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In reply to the discussion: Attn: American Gun Lovers - The Blessings of Civilization Are Required! [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)74. Before the Dirty Harry movies, .44 magnum revolvers...
were used mainly by hunters.
This series of movies caused many people who were unfamiliar with handguns to run out and buy a S&W Model 29 revolver. The price of this weapon sky rocketed.
The recoil of this big S&W is extremely oppressive to a person unfamiliar with handguns and shooting one can often lead to the development of a nasty flinch which can throw a bullet far off target. A few inexperienced people who didn't realize how to hold such a powerful firearm ending up injured when the recoil caused the muzzle of the weapon to hit their face.
Once again the movie makers failed to portray reality.
◄ Dirty Harry (1971)
Did You Know
***snip***
Dirty Harry's gun is supposedly a Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver, chambered for a .44 Magnum cartridge. In the film, the gun is shown as being capable of sending assailants flying through the air, even when shot from a distance, however, in reality the gun does not produce such dramatic results. Additionally, the .44 Magnum round is not considered to be a practical caliber for urban police force use due to recoil (which makes target re-acquisition difficult) and over-penetration issues, which greatly increases the likelihood of the bullet going through its target and injuring bystanders. The actual gun used on set by Clint Eastwood was in fact a Smith & Wesson Model 29. It is a common misconception that a Model 29 could not be located and a Model 57, chambered in .41 Magnum, was used instead. Clint Eastwood contacted Bob Sauer, representative for Smith and Wesson, to acquire the pistol. The Model 29 had been out of production for several years at the time, but a number of pistols were assembled from parts at the factory and provided to the crew. Eastwood took one to a firing range to familiarize himself with the Model 29.
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Attn: American Gun Lovers - The Blessings of Civilization Are Required! [View all]
ellisonz
Feb 2012
OP
and yet my thread was locked for questions regarding the same issue....
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2012
#37
uhm .... no, THE HOST LOCKED my thread and told me to go to META to discuss a jury verdict
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2012
#40
in public forum when a PM would have sufficed ... of course that it your right and indeed, it is my
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2012
#49
If the bad guy was a active mass murdering child molesting arsonist rapist home invader?
Remmah2
Feb 2012
#15
Well then I don't understand your charge that "it borders on ToS violation on several counts."
ellisonz
Feb 2012
#28
That is just a shotgun, what difference does it make that it has plastic instead of wood?
rl6214
Feb 2012
#100
"But I'm sure many folks would be happy to sell firearms to anyone with the cash to buy them."
ellisonz
Feb 2012
#81
Probably because there is no concerted effort to strip people of their hammers.
Atypical Liberal
Feb 2012
#50
"And now we will pound our swords into plowshares and proceed with peace." - Cincinnatus
ellisonz
Feb 2012
#99
The fact that the US with its lax gun laws has by far the highest homicide rates
DanTex
Feb 2012
#83
Hammers probably kill more people each year than the gun in your cartoon.
Atypical Liberal
Feb 2012
#55
Clames, I have to disagree ... I find all those tools beautiful in their own right. I appreciate
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2012
#26