Dirty Harry's S&W mod.29

[Levergun]

love the dirty harry series. That's why I picked up a 4 inch 29-2. "my that's a big one"

From my understanding, Clint uses a 8 3/8 in the scene where Harry is looking for scorpio in the stadium and yells "stop!" i could be wrong. heres the scene

Dirty Harry - Football Stadium Scene - YouTube

 

[viceunit]

Sir, no offense but, if you spent any time reading this and a thousand other similar threads, you would not come to the understanding that you currently have. The lens may have distorted the length of the barrel in the first close up, but when Eastwood is walking towards Scorpio the gun is clearly not an 8-3/8.

 

[aphelion]

. time to make some popcorn and get out the collection again.

Seems like blued revolvers and salty, buttery popcorn wouldn't make a good combination.

 

[montegomx]

Seems like blued revolvers and salty, buttery popcorn wouldn't make a good combination.

uh oh, i have been using popcorn butter for a preservative for my firearms for years now.........

 

[aphelion]

Probably smells better than RIG.

 

[Dogmann]

I see lots of 6 inch barrel mod29's but not 6.5 inch. Is it a 6?

 

[KEN L]

Nope, it's a 6 1/2". There are actually more 6 1/2" 29-2's then there are 6". However the 6 1/2" tends to be more in demand/collectible due to Dirty Harry.

 

[Warren Sear]

It's a only a movie.... None of it really happened...

 

[loknload]

Why yes,,,I believe it is a movie!

 

[S.B.]

So I check out Wild Guns Leather after reading the article to see that the same guy still owns the company (formally Lawman Leather). Does this mean that the same problems still exist or can you now order the holster and actually get one? Does anybody know?

I've bought two holsters from him now without any problems???
Steve

 

[SA1911]

Dirty Harry was about a dedicated cop who had more common sense than bureaucrats, politicians and pettifoggers who were more interested in not having to find real jobs. The famous handgun was a prop. We all know the, "Do you feel lucky," scene. However, the 2 girly men scene during which Harry tells abject morons that the law is crazy had latent yet profound implications. (Escobedo and Miranda were illegal "laws" created by the US Supreme Court. They have no constitutional basis. NO court has constitutional ability to make law.) Of course, Harry was right:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh62SjGdI0s"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh62SjGdI0s[/ame]

 

[BruceM]

And whatever ammo was used, the .44 Mag firing sound used in Dirty Harry is the best damn gun sound ever recorded.

If that's how you feel, you should also really like the sound of Crockett's Bren Ten firing in Miami Vice.

The only 8 3/8" gun used by Clint Eastwood in anything involving the Dirty Harry Films was a M29 used for still photos printed on theater lobby posters for the first film.

Bruce

 

[aphelion]

yep

Dirty Harry was about a dedicated cop who had more common sense than bureaucrats,....Of course, Harry was right:

Unquestionably, being able to torture confessions and information from perps, and unwarranted searches any time police feel like it are great law enforcement tools. Let's get those pesky rules out of their way and let them do their jobs. Lot's of other great law enforcement techniques on display in Dirty Harry too, such as running up a dark alley with a cocked revolver, so you can get that needed shot off just that much quicker.

 

[Dogmann]

I agree !!!
Maybe thats whats lacking in this country now a days! Maybe it would help curb some of this violence, make criminals fear again.

Unquestionably, being able to torture confessions and information from perps, and unwarranted searches any time police feel like it are great law enforcement tools. Let's get those pesky rules out of their way and let them do their jobs. Lot's of other great law enforcement techniques on display in Dirty Harry too, such as running up a dark alley with a cocked revolver, so you can get that needed shot off just that much quicker.

 

[Dogbone44Spl]

I bought my blue 29-2 61/2" From Security Equipment in Honolulu in the mid '70s.Still have it in mint condition. I paid $289.00 plus tax for it. It had the worst action of any revolver I ever shot. I took it to Les Martin and he did a action job for me. I don't know if Les is still with us, but he was one great gunsmith. I still have a Colt Combat Commander he did for me.

 

[Not Getting Any Younger]

I first saw "Dirty Harry" on TV as a kid (probably before high school). When I eventually bought a .44 magnum revolver in the '90's, it was a 629 Classic with a 6 & 1/2" barrel. It's not the "Dirty Harry" gun, but it is one of my favorites!

I wanted it as a 'range' gun and also for it's hunting potential. I love the target hammer on it and had a similar one put in my 686. I also prefer the Hogue grip to the original wooden grips. But I can appreciate the appeal of the model 29!

Now when I watch any of the 'Dirty Harry' movies, I have an appreciation for what I see.

 

[model3sw]

If that's how you feel, you should also really like the sound of Crockett's Bren Ten firing in Miami Vice.

The only 8 3/8" gun used by Clint Eastwood in anything involving the Dirty Harry Films was a M29 used for still photos printed on theater lobby posters for the first film.

Bruce

Yes, specifically The Deal Pool. I have that lobby poster. I cannot say, for sure, in other Dirty Harry film posters, but Dead Pool sure looks like an 8 3/8" barrel to me.

 

[Benchrest1]

^ That one has the newer style grips.

 

[SA1911]

Unquestionably, being able to torture confessions and information from perps, and unwarranted searches any time police feel like it are great law enforcement tools. Let's get those pesky rules out of their way and let them do their jobs. Lot's of other great law enforcement techniques on display in Dirty Harry too, such as running up a dark alley with a cocked revolver, so you can get that needed shot off just that much quicker.

Exigent circumstances exclude necessity for a search warrant; e.g. imminent threat to life, which was met when Harry searched Scorpio's "residence". Scorpio was the Zodiac Killer.

You're right. Harry should not have extracted potentially life saving info from a known murderer. He should have allowed the murderer to murder another 14 year old child. You're damned brilliant. Of course, were it your kid, getting life-saving info any way he could would have been good by you. But you would not be good with forcing info from a murderer to save another's child's life. That, my friend, is the definition of an elitist.

 

[SA1911]

BTW, aphelion, you are aware that Dirty Harry was a movie (entertainment), are you not?

I'm sure you're aware that real cops wouldn't run with a cocked revolver, let alone cock it, are you not?

However, there were palpable points in the movie that revealed the silly direction of our country; e.g., more concern for a murderer's rights than the life of a 14 year old child. The girly man DA was wrong. Harry had exigent circumstances (child's life hanging in balance). All evidence seized in plain sight during an exigent circumstance search is admissible. However, Eastwood, a conservative, wanted to parody our imbecilic "court system".

There's a reason that only 30% (now assuredly lower) of Americans have a positive view of American jurisprudence, or what President Trump calls our two-tier justice system. Laws that apply to the unwashed masses do not apply to our ruling elite.