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Old 05-13-2017, 05:01 PM
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John Milius, author of the film, said the gun was supposed to be a 4"
barrel Model 29, but at the time they were hard to find, so they went
with the 6.5" model.

Dirty Harry's holster was made by Bucheimer-Clark. After Bucheimer
went out of business the trade mark was apparantly picked up by
Jerry Ardolino who's business was/is known as Lawman Leather.

Both Cathey Enterprises and Cattle Baron (and possibly others) made
the holster under some sort of license agreement.

Sometime in the 70s my Dad and I both had S&W Model 19s with
4" barrels, so I bought two of the rigs from Lawman Leather, one
for each of us.

I still have mine shown below in both front and back views.
Parts have been worn out and replaced.

My Dad has gone to the happy hunting ground. My sister sold
his at a garage sale for peanuts. His gun also got lost. Sad.

PS: In case you noticed that is not my Model 19 in the
holster. It happens to be my Model 67 Combat Masterpiece.
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