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Originally Posted by kennyb
hmmm...cannot agree...the 41 mag.was developed to be the ideal police round...it was first sold as a M57 in 1963..NINE years prior to dirty harry...as we know it did not fare well as a police issue weapon for several reasons..one of which was police agencies of this era were not fond of the word magnum...as to all or part of the dirty harry movie being filmed with a 41 mag......this has been hashed and rehashed here many times...the experts say two M29-2's were used in the movie...eastwood kept one and the other is currently in the NRA museum here in virginia...
don't get me wrong...i love both calibers,reload for both and have a number of 41 and 44 mag.handguns....i have carried a M657 3" for quite awhile....both are super rounds and can be loaded mild to wild...i'm just glad i don't have to buy factory ammo for either...
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KennyB, thanks for correcting me. I thought the .41 came out in 1964, but I could be wrong. The debut from what I understand was not the intruduction the the cartridge or the gun, it was a promotion of them prior to the movie. I understand that there were two .44's and that one is in the NRA museum. However the reason that I have always thought that the first portion of the movie was shot with a .41 is because I read it and that was many years ago, before the internet. Otherwise I would not have known. If I am wrong, thank you for telling me. However, is there information that is factual because that would be great info to have. Once again, sorry for any confusion from my behalf.