Cleandean
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Not a 6.5 inch Model 29 in blue … But Happy Birthday today ,to Clint Eastwood .
95 Years old today !
All time “Best promoter of .44 mag.”
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Not a 6.5 inch Model 29 in blue … But Happy Birthday today ,to Clint Eastwood .
95 Years old today !
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Well, that makes my day.
It's because of Clint that I bought a Blue 6.5" M-29-2 after seeing Dirty Harry and Magnum Force in college in the late 70's. That led to a 6" M-629 no dash on 1980 and a 6.5" Nickel M-29-2 in 1989. Picked up a Blue 6.5" M-24-6 in April and have a 6.5" M-624 waiting for me at my FFL that I can pick up after going to the County Clerks first thing Monday morning to add it to my permit. THANKS Clint!!!!! Happy Birthday!!
I had 2 before Harry...............
bigggbbruce
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Do you feel lucky.....
I have a 1973 6 1/2" 29-2 blued with presentation case, tools, papers.
After watching all the Dirty Harry movies I was disappointed when I shot a buck real close with my M29-2 6" .
Had put a second round in him for the Coup d' etat
Had put a second round in him for the Coup d' etat
I foolishly bought a M29 with a 4” bbl in 1985 for $220 from a Montgomery Ward that was getting out of the gun business. (in fact…a couple years later they were getting out of ANY business.)
DAMM it was LOUD.
I foolishly sold it.
Still have the lined Bianchi holster tho’…. (just in case I find another some day).
DAMM it was LOUD.
I foolishly sold it.
Still have the lined Bianchi holster tho’…. (just in case I find another some day).
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Most of you old timers know the guy on the right in the photo but no one has mentioned him yet.
I’m trying to recall where I knew him from….
Neat seeing him in a pic with Elmer…as Elmer was the person I thought of when I saw thread title.
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John Lachuk was a long-time gunwriter. His work appeared in a number of publications. He was on the GUNS & AMMO staff roughly the same time Elmer Keith was. Much of Lachuk's writings were of a technical nature, often handloading-related. He probably did as much work with .44s as Keith did, but never enjoyed the popularity of other writers of his era.
Lachuk produced good articles, far better than most of today's gunwriters. I vaguely recall reading of some disparaging remarks Keith made about Lachuk, but don't remember the details. I'm pretty sure this came from one of Elmer Keith's books, long before the Internet, but then, Keith's version was only one side of the story.
Lachuk produced good articles, far better than most of today's gunwriters. I vaguely recall reading of some disparaging remarks Keith made about Lachuk, but don't remember the details. I'm pretty sure this came from one of Elmer Keith's books, long before the Internet, but then, Keith's version was only one side of the story.
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