# Sopranos: Season III Question (Open Spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381 "2007-12-17T21:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/1 "2007-12-17T21:38:49Z")
I know an awful lot about guns, but I have always wondered what Vito was using, ever since they showed it in closeup in Season 3. Recently I stumbled across that scene online. [Click here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdeiuNivU-o&feature=related) to see the scene; it’s at 11 seconds in. You get the best look at it if you put click on full screen and hit pause. It looks like a .380 Auto, but other than that, I have no clue. Note: the snippet of an episode I have linked to is only 17 seconds long. * * * The original title of the thread was, “What gun did Vito whack Jackie Jr. with?” – CKDH ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/2 "2007-12-17T21:50:03Z")
Man, you’re telling me someone got whacked in the Sopranos? Gee, way to ruin the series for me… I was going to borrow the DVDs from a friend, but now, what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/3 "2007-12-17T22:20:35Z")
Hell, I just found a clip that strings together EVERY death in the show’s entire run. It’ something like 40 people, about 3/4 of them whacked. That’s an average of 4.5 whacks a season or so. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/4 "2007-12-17T22:26:02Z")
Ah, is it this clip? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bvp45eE5dSM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGUgUihQMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBa3icWmBVjaJdBd4gHOD1LqD8E5Q "Every Single Sopranos Whacking...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvp45eE5dSM) I found that a while ago when I was first getting into it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/5 "2007-12-17T22:31:23Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JhFeZZflUj4/hqdefault.jpg "Every Single Sopranos Death Updated To Include Season Finale") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhFeZZflUj4) This is the clip updated to include all the deaths, including the ones from the second half of season six. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/6 "2007-12-17T22:48:20Z")
Yeah, that’s it, although I didn’t want to link to it. You never know what it takes to get a thread locked these days. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/7 "2007-12-17T23:19:05Z")
We received a few reported posts about a spoiler in the thread title, so I edited it and warned everyone of open spoilers. Since the edit removed the name of the person being whacked by Vito, **Lizard** , you may want to ask the question again. (My fault; I should have written down the name before I changed the title so I could repost right now.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/8 "2007-12-18T00:27:40Z")
No wonder I couldn’t find this thread after I got home! Anyway, I swear I know that pistol. The slide gives it away, but for the life of me I can’t remember who makes it. Off to research! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/9 "2007-12-18T00:28:43Z")
[QUOTE=Lizard] Yeah, that’s it, although I didn’t want to link to it. You never know what it takes to get a thread locked these days. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Oops. Sorry…am I in trouble, mods? Anyway, it was Jackie who was whacked by Vito. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/10 "2007-12-18T00:42:54Z")
A-ha! It’s a [Kahr PM-9](http://www.kahr.com/PA-1B/review_ar_1004.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/11 "2007-12-18T03:26:23Z")
I don’t think so, **silenus**. If you freeze that scene on the closeup of the pistol and then compare it to the Kahr, there are clear differences. The Kahr uses the classic Browning tilting-barrel lockup system, which requires a larger slide, with the recoil spring underneath the barrel. The gun Vito is using has a very small, square slide just barely big enough to go around the barrel. It is obviously a blowback gun. As for spoilers, that never ocurred to me, since the show was first aired four years ago. I figured anyone who cares would know by now. But I’ll keep that in mind I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/12 "2007-12-18T03:28:22Z")
As for the original question it was: What was the gun that Vito used to whack Jackie Aprile Jr.? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-season-iii-question-open-spoilers/430381/13 "2007-12-18T03:44:17Z")
You’re right. I don’t see the slide lock on the pistol in the clip. Back to the research.