Dirty Harry style Magnum shooting video - The Firearms Forum

Steven42 · 07-14-2012, 07:34 PM

I had fun at the range.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxqJys26QKw

Anyway, do we have photo and video threads? I see people keep opening new threads for videos, I think it would be better if we have 1 thread for the range photos and vids.

CJ_56 · 07-15-2012, 08:18 AM

Nice gun and they did use a .357 for a lot of the video in the movie but Harry was supposed to carry a .44 magnum.

That's a nice barrel length for a car gun IMO. It can be carried but they do get heavy and trying to conceal one is tough. I have a shoulder holster for my 629 .44 mag (same gun as Harry only stainless and mine has a longer barrel) and the holster hangs out from under my shirt. Hmmm... Not sure that wouldn't print if I wore it.

I know one thing. That handgun will stop a bear in it's tracks if you hit the bear right (which isn't easy to do if a bear is charging you). But that's why I keep it around. I almost traded it off for a big profit at one time then I got invaded by bears. Now I'm glad I kept it.

Steven42 · 07-28-2012, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CJ_56

but Harry was supposed to carry a .44 magnum.

I almost bought a .44, but the ammo cost scared me away.

carver · 07-28-2012, 09:09 PM

Bought my first .44Mag back in '77, a Ruger Black Hawk. Started reloading for it cause I couldn't afford the ammo! Didn't buy it because of the movie, but wanted to hunt with it. It was my first hand gun, and it took me 3 years to lean to shoot it!

76Highboy · 07-28-2012, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Steven42

I almost bought a .44, but the ammo cost scared me away.

I own eight of them bad boys, and one is a model 629.

1969SS396 · 07-28-2012, 09:14 PM

Speaking of ammo costs for a .44, best price I can find for factory ammo is at Wally world at a little less than 40 bucks......anyone got a better place/price?

carver · 07-28-2012, 09:16 PM

You can get a little better deal by shopping on line. But wally world is about as good as it gets. The very reason I got into reloading! My reloads cost around $15 a box.

07-14-2012, 07:34 PM	#1
Steven42 Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 18	Dirty Harry style Magnum shooting video I had fun at the range. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxqJys26QKw Anyway, do we have photo and video threads? I see people keep opening new threads for videos, I think it would be better if we have 1 thread for the range photos and vids. -->

07-15-2012, 08:18 AM	#2
CJ_56 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 391	Re: Dirty Harry style Magnum shooting video Nice gun and they did use a .357 for a lot of the video in the movie but Harry was supposed to carry a .44 magnum. That's a nice barrel length for a car gun IMO. It can be carried but they do get heavy and trying to conceal one is tough. I have a shoulder holster for my 629 .44 mag (same gun as Harry only stainless and mine has a longer barrel) and the holster hangs out from under my shirt. Hmmm... Not sure that wouldn't print if I wore it. I know one thing. That handgun will stop a bear in it's tracks if you hit the bear right (which isn't easy to do if a bear is charging you). But that's why I keep it around. I almost traded it off for a big profit at one time then I got invaded by bears. Now I'm glad I kept it.

07-28-2012, 09:09 PM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Dirty Harry style Magnum shooting video Bought my first .44Mag back in '77, a Ruger Black Hawk. Started reloading for it cause I couldn't afford the ammo! Didn't buy it because of the movie, but wanted to hunt with it. It was my first hand gun, and it took me 3 years to lean to shoot it! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

07-28-2012, 09:14 PM	#6
1969SS396 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: the "Mitten" state Posts: 256	Re: Dirty Harry style Magnum shooting video Speaking of ammo costs for a .44, best price I can find for factory ammo is at Wally world at a little less than 40 bucks......anyone got a better place/price? __________________ So Mote it be.

07-28-2012, 09:16 PM	#7
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Dirty Harry style Magnum shooting video You can get a little better deal by shopping on line. But wally world is about as good as it gets. The very reason I got into reloading! My reloads cost around $15 a box. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.