TheFrontRange
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My father let me watch 1971’s “Dirty Harry” back when the local TV station would run a movie after the late news. Circa 1980-ish or so. I was arguably too young but, man, was I ever hooked!
My favorites of the series are the original and 1973’s “Magnum Force.” I can’t pick a favorite between the two. As a kid, I would hold a tape recorder up to the TV speaker and record as much as I could of the movies and play them back repeatedly. I have much of the dialogue (and sound effects) down to this day haha…
So smitten was I with the concept of the Model 29 that I asked-for and was eventually gifted for either a birthday or Christmas a Crosman Model 38T .177-caliber pellet revolver. This had the 6-inch barrel and was virtually identical size-wise to a K-frame Model 19. For me, it was “my 29” haha. My father - the same guy who got me hooked on all this to begin with - helped me rig up a shoulder holster out of a Crosman belt holster, an old leather belt, and work-boot laces LOL - crude but effective and when I slipped on a windbreaker over this pellet gun, I was Inspector 71 himself in my mind LOL.
While I had a buddy who, in adulthood, acquired more than one 29, my own tastes have ventured down the road of the fabled Model 27. I do have a “Dirty Harry” shoulder holster on-order for a five-inch 27…more to come once that lands.
My favorites of the series are the original and 1973’s “Magnum Force.” I can’t pick a favorite between the two. As a kid, I would hold a tape recorder up to the TV speaker and record as much as I could of the movies and play them back repeatedly. I have much of the dialogue (and sound effects) down to this day haha…
So smitten was I with the concept of the Model 29 that I asked-for and was eventually gifted for either a birthday or Christmas a Crosman Model 38T .177-caliber pellet revolver. This had the 6-inch barrel and was virtually identical size-wise to a K-frame Model 19. For me, it was “my 29” haha. My father - the same guy who got me hooked on all this to begin with - helped me rig up a shoulder holster out of a Crosman belt holster, an old leather belt, and work-boot laces LOL - crude but effective and when I slipped on a windbreaker over this pellet gun, I was Inspector 71 himself in my mind LOL.
While I had a buddy who, in adulthood, acquired more than one 29, my own tastes have ventured down the road of the fabled Model 27. I do have a “Dirty Harry” shoulder holster on-order for a five-inch 27…more to come once that lands.