Curator's Corner: Dirty Harry, Star Wars, & Outlaw Josie Wales

[@AFpaleoCon]

I love these two. Why don't they have more views? This is a great video.

[@falloutm134]

I just cant stop wathing your videos. Already 6 in a row.

[@TyrannosaurusDVM]

dtnetlurker The history of Dirty Harry guns is very interesting. I read one time that they were unable to get a .44 Magnum and used a .41 Magnum that were undistingible on screen (I think a model 57 with a 6.5 inch barrel)

[@dtnetlurker]

That's not the real screen used Dirty Harry gun though. This one is on loan from the director (who likes to fabricate his own tale of the Dirty Harry guns). This gun was made long after filming of the first two movies were complete. It was made by Smith and Wesson at the request of Clint Eastwood, to present as a gift to the director for recognition of his work on Dirty Harry AND Magnum Force. It also has a metal plate on the grip denoting as such. It was never really on screen but is from the 70s and from that same time period. The original first movie, used two that were specifically made by hand for that one film (they didn't even even plan on any sequels). The director wanted a 4 inch nickeled version with ivory grips to be used in the movie but none were available (due to lack of popularity not high sales) and the movie almost had to go with a different gun maker and model gun all together (Colt). So the true story of the last minute save (from Clint himself) is: Clint contacted S&W rep Bob Sauer personally, who in turn had Fred Miller (who helped develop the production model of the .44 at the factory) assemble by hand two guns from extra parts he had, and these two were the ones used in filming the first movie Dirty Harry. They were on loan from S&W and had to be returned. After filming though Clint asked, and was granted permission, to keep one of the screen used model 29s and he still has it. No doubt it will be passed down to one of his sons Scott or Kyle. The subsequent sequels used prop guns that were made to look just like real S&W .44 magnums in every detail but with a lighter and also weaker metal that made it impossible to shoot real rounds in them, and only blanks. They were rented from Ellis Mercantile, a once famous Hollywood prop house that is no longer in business and those prop guns have long since been sold off to other prop houses and reused in other film and tv projects and lost.

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

4:11 dude knows what hes doin

[@TyrannosaurusDVM]

To cast firearms in rubber seems to me a very good idea. You can handle with out risk ( por you and for the weapon) and practice martial arts routines with the rubber "gun"

[@john-paulsilke893]

I can’t be the only guy who’s heart skipped when he flipped the Walker, and then did it again and again.

[@ScottOshinsky]

Peter griffin laugh at 6:50

[@bobbyboy7480]

Two errors with the dirty harry gun. Firstly thats not the gun from dirty harry , apart from it being a gift from eastwood to the director the original gun also had chequered grips and was fairly knocked around, Secondly the real gun and not the rubber prop was thrown onto the ground in the night scene at the Mt Davidson Park

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

oo fairfax, thats just south of vault 101

[@Dezerado]

i wana see the Firefly guns lol

[@GREEVES246]

i thought i saw clint eastwood with a colt python in dirty harry (recognized buy cylinder release )

[@seanpettigrew6314]

I think he used a python for a bit, when the guy took his M29

[@GREEVES246]

Yes

[@TheJer1963]

GREEVES246 He used the Smith & Wesson model 29-2 .44 magnum with the 6 1/2 barrel. The movie made the firearm the most popular one they ever made. Dealers were selling these for $700-$800 back i 1972 when the movie came out. That was a lot of money for a handgun at that time. Should have been around $200.

[@seanpettigrew6314]

It was a 8 inch barrel

[@GREEVES246]

I like th 8 inch with compesator and muzzle weight pacmyre grips for tarhet work 357

[@joeguzman3558]

What a nice gobs this guys got i would do it for free just to be ther evry day looking and cleaning this beutiful guns

[@Candychaplain]

guess what my name is (im not faking) joseph chandler wales you can look me up. im in alabama.