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even better. in the original Dirty Harry, the holstered weapon is a 6"
barrel. the one he shoots is an 8 3/8 inch target model with 3Ts.
Target Trigger, Hammer, Stocks. 6" gun is plain jane model.
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IIRC they couldn't get a 6" Model 29 for the fil
From: Paul Bartomioli, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
even better. in the original Dirty Harry, the holstered weapon is a 6"
barrel. the one he shoots is an 8 3/8 inch target model with 3Ts.
Target Trigger, Hammer, Stocks. 6" gun is plain jane model.
paul bartomioli
Cybershooters website: htt
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The story I heard, again years ago, was that yes, they had forgotten the
"prop" PPK and that a "gopher" was sent out to Thomas Bland's on St.
Martin's lane and came back with the air pistol shown in the photograph.
Cybershooters website: http:/
From: "matthew.wright7", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yep I can remember this being a bit of a joke at the time but people treated
the Bond phenonemon as good fun and it was sort of accepted in this light.
Note the article ends with info about the auction, this is pretty std stuff
to promote an aucti
From: Neil Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Er, actually we did notice, Richard Law I think was the first to
>notice it was an air pistol many years ago.
Surely even before this. Are we saying here that given the film's
popularity throughout the world this was not noticed until the 1980s?
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THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN AIR PISTOL
140059 JAN 10
By Anita Singh, PA News
The truth behind the famous image of James Bond clutching his Walther PPK is
finally out - the man with the golden gun was really holding an air pistol.
Sean Connery struck t
