The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is a six-shot, ... It was made famous worldwide by association with the fictional character "Dirty Harry" Callahan Design. The Model 29 will chamber and fire .44 Special cartridges, as the .44 Magnum was developed from the .44 Special. The Magnum case is slightly longer to prevent magnum rounds from being chambered ...
At a time when the Age of Aquarius threatened to castrate American virility, Dirty Harry gently reminded the world that we Americans were still the baddest boys on the block. The Smith and Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum is capable of fine combat accuracy. Origin Story. Elmer Keith was the father of the .44 Magnum.
Few handguns combine power and cachet, but the Smith & Wesson Model 29 manages to do so with ease. Described by fictional San Francisco Police Department Detective Harry “Dirty Harry” Callahan ...
Smith & Wesson Model 29. The now iconic revolver carried by Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) in the film is a Smith & Wesson Model 29, chambered in .44 Magnum. As the script originally called for a S&W Model 29 with a 4" barrel, this eventually proved troublesome for the filmmakers, since the Model 29 was no longer in ...
The Smith & Wesson Model 29, other known as the .44 Magnum is Harry Callahan's sidearm thoughout the series, which he carried concealed in a shoulder holster under his jacket. The revolver depicted here was manufactured by Smith & Wesson, as in the movies. Callahan calls it the most powerful handgun in the world in the first film, while confronting a wounded bank robber and the Scorpio killer.