I once read a book in which Arthur Conan Doyle strapped his service revolver – which, at that period, would have been about a foot long and weighed several pounds – to his ankle using a necktie, and concealed it under his trouser leg.

I’ve also read multiple books in which revolvers become automatics or vice versa, and likewise with rifles and shotguns (which are often used for the wrong targets).

Originally shared by Karen Conlin

Carolyn Haley, over on Rich Adin’s blog, writes about action scenes.