Old Question (probably already answered) about Black and wands

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 112939

DuffyPoo wrote:
> 3) The wand Sirius uses in the DoM is one from the Black family home
that belonged to either his Mother or Father or Regulus.  
> 
> I think Sirius probably had his wand with him when he was captured.
 It would have been broken or at the very least taken from him.  He
was going after Pettigrew, after all, and while I wouldn't put it past
Sirius to kill Wormtail with his bare hands, it would have been
quicker with a wand. ;-)


Carol responds:
While I agree that Sirius's wand must have been taken from him and
broken after he ostensibly murdered Peter and the Muggles (why, why
didn't they do Priori Incantatem on it?), I think there's another
possibility. Mr. Ollivander refers to Lily's *first* wand, implying
that she later bought another, presumably more powerful wand. The same
could be true for Sirius: he could be using his old wand from his
school days as opposed to a more powerful one that was taken away.
(Maybe he'd have had better luck against Bellatrix with the wand that
was destroyed. Oh, well!)

Carol