Star trek is set in 2267±1. The first double action revolvers date back to the early 1900s, and were phased out by law enforcement in the 1980s and 1990s. So on average in common usage they date from 1945±45.
So the gun he picked up is around 322 years old. He’s thinking about historical artifacts. If he lived in 2025, he’d be thinking of a weapon from the early 1700s. It’d be like dreaming of a flintlock musket, or a rapier or french small sword. You know, nerd stuff.
💯, and makes this so much better. He has a phaser, way better than Gun. Gun is a nerd antique for the curio
The look of absolute satisfaction.
Gun…GUN, gun gun… gun.! GUN!!!
God damn they don’t make men much more gorgeous than young Takei. Dude was dashing af.
He’s always been handsome in that pretty-boy way.
This gets referenced, sort of, in TAS: The Slaver Weapon.Spock asks him about the weapon, since he’s acknowledged as an expert on weapons and firearms.
Sulu singing inside his own head: “happiness is a warm gun”
bang bang, shoot shoot
Sitting at the helm, hours on end … and all he thinks about is … gun
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