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Smith & Wesson Model 29

Smith & Wesson Model 29: The Dirty Harry Gun

An iconic American film series, “Dirty Harry” revolutionized the crime genre in cinema. The series, spanning five feature films, follows the journey of “Dirty” Harry Callahan. He’s a no-nonsense San Francisco police inspector whom Clint Eastwood brilliantly portrays. His sidekick in the films, a Smith & Wesson Model 29, shares an equal amount of screen […]

Guns Of The Man With No Name

Guns Of The Man With No Name Trilogy

Clint Eastwood and Westerns have been a perfect match for more than fifty years. It all started with his portrayal of Rowdy Yates in the TV series Rawhide. The show ran for a total of 217 episodes from 1959 through 1966, with Eastwood starring in all of them. Clint continued his cowboy ways on the […]

pale rider guns

The Guns Of Pale Rider

Clint Eastwood is both the director and star in this traditional Western from 1985. The movie has everything that his fans have come to expect including action, drama, and plenty of guns of Pale Rider. This time he plays a reticent stranger, called Preacher, who says little but carries a big stick (literally). Early in […]

a photo of the outlaw josey Wales with a gun

Josey Wales Guns

One thing you can count on from any of Clint Eastwood’s early films is action and a fair amount of gunplay. You can also bet your last nickel that you’ll be treated to a few steely-eyed, squinty stares. Cold, hard looks that can make even the toughest of the Western bad guys think twice about […]