Firearms in Agatha Christie's Marple

Firearms regularly feature in Agatha Christie's Marple in the hands of suspects and law enforcement alike. Be aware that this page contains multiple spoilers.

Background
As most episodes are set in Britain during the mid 20th century they precede the restriction of civilian owned firearms in the UK. It wasn't uncommon for people to keep shotguns or rifles and pistols often found their way home with old soldiers. The police however were not routinely armed.

Appearances
(may contain spoilers - click on expand to read)

Revolvers
{| class="article-table" !Name !Episode !Used by ! Notes
 * Webley .38 Mk IV
 * At Bertram's Hotel
 * Ladislaus Malinowski
 * Webley .38 Mk IV
 * Ordeal by Innocence
 * Bobby Argyle
 * Webley .38 Mk IV
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * Nat Fletcher
 * Webley .38 Mk IV
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * Nat Fletcher
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * Nat Fletcher

Used as a stage prop.

 * Webley .38 Mk III
 * A Caribbean Mystery
 * Tim Kendall
 * Webley .455 Mk VI
 * Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
 * Wilson
 * Webley .455 Mk VI
 * Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
 * Wilson

Tom Savage
 * Enfield No.2
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * Stagehand
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * Stagehand

Used for a play sound effect.

 * Toy cap revolver
 * The Sittaford Mystery
 * Clive Trevelyan
 * Clive Trevelyan

Portrays a real gun in the context of the episode.

 * They Do It with Mirrors
 * Edgar Lawson
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 * Edgar Lawson
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Pistols
{| class="article-table" !Name !Episode !Used by !Notes Anne Protheroe
 * Walther P38
 * The Murder at the Vicarage
 * Lawrence Redding
 * Lawrence Redding

Fitted with a suppressor.
Elvira Blake Brigit Milford
 * Luger P08
 * A Murder is Announced
 * Col. Easterbrook?
 * Walther PPK
 * At Bertram's Hotel
 * Bess Sedgwick
 * Walther PPK
 * At Bertram's Hotel
 * Bess Sedgwick

Nickel plated.

 * Walther PPK
 * The Secret of Chimneys
 * The Secret of Chimneys

Left by the body of Count Ludwig Von Stainach

 * Beretta M1934
 * The Sittaford Mystery
 * Emily Trefusis
 * Beretta M1934
 * The Secret of Chimneys
 * Beretta M1934
 * The Secret of Chimneys
 * The Secret of Chimneys

The actual gun used to kill Count Ludwig Von Stainach.

 * The Murder at the Vicarage
 * Augustin Dufosse
 * The Murder at the Vicarage
 * Augustin Dufosse

Barely seen and not fired.

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Rifles
{| class="article-table" !Name !Episode !Used by !Notes
 * Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III
 * The Murder at the Vicarage
 * British soldiers
 * British soldiers

Shown in a flashback to December 1925.

 * Sporterized Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III
 * At Bertram's Hotel
 * Elvira Blake
 * Pattern 1914 Enfield
 * Nemesis
 * Home Guard
 * Pattern 1914 Enfield
 * Nemesis
 * Home Guard

Shown in a flashback to 1940.

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Shotguns
{| class="article-table" !Name !Episode !Used by !Notes
 * Double Barreled
 * The Murder at the Vicarage
 * Lawrence Redding
 * Lawrence Redding

Muffled to imitate a pistol.

 * Double Barreled
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * Alfred Pollock
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Muskets
{| class="article-table" !Name !Episode !Used by !Notes
 * Charleville
 * The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
 * "French Revolutionaries"
 * "French Revolutionaries"

Used as a film prop.

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