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 Post subject: Origins of Hick's Shotgun
PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:41 am 
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Just discovered this interesting piece of info. Looks like Hick's Ithaca 37 was created for (or at least, first featured on) a UK TV show from the 70s-80s - The Professionals.
I used to watch this when I was a wee'n. The episode featuring the Ithaca was called Heroes [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679308/], and aired early 1978.

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As you can see from the pics, it still has the MP40 folding stock attached.



The shottie also appeared in another UK show called Dempsey and Makepeace - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0557582/ [1985–1986]; an episode called The Bogeyman, and aired Nov 1985 -
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And lastly, from this thread - http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9387
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Useless trivia - One of Simon Atherton's first armoury gigs was on "The Professionals"

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Great stuff, nice bit of detective work there!

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 Post subject: Re: Origins of Hick's Shotgun
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Very interesting!

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Excellent… how interesting!!! Brilliant research! I wonder, therefore, if BAPTY still have this weapon in their armoury? Presumably it had been on their racks for a number of years… The Professionals was always a firm favourite of mine… and Dempsey and Makepeace had one very good reason for me to watch it… Glynis Barber…

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I think it was deactivated and sold on the collectors market a few years ago via Propstore.

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Yes Harry - Now I come to think about it I recall seeing a prop store listing from it years ago… still excellent research. I wonder whether BAPTY made it to look cool or whether it was an item they procured from somewhere… interesting to see it existed before ALIENS…

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Just had a hunt about for the PropStore listing, and found that most [and more] of the above info is listed here - https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Hicks%27_Shotgun.

Ah well. Good on those guys for being thorough!

Might post up here any pics from the PS auction, just for completeness.

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