dirty harry
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22-rimfire
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Harry C. shot 44 spl's in his 6" S&W Model 29. Said he could control them better. But it was a movie. That movie resulted in shortages in Model 29's. Smith couldn't keep up to the demand and they sold for full retail price back then. The N-frames are available all over the place... shows, stores, auction arms, etc. Pick your poison.
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Sir William
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The S&W M29 44 Magnum N frame. These came in 8 and 3/8" models. There were several given as promotionals to those involved in Dirty Harry. The debate is whether Dirty Harry carried a 6 and 1/2" custom made M29. Some say yes and others say no.
dallasconundrum
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Dirty Harry: The Next Generation
What I wonder is if they ever remade Dirty Harry (you know they probably will they have remade practically everything else) would he still carry the .44? Or would he now be carrying a .500 Mag or a .460? I think I have too much time on my hands.
Actually I don't, it is almost 4 in the morning and I have a final at 7:45.
What I wonder is if they ever remade Dirty Harry (you know they probably will they have remade practically everything else) would he still carry the .44? Or would he now be carrying a .500 Mag or a .460? I think I have too much time on my hands.
Actually I don't, it is almost 4 in the morning and I have a final at 7:45.Roy Jinks, S&W company historian, supposedly has said that the Model 29( 2 of them) was built in the factory's gunshop for the movie. The gunshop is now called the Performance Center. The other thing I've read in the past was the screenwriter, John Milius, had Harry using a 4" Model 29, but when the factory built the two guns all they had in stock was the 6.5" barrels.
The facts surrounding the Dirty Harry magnums are many. But it's a favorite topic on this and other other forums.
The facts surrounding the Dirty Harry magnums are many. But it's a favorite topic on this and other other forums.
I've seen promotional pics and posters that appear to show 8 3/8" barreled guns, but the ones in the movies were 6.5". I bought a late-fifties M29, maybe ten years ago, and it was the spittin' image of Harry's. I shot it maybe 200 rounds, then decided I couldn't really decide what it was for, so traded it away. It was one of those guns that I wanted to "have", but preferred one I'd shoot more often.
.44 Magnum ballistics - It ranges from 180 gr @ 1610 fps on the light end, to 300 gr @ 1250 fps on the heavy side. A common configuration is 240 gr @ 1200 fps. Those numbers are for standard factory ammo (Federal). However, it is capable of much more. Buffalo Bore loads some 270 gr @ 1450 fps, and has a +P+ load for 340 gr @ 1478 fps. And a friend of mine loads his own, and cooked up a 240 gr load @ around 1650 fps, IIRC.
Winchester's prices are $23.90 per box of 20 for the good stuff, and $25.95 per box of 50 for the 'plinker' (whatever that means for a .44).
Recoil really isn't that bad, assuming you're not shooting out of a snubby. The one I shot had a 6-inch barrel, and while it's a whole lot more that my .40, it's not unpleasant. Actually quite fun. I'm saving up for a big-bore now.
Winchester's prices are $23.90 per box of 20 for the good stuff, and $25.95 per box of 50 for the 'plinker' (whatever that means for a .44).
Recoil really isn't that bad, assuming you're not shooting out of a snubby. The one I shot had a 6-inch barrel, and while it's a whole lot more that my .40, it's not unpleasant. Actually quite fun. I'm saving up for a big-bore now.
"I carried a mod 28 highway patrol, in the 70s, and don't remember adjustable sights."
Model 28s had adjustable sights. They are a plain jane version of the 27.
S&W made some N frame fixed sights .357 with a Highway Patrolman type finish for some PDs. Can't remember the model number. 23 maybe?
Model 28s had adjustable sights. They are a plain jane version of the 27.
S&W made some N frame fixed sights .357 with a Highway Patrolman type finish for some PDs. Can't remember the model number. 23 maybe?
The N-frame .357 magnum with fixed sights was designated the 520. It was only made with the 4" barrel. S&W manufactured approximately 3,000 of them for the New York State Police in 1980. For some reason, that I don't know, the NYSP didn't want them after they were ready so Smith sold them on the private market. I've only seen the original Model 520 on the internet and in books.
I guess Mr. Eastwood always goes for "the most powerful handgun in the world." In Outlaw Josey Whales he picked two 1847 .44 Colt Walker Dragoons (that were indeed the most powerful handgun in the world up until the 1980s...even more powerful than the S&W .44 Magnum) as his two primary sidarms along with a Colt 1860 .44 Army in his belt and a smaller gun in a shoulder holster.
"You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"
"You can't do better than my (phony) medicine"
"Works wonders on just about everything."
"Absolutely"
"*SPIT*"
"How's it with stains."
"You gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"
"You can't do better than my (phony) medicine"
"Works wonders on just about everything."
"Absolutely"
"*SPIT*"
"How's it with stains."
Jack Malloy
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He actually used a couple of guns....
In the first movie, they called it a ".44 magnum" but the gun they actually used in most scenes was a model 25 in .45 Colt. If you look at the barrel in the shootout scene at the end of the film, you notice ALL the markings were ground off. It also used the old five in one blanks which Hollywood had been using in Peacemakers on western flicks for years.
Why the .45 ? This was to make the bore look bigger in scenes where you saw the muzzle........
For publicity scenes they did indeed use an 8 and 3/8 inch Model 29.
In the script that was turned in by Millius, he had Harry carrying a four inch nickel plated model 29. Later, he saw a four screw six and a half inch blued 29 at a gunshop he wanted and that was the gun picked for the film.
In the second film, the gun was fairly well known and they just used a 6.5 inch model 29 and left the markings on the barrel intact. They are obvious in the credits of "Magnum Force."
In Sudden Impact, Harry used the Automag.
Couple of years ago, I was reading the old novelization of the first film by Harry and Julian Fink and it dawned on me the film could easily be remade today. I kinda figured Hollywood would do something like cast pro-wrestler The Undertaker as Dirty Harry and arm him with the .500 magnum....
Ill be damned, about six months later Wrestlemania came about and they did these small advertisements spoofing varous famous movies ....One had the famed shootout scene from Dirty Harry and there is Mark Callaway (the Undertaker) dressed like Eastwood and saying the lines. Still had the blue 29 though....
In the first movie, they called it a ".44 magnum" but the gun they actually used in most scenes was a model 25 in .45 Colt. If you look at the barrel in the shootout scene at the end of the film, you notice ALL the markings were ground off. It also used the old five in one blanks which Hollywood had been using in Peacemakers on western flicks for years.
Why the .45 ? This was to make the bore look bigger in scenes where you saw the muzzle........
For publicity scenes they did indeed use an 8 and 3/8 inch Model 29.
In the script that was turned in by Millius, he had Harry carrying a four inch nickel plated model 29. Later, he saw a four screw six and a half inch blued 29 at a gunshop he wanted and that was the gun picked for the film.
In the second film, the gun was fairly well known and they just used a 6.5 inch model 29 and left the markings on the barrel intact. They are obvious in the credits of "Magnum Force."
In Sudden Impact, Harry used the Automag.
Couple of years ago, I was reading the old novelization of the first film by Harry and Julian Fink and it dawned on me the film could easily be remade today. I kinda figured Hollywood would do something like cast pro-wrestler The Undertaker as Dirty Harry and arm him with the .500 magnum....
Ill be damned, about six months later Wrestlemania came about and they did these small advertisements spoofing varous famous movies ....One had the famed shootout scene from Dirty Harry and there is Mark Callaway (the Undertaker) dressed like Eastwood and saying the lines. Still had the blue 29 though....