44 Magnum and the "Southwest Bunch"

[gripper]

Chase Gripp and the Magnum Force Model 29

Here is a pic of my 12 year old son Chase holding the model 29. I think this was Chase's 2nd Southwest bunch meeting and he always has a good time. I'm sure he will appreciate this picture many years from now.

Chad Gripp

 

[Jack Flash]

I may be wrong, but I always thought that Movie and TV Studios had a "vault" for keeping their guns safely stored and available. When they need a .44 Magnum, the guy with the keys just goes and gets one, without a whole lot of worry about what they used last time.

An extreme example of this is Barney Fife's revolver. As others have pointed out, sometimes it is a S&W, sometimes it's a Colt. It's whatever the prop guy grabbed that day.

If someone really needed to explain the different guns used from one Dirty Harry movie to another, they could just say that Callahan always wanted a 4 screw .44 Magnum, and scoured the gun shows and pawn shops til he found one.

 

[kennyb]

thanks for sharing the pics...veryyyyy nice!

 

[C Broad Arrow]

Great pictures and the memories will last a liftetime, especially for Chase. Magnum Force was on the tube just last night. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JimSupica]

I thought ya'll might enjoy also seeing the pictures of the gun on our National Firearms Museum website. Note the zoom in bar .... you can get in real close on the presentation plaque to read it.
The National Firearms Museum: Dirty Harry (1971) Smith & Wesson 29
The photos were taken by fellow SWCA member Terry Popkin about 3 years ago when we hired him to photograph our entire museum collection. You can find his 10,000 zoomable photos of 2,500 guns on our website The National Firearms Museum: Home

Jim