I'd love to see it back, but the problem comes when they start putting crimes together that used the same gun. It's better for Jack to switch pistols every once in awhile. If he ever gets busted, it'll be bad enough without them linking him to most of his fix-its. For the same reason, he can't keep it around for nostalgia either.

Because of the use of "tool mark" evidence to link bullets (rifling) and cases (primer and extractor marks) to firearms, having an unusual weapon can either be a blessing or a curse. If the weapon is recovered, then it's definitely the latter! If an unusual weapon with your fingerprints on it is recovered, and the toolmarks match the firing pin to the primer, or the extractor to the case rim, or the rifling to the bullet (recovered in the corpse), AND you happen to have no identity on file, AND you are being prosecuted in NYC, as gunophobic a city as there is, well....

I could probably still get you off, but it would be tough.

The Semmerling is truly a unique firearm, very compact and easily concealable. When FPW wrote The Tomb, the Semmerling was the best choice of concealable .45’s on the market, now there are others. Double action .45’s like the Para Ordinance Warthog or the Kimber Ultra Carry have dominated the ultra concealable high capacity market. This point can be argued, but the bottom line is small .45’s are available and are better than the Semmerling, in regard to capacity ant the fact they’re double action. I like the Semmerling but I’d carry a double action Nite Hawg with a 10 round magazine.