The Dirty Harry model 29

[PA Guns & Ammo]

Some info on the model 29 with John Milius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-tGz6dNdg

Sound effects in the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DupGOpLmOnM&index=5&list=PLhjs7fs9iijebqUxEAmZCqJH3r9tKjeTU

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

That was interesting, thanks for sharing.

 

[fyimo]

Great video's and thanks for sharing

 

[Gunhacker]

Great to hear the story directly from someone that would know it with certainty. There's been so much inaccurate info/speculation floating around about exactly what gun was used... that it was a 8-3/8" barrel in some scenes, to not being an M-29 at all but a M-57.

 

[ken158]

As already noted - good information directly from those in the know...

 

[viceunit]

That's nice John Milius, except it was a 6 1/2" and we all know that.

 

[Frank237]

I handled THE original gun a few years back at SHOT Show. It was fairly beaten up, and really quite ordinary.
But still pretty neat to handle such a piece of movie history.

 

[SG-688]

In some interviews, Milius says there were six shots in the bank robbery scene. There were five, darn it, FIVE!!

6 shots would make Harry - when he clicks on the robber - a depraved psychopath.

With 5, he has an impish sense of humor.

(Lowering the hammer, and then cocking again, so that he knows - regardless of whether it had been 5 or 6 - that he would then click on a fired case.)

 

[Spartan 2]

The film inspired me to get my concealed carry license and my first handgun which was a model 29 with 8 3/8 inch barrel. This was 1973 and the film was so popular that there was a year long wait to get one.Now I see these going in price way more than what I paid in 1974.

 

[Laketime]

The film inspired me to get my concealed carry license and my first handgun which was a model 29 with 8 3/8 inch barrel. This was 1973 and the film was so popular that there was a year long wait to get one.Now I see these going in price way more than what I paid in 1974.

A lot of people share a similar story like yours.espically why it was they bought their first 29. I had to buy my first in 82 after watching Nick Nolte wielding a four inch 29 in 48 Hrs.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Wow. We really need a sticky on this. There have been so many threads on this topic, and despite those, so many still insist it wasn't a Model 29, that it did not have a 6 1/2 inch barrel, blah, blah, blah.

Perhaps this thread will cause some of the folks who have incorrect information about this to "get on board" with the rest of us!

 

[Ceapea]

In some interviews, Milius says there were six shots in the bank robbery scene. There were five, darn it, FIVE!!

6 shots would make Harry - when he clicks on the robber - a depraved psychopath.

With 5, he has an impish sense of humor.

(Lowering the hammer, and then cocking again, so that he knows - regardless of whether it had been 5 or 6 - that he would then click on a fired case.)

There were six. Play the DVD, pause often if necessary. For one shot, you only hear it, you don't see it being fired. But there were six.

 

[SG-688]

In the original, in the theater and early video, there were 5.

Thus all the questions over the years as to why he clicked empty after firing only five shots.

That last edition DVD added a shot to the sound track, apparently to satisfy those who know about guns only from video games and comic books.

I've seen edited for TV versions with only 4 shots. That really confuses things.

 

[legelegel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXJ5jTDlOWw

 

[10mmauto]

A lot of people share a similar story like yours.espically why it was they bought their first 29. I had to buy my first in 82 after watching Nick Nolte wielding a four inch 29 in 48 Hrs.

One of my all time favorite "buddy" movies. I've seen it 100 times!

 

[aphelion]

It is funny how people debate this, considering the obvious continuity error.

 

[Ceapea]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXJ5jTDlOWw

I saw five and heard six...

Just as the car is starting to move forward, a shot , that you don't see, goes off. His 29 has a distinctive sound, unlike the other weapons in the scene.

 

[Ceapea]

In the original, in the theater and early video, there were 5.

Thus all the questions over the years as to why he clicked empty after firing only five shots.

That last edition DVD added a shot to the sound track, apparently to satisfy those who know about guns only from video games and comic books.

I've seen edited for TV versions with only 4 shots. That really confuses things.

I'll have to see if I still have my old VHS copy and check this. Other than TV (edited??), I only have my DVD to reference. Like you mentioned, there is the 6th shot there.

 

[shouldazagged]

6 shots would make Harry - when he clicks on the robber - a depraved psychopath.

Well, a lot of people say that Harry did have a streak of depraved psychopath, but he was a damned entertaining one.

 

[aphelion]

Well, a lot of people say that Harry did have a streak of depraved psychopath, but he was a damned entertaining one.

Folks seem to forget the Popwell character had just shot Harry. I reckon for most people who had just been shot by someone, the urge to mess with the shooter a little would be irresistible.