HS.404|Hispano aircarft guns]] are seen in the wing of Spitfire in the wartime footage in "Dance with the Dead" (S10E1).]]
[[Image:MidsomerMurders-S11E6-LAW.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A poster with [[LAW 80]] rocket launcher is seen on the wall of Territorial Army drill base in "Days of Misrule" (S11E6).]]


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Midsomer Murders
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A logo for Midsomer Murders
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing UK
Channel ITV
Creator Caroline Graham
Brian True-May
Jo Wright
Jonathan Fisher
Michele Buck
Genre Detective
Drama
Broadcast 1997 – Present
No. of Seasons 22
No. of Episodes 132
Main Cast
Character Actor
Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby John Nettles
Joyce Barnaby Jane Wymark
Cully Barnaby Laura Howard
Sgt Gavin Troy Daniel Casey
Sgt Daniel Scott John Hopkins
Sgt Benjamin Jones Jason Hughes
Chief Inspector John Barnaby Neil Dudgeon
Sarah Barnaby Fiona Dolman
Doctor George Bullard Barry Jackson
Doctor Kate Wilding Tamzin Malleson