What is this handgun?

[nwwoodsman]

Suicide by cop... with a BBQ lighter. Now the officer's gotta live with that memory.

I say he should forget about it and go home and fire up his grill

 

[iamrob]

For those of you that are confused (or think I'm a moron): they edited the article to correct the Ruger model designation from KMIII to MKIII.

Good find Andy!

 

[waglockfan]

Look at the bright side to it......us taxpayers won't have to fund a trial nor a lengthy stay at the Graybar Hotel for the POS

 

[Brutus57]

Poor bastidge couldn't even afford a real gun to go out in his blaze of glory with, sad he felt suicide by cop was the answer and now the LEO lives with the aftermath....it is an eff'd up world, no doubt.

Brutus Out

 

[JAFO]

I thought the media was required to refer to all firearms, real, replicas, or imagined as Glocks

Don't you mean AK-47?

 

[soberups]

Point that at me and you are going to get shot. I hope the cop can get past this and doesnt suffer from PTSD.

 

[Enkidu556]

I'm guessing somebody here knows what this really is. Looks like a BBQ lighter and an air pistol had a baby.

The article says the Beaverton Police identified a weapon...as a "Ruger KMIII" that looks like this:

View attachment 273774
http://www.kptv.com/story/31012484/...d-in-earlier-shooting-in-beaverton-identified

Pellet gun

 

[tionico]

I'm guessing somebody here knows what this really is. Looks like a BBQ lighter and an air pistol had a baby.

The article says the Beaverton Police identified a weapon...as a "Ruger KMIII" that looks like this:

View attachment 273774
http://www.kptv.com/story/31012484/...d-in-earlier-shooting-in-beaverton-identified

Could be an older (50's?) vintage break-pump type air pellet pistol. I do not recognise the diamond shaped markings above the handgrip, photo is too fuzzy to read on magnification.

 

[tionico]

View attachment 273793 Here is an Air Pistol that is pretty close to the one in the OP.
Andy

the diamond logo above the handgrip in the OP's photo matches the logo on the box here. I'd say you've nailed it, Andy. Nice work.

I can sort of see how the copper thought "Ruger Mk !!!", the rough outline is similar, and the grip angle is similar,,, after the old Lugers. Show that picture to most gun owners for a half second and see how many might think the same.

 

[upacreekk]

It is a break-barrel air pistol. It will be a weak shooter and the seals are probably toast. So don't expect much in the way of performance - .177 pellet speed will probably be around 300-400 fps. I hope you didn't much more than $20 for it