Mozambique Drill

Mozambique Drill also referenced in a Magnum P.I. episode

That's right.

with TS as Magnum shooting.

No. It was "Mad Buck Gibson" who was doing the shooting, at the wall, while sitting in the tub. Also, he was doing it backwards, i.e., he was shooting the "head" area first, and then putting two in the "chest" area.

Here's the dialog:

Higgins: I heard gunfire and thought it only prudent to investigate.
Magnum: Gunfire? Shots?! Well, maybe there were just a couple ...
Higgins: I counted twelve to be exact. A forty-five automatic from the sound of it, fired in the international Mozambique pattern if I'm not mistaken. And since that's hardly a technique prominent in divorce court, the person firing those shots could only have been ...

The Jesse Stone character didn't really do the Mozambique drill in this movie either. A Mozambique drill is a double-tap to the chest, i.e., two rapid-fire shots to the chest. Then, if necessary, a shot to the head. In this movie, Stone fired two relatively slow shots to the chest (not nearly rapid enough to be considered a "double-tap") and then one to the head. As a side note, he had his finger off the trigger when he was on target, which is bad technique, and it allowed the bad guy to get off the first shot even though he wasn't already aiming at Stone (he was aiming at the girl's head).

Selleck didn't show any signs of being a gun enthusiast in Magnum, P.I. I suspect his interest in guns came afterwards, or maybe it started to brew during the show. For example, he usually had his finger on the trigger at all times (including when he wasn't on target) and he usually (if not always) fired his pistol one-handed. Both of those things used to be common in movies and in real life. Jeff Cooper's "modern technique", first being widely publicized in the mid-1970s, changed things. Had Selleck been up on the latest and greatest combat pistol techniques, he would have been firing from a two-handed Weaver stance, and his finger would have never been on the trigger until he was on target. He also would have had a proper holster (such as a Milt Sparks Summer Special IWB holster), rather than just sticking his pistol in his waistband where it could easily fall out while running, jumping, or engaging in a scuffle.

I wish I could interview Selleck on the topic of his gun interest; i.e., when it started, and how much of it has made its way into his movies and shows. I suppose it's possible that during Magnum, P.I., Selleck knew better, but had to do what the director wanted instead.

I don't dance, tell jokes or wear my pants too tight, but I do know about a thousand songs.

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