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Perhaps not the most releveant question in the world, but I'm curious...

Does anyone know the model of the S&W revolver Clint Eastwood used in the movie "Blood Work"? It's an 8 shot with what looks like a 3" barrel.

Also, what about the one he used in "Dirty Harry"? It's been years since I saw the movie...
 
The revolver Eastwood used in ''Dirty Harry'' is the good,old,
sweet,gorgeous S&W Model 29 in .44 Magnum,with 6,5'' barrel.
There was probably another 8.38'' barreled S&W used in some
scenes,but I`m not sure.

''Blood Work''?
I have seen almost all movies with Clint,but never heard this
tittle.When did it hit the screen?
 
I saw the movie, it's out now. It's a pretty decent mystery, keeps you guessing until the end, I recommend it.

It is a short barreled Smith. I was thinking it was a seven shot 686+, but I didn't get a close enough look to count all the holes in the cylinder.

I suppose it could be a short barreled version of the 627. Smith would be delighted to fix Clint up with anything he wants for a movie.;)
 
In "Dirty Harry" even though a .44 Magnum was called for in the script, Eastwood actually used a .41 Magnum. A .44 wasn't available to the production company, so a .41 (Model 57?) was substituted. You can't tell the difference in the film.
 
I haven't seen the movie yet, but if he's using an 8-shot short barrel Smith & Wesson, this must be it.

Is this the gun in the movie?

pc627_large.jpg
 
That may be it - I think I remember seeing the flats alongside the barrel. Don't remember if the cylinder was unfluted or not, though.

It's a good movie - somebody else go see it, come back & tell us:)
 
Yes, the above picture is it, but it looked like it had Hogue rubber Monogrips on it. He even mentioned when he was taking it away from the kid that had found it in his bag that it was a Smith and Wesson 8 shot. Beautiful and cool gun.
 
Joelno got it right. I just saw the movie. It's an 8-shot 686 from the S&W Custom Shop. In the movie, Clint likes to point it at people with the hammer cocked in SA mode a lot, so the Custom Shop obviously left the SA notch in and did not remove it, rendering the gun DAO as I would have done.

Another good scene in the movie is when Clint is firing a cut-down 870 at a bad guy in a car and his detective partner starts blasting at the car with what looks like a 5906 and very poor technique (no aiming- just pointing in the general direction and yanking the trigger until the slide locks back). Pretty realistic, eh??

Bob
 
Actually the gun in the picture is the Lew Horton 627. It's an N-frame gun.

Haven't seen an 8-shot 686 yet.

The 627 comes DA. One would have to send it back to Smith & Wesson to have it converted to SA.

Terrific gun btw. I use larger grips on mine, though.
 
One sweet S&W!

THANKS, JOELNO, FOR THAT PHOTO!

Is this .357 a Performance Center model, or just one I've never seen? It just went to the top of my "gotta have" wish-list! I have the 2000 S&W catalog and haven't seen this beauty.

Please excuse the efforts of a technology-challenged elder...I'm going to try and include of photo of my S&W's
 
What Kind of grips are on yours, joelno, they are different than the ones on the picture from the S&W site. It looks like yours have a pinky extention where the others don't.
 
The grips are Ahrends Pakkawood from pickagrip.com

The factory grips are too short for me, I can't get comfortable shooting an N frame with my pinkie hanging off.

These ones are very comfortable, and only hang down about 1/8"-1/4" more than stock.
 
Joelno,
It is PURE BEAUTY!!!!I`M IN LOVE!
Jungleman,
Dirty Harry for president,yes,Yes,YES!!!VOTE H.CALLAHAN!:D :cool
Mal H,.44 Magnum not available to the production company:confused: ''Dirty Harry'' hit the screen in the`70s
(1972 IIRC) The .44Mag was introduced in 1955.
What would make S&W 29 unavailable to Warner Bros/Malpaso Prod.?

Since N-frame snubs are mentioned,remember''From Dusk Till Dawn''?G.Clooney was using a 3'' M29,right?


Call Inspector 71
:cool:
 
Hahah...Mal, saw your post and was trying to help. You beat me to posting the earthlink site.

Anyway, from the site:
So why might a .41 Magnum been used, instead of the .44? The truth is that, previous to all of the hype generated by the Dirty Harry movies, the M-29, was just plain not popular. The gun was (and continues to be) big, heavy, unpleasant to shoot, and overpowered for defense. It's only real use would be for hunting larger animals, and hunting with a handgun was almost unheard of back in the fifties, and sixties. The Model 29 was always a gun of very limited numbers, bought by a small and specialized segment of the shooting public. At the time that Dirty Harry was being produced, the Model 29 was not even being made. Clint Eastwood has never commented on these rumors, and may not have known himself, what he was firing, so closely do these guns resemble each other. Movie guns are generally specially modified so that real ammunition can not chamber or fire in them, making the distinction between these, very similar guns, even more difficult to determine. Studio armourers handle all firearms, and all blank ammunition. What is known, is that Clint procured an actual .44 so that he could get a feel for what shooting the gun was like, to help him better play his part. The gun he used, is said to have been made up specially from extra parts, and repair spares that were stocked by the factory.
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