'Dirty Harry' has all the fun − *NOT* blondes
The Internet lore surrounding Dirty Harry's famous .44 Magnum has reached almost mythical proportions, yet no one seems to give a tinker's-you-know-what about the one used by Nick Nolte's character, Jack Cates, in 48 Hours.
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In Magnum Force, Harry said he used a .44 Special load.
by Andrew 
, Bloomington, IN, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 16:35 (4212 days ago) @ FOG
Man's got to know his limitations.
Indeed, and a "light Special", at that
"Less recoil...better control...[equally . . . 'filling'] . . ."
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Seems I read somewhere that the gun Harry used
by Bob Hatfield , Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 17:51 (4212 days ago) @ FOG
in the movies was actually a Model 57 Smith. Wonder if that is true. The holes in the barrel look pretty close especially on TV
Bob
It's a myth
On a larger and/or higher-resolution screen, you can clearly see the "44 MAGNUM" stamp on the side of the barrel in the final scene.
The story of how S&W more or less 'scrambled' to provide the original Dirty Harry set with a Model 29 is also well documented.
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John Milius admits in his commentaries that he should not
have written that line into the movie.
I always wondered about that
It certainly didn't look 'light', and I saw Magnum Force when it originally played on the BIG SCREEN in the theatre.
Several times...
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