{"id":90,"date":"2025-10-25T06:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:30:51","slug":"firearms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"Firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Firearms used during the attack<\/h2>\n<h3>GUNS CARRIED BY ERIC HARRIS<\/h3>\n<h4>1. 12 Gauge pump action shotgun<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/researchcolumbine.com\/images\/weapons\/pump.png\" alt=\"Eric Harris' pump action shotgun\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JCSO item #20<br \/>\nCBI item #900<\/p>\n<p>Model: Savage-Springfield 67H<br \/>\nSerial: #A232432<br \/>\nChamber: 3&#8243;<br \/>\nBarrel: 14&#8243;<br \/>\nTotal length: 25&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>Purchased at the Tanner Gun Show.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered with a spent shell in the chamber and X live rounds in the magazine.<\/p>\n<h4>2. Hi-Point 995 Carbine rifle<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/researchcolumbine.com\/images\/weapons\/carbine.png\" alt=\"Eric Harris' Hi-Point carbine rifle\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JCSO item #21<br \/>\nCBI item #901<\/p>\n<p>Model: Hi-Point<br \/>\nSerial: #A59610<\/p>\n<p>Purchased at the Tanner Gun Show.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered with an empty chamber and no magazine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>GUNS CARRIED BY DYLAN KLEBOLD<\/h3>\n<h4>1. 12 Gauge double barrel shotgun<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/researchcolumbine.com\/images\/weapons\/db.png\" alt=\"Dylan Klebold's 12 ga double barrel shotgun\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JCSO item #22<br \/>\nCBI item #902<\/p>\n<p>Model: Savage-Stevens 311D<br \/>\nSerial: #A077513<br \/>\nChamber: 2+3\/4&#8243;<br \/>\nBarrel: 12+15\/16&#8243;<br \/>\nTotal length: 21+3\/16&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>Purchased at the Tanner Gun Show.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered with a fired federal 12 GA shell in each chamber.<\/p>\n<h4>2. Intratec DC9M 9 mm. pistol<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/researchcolumbine.com\/images\/weapons\/tec.png\" alt=\"Dylan Klebold's 9mm TEC-DC9M pistol\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JCSO item #23<br \/>\nCBI item #903<\/p>\n<p>Model: Intratec DC9 Mini<br \/>\nSerial: #D076305<br \/>\nBarrel: 3&#8243;<br \/>\nTotal length: 10.5&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>Purchased from Mark Manes on January 23, 1999 for $500.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered with one live round in the chamber and a loaded magazine with live rounds.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Additional information about the TEC-DC9M<\/h3>\n<p>Some people have wondered how we know Dylan&#8217;s pistol was the DC Mini model, so here&#8217;s some additional information about this pistol.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple TEC-9 models &amp; variants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TEC-DC9<\/li>\n<li>TEC-DC9S (stainless steel)<\/li>\n<li>TEC-DC9K (stainless steel Kote finish)<\/li>\n<li>TEC-DC9M (mini)<\/li>\n<li>TEC-DC9MS (mini stainless steel)<\/li>\n<li>TEC-DC9MK (mini stainless steel Kote finish)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>How do we know Dylan had the TEC-DC9M model?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There is a difference between the TEC-9, the TEC-DC9, and the TEC-DC9M. The TEC-9 and TEC-DC9 are different models. The TEC-DC9M (mini) is a smaller variant of the TEC-DC-9.<\/p>\n<p>The company that manufactured the TEC-9 pistols, Interdynamic USA\/Intratec, was created by George Kellgren and Carlos Garcia, but no longer exists. The pistol known as the TEC-9 was originally the KG-99. The KG-99 was rebranded as the TEC-9 in 1984 when Kellgren sold his share of the company to his co-founder, Garcia.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Was Dylan\u2019s pistol an original TEC-9 or the \u201cDC\u201d model (TEC-DC9)?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As far as \u201cTEC-9s\u201d go, the TEC-9 is the original model.<\/p>\n<p>After the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in 1989, California passed the Roberti-Roos assault weapons ban, specifically naming the TEC-9. To get around the ban, in 1990, Intratec renamed the TEC-9 to the TEC-DC9 and changed some features to make it legal in California. The \u201cDC\u201d stands for \u201cDesigned\/Designated for California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We know Dylan\u2019s gun was manufactured after the 1989 ban because his gun had two post-ban features:<\/p>\n<p><strong>A single-mount sling point<\/strong>. When the TEC-9 was renamed to the TEC-DC9, the new model was made with a single-mount sling point on the back of the gun instead of two sling points with one on the left side of the barrel shroud. Dylan\u2019s gun has a single-mount sling point, therefore it is a \u201cDC\u201d model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stamped sights<\/strong>. The front sight on the original TEC-9 was a high-quality button sight. Stamped front sights (spot welded onto the gun) were introduced around 1987. However, a pistol with both a stamped front sight and a single-mount sling point is definitely a post-ban TEC and is therefore a \u201cDC\u201d model.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>How do we know Dylan\u2019s TEC was the mini model (DC-9M)?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There is a difference between the TEC-DC9 and TEC-DC9M models. The \u201cM\u201d stands for \u201cmini.\u201d Just like the KG-99 was rebranded as the TEC-9, the KG-99 Mini was rebranded as the \u201cTEC-9 Mini.\u201d We know Dylan\u2019s gun was the mini model for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<p>B<strong>arrel length<\/strong>. All mini DC9M models have a 3\u201d barrel as opposed to the 5\u201d barrel on the standard DC9 model. Dylan\u2019s gun had a 3\u201d barrel. This is easily discerned when comparing Dylan\u2019s gun to a TEC-9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall length<\/strong>. According to the manufacturer\u2019s specifications, the TEC-DC9M is 10.5\u201d long, which matches the length of Dylan&#8217;s pistol.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Additional resources:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"tec9-origin.html\">Where did the TEC-DC9M come from?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firearms used during the attack GUNS CARRIED BY ERIC HARRIS 1. 12 Gauge pump action shotgun JCSO item #20 CBI item #900 Model: Savage-Springfield 67H Serial: #A232432 Chamber: 3&#8243; Barrel:&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/?page_id=90\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.researchcolumbine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}