Crazy, how do you know these things

:))))

Such a Clint thing to do.

Glad you mentioned that. While I didn't know that part of the story, I did know- he did NOT use an Automag in "Dirty Harry" (that would be a S&W model 29), he used the Automag in "Sudden Impact". My family had an original Pasadena model Automag. As other's said - maintenance, reliability, etc made it less appealing than the guns we traded it for.

Glad you mentioned that. While I didn't know that part of the story, I did know- he did NOT use an Automag in "Dirty Harry" (that would be a S&W model 29), he used the Automag in "Sudden Impact". My family had an original Pasadena model Automag. As other's said - maintenance, reliability, etc made it less appealing than the guns we traded it for.

Made my day! Thank you buddy!

hahaha

I gots to know

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😂😂😂

I almost bought one from Arroyo Arms close to your factory. The price of the boomer, specialized ammo & what you could buy instead turned me off. But, what a fascinating Gun I believe a company on S. Carolina is making new ones w/o the quirks but w/ the same ammo$$$$ Why not use .44 Special?

No you didn’t. Because that was me. I hand-milled every receiver and turned every barrel. Used to use the heat from my crotch to melt lead for bullets, and my breath would Parkerize the finish.

🤣🤣🤣

He was using a S&W model 29 revolver when that line was said.

@@DwendeleA joke doesn´t have to be accurate all the time, right ?

@@Dwendele Some people have a sense of humor. You, only a sense.

@@Orcinus1967 that might be both a compliment and an insult

My friend wildie is coming.

I had an automag in the past and found the same as you. They require a ton or maintenance and tender loving care. I also had to find an ammo that the gun liked and as you know there is not a lot to choose from

@@adamlewellen5081 that is the last name of the guy who made the gun he is from brookfeild ct!!@

@@johnlorusso1835 Wildey is a different gun from an Auto Mag.

Trim down 308

@theperson nextdoor what does the need to say this to him tell you about yourself?

@theperson nextdoor Nope my need to point it out to you was to defend a person who did nothing wrong. Urs was out of malice. Ez clap when I fap.

@theperson nextdoor rolled in smoked

@@AnyLongSkinsNah What does the fact that you can’t even properly spell “rolled and smoked” tell you about yourself?

It's not actually that bad. It's got some rough edges and needs polished. Should work fine after that

I think I remember reading an article back in the day that when some gunsmiths attempted to fix the issues with the gun they had to redesign most of the receiver and slide to get it to cycle better

@@Hyper_Fox06 It depends. From what I heard, the early Automags, when they were made in Pasadena, were the most reliable, as they were low production, hand fitted guns, but Harry Sanford's original company folded after a few years, as they were losing over a grand per gun in 1974(!). Total production was under 3000, and today they're the most desirable of the various iterations of the Automag.

@@machinist7230 yeah that would make a world of difference, but like you said costs would be higher having skilled gunsmiths hand crafting the guns

@@machinist7230 I shot an "original" version, back in '72--the owner cut down .308 brass to make cartridges for it. That thing was a BEAST, in my 16 year old hands! lol

That is unacceptable

thats the most hollywoood Diva trash ive ever heard.

Nice info. Sounds like Calahan wanted his model 29 back.

@@keithv3767 I know I would. The model 29 looks cooler to me than the AutoMag

@@wishuhadmyname Same. And it doesn’t jam. A 44 pistol should not look like a giant Ruger Mark II.

Blackhawk is cooler

Love my Model 29, but a hundred rounds with the stock wooden grip is just a thrashing on the finger under the trigger guard by the time you're done.

I think I'll stick with my model 19 .357... Since Of The Lambs.

Google ruger mkiii hunter

hehehe

Fully semi bolt-action

something about that statement doesnt sound right

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That’s a good dealer if they chose not to sell you a POS that they knew was a POS

@@connormclernon26 Yes, he was. He talked me out of a few guns that would have been costly mistakes. His name was Frank viccaro. He has long since passed on, rest his wise soul.

Shame too because its a cool looking gun

@@johnsmith-sy2jg Maybe he just didn't trust you with guns 😂

Not reliable

The slugs outta that would probably go right freaking through you. Imagine a large marker sized hole.

But they gotta _feel_ lucky, too; it's a tricky balance.

Literally the coolest gun

Keltecs are so ugly, but function over form always wins fights

What about the Whitney Wolverine?

Yeah, it’s got a kind of WW2 service pistol look, sort of like a Luger. Just needs a big scope a funny looking flash hider and some random useless bits on the upper.

Not 100% sure, but...I think Boba Fett used one with greeblies attached as some sort of heavy blaster pistol in S2 of "The Mandalorian". The episode on Tython, where he just WRECKS a couple of stormtroopers squads.

Thats really weird but interesting

True, funky hold on the handgun too.

More specifically it's a short recoil operated rotating bolt system, which has an accelerator level, but it's not accelerator lever delayed like some rifles

Precisely how the M2 .50 cal operates it also has an accelerator

Does it come in the 40 Whatt range?

I had the Super Redhawk. I sold it. Costs to much to shoot and really, shooting it wasn't all that nice. I actually bought a Springfield Armory 911 .380 that is really nice to shoot and easy to carry with the money.

I've seen 1 of them that performed flawlessly. A local gunsmith had a range where he would rent guns and an Automag was one of them. Matt's gun sounds rough and raspy. The gun I remember was smooth.

I’m surprised there isn’t a different design chambering that Round. I kinda like that 1911 looking one.

How ironic it is that the best .44 magnum autoloader is still the Desert Eagle.

Thanks for the background info on the gun. I didn't know that and appreciate those bits of knowledge. 👍✌

I saw one at a shooting range that ran perfect 5/5 magazines. The range gunsmith prided himself on it and said it was a really technical process: specific powder weights, brands of brass/primer, ogive angle of the bullet, etc.

Probably quite commonly really, he owns a ton of guns

Everyday

Probably occasionally finds an entire safe of guns that he forgot about lol

I don't think he ever cleans out his safes

Only Hickok does that

Scott on Kentucky Ballistics does it too. 😂

Forgotten Weapons video 3 years ago mentioned lubrication issues with the original pistols. Might be better to produce replicas in more conventional materials.

As he was having the problems, I was thinking that someone might still know how to get them to function properly. Guns are similar to bicycles. Each one has the subtle details you must learn to get the best out of them.

this man barely owns a gun thats sighted in and you expect him to nurse something high maintaince never gonna happen.

The biggest issue with recoil-operated pistols and shotguns is definitely that if you let it move too much, it might short-stroke. Interestingly, there is one gun that was designed to be fired exactly this way, the AN-94, it's a gun in a gun and in another virtual gun, the user, in that there should be movement in all 3 of these for it to have the claim-to-fame burst accuracy. This was a deliberate design, so that when you aren't steady on your feet and do not have a good stance, the dispersion of the hyperburst would not be lowered. Instead, when the gun slides back in your shoulder in a more relaxed stance, the shot dispersion gets considerably tighter. Very clever design, and amazing Nikonov managed to pull it off, since there are so many variables, yet this really did work, this might even be mostly because of the cetrifugal chambers in the muzzle device, which stabilize and normalize the movement in multiple directions. But in real-life combat scenarios, some of the considerably much more simple designs work practically as well, so it's not a seriously needed gun, and there is one odd failure, if the 2nd round in the burst is an empty case or has some other issue, the gun might jam in a way that's impossible to clear fast, as seen in Larry Vickers 2st video on the gun and this purposeful demo they did on the russian Kalashnikov channel. Also, the info that the gun was designed for lower-trained soldiers is false, the whole trials were for firearms which could have better shot dispersion from an unstable stance, such as "running & gunning" or crouching. In prone with gun on the ground, a very stable position, the AN-94 actually has considerably worse dispersion than the AK-74. Basically, the less the gun slides back, the less accurate the hyperburst is and vice versa. I doubt someone read this far, but I hope those that did found out something interesting from this ;)

That's exactly what I was thinking. But this is the Demolitia. They should know that, right? A can of WD-40 goes a long way.

1.21 gigawatts of golleeeeee!

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Hanging out with Scott from Kentucky Ballistics is rubbing off

@@dwightschrute491 my dad just said that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@andyreid7274 lmao! Right? 🤣

worst gun I ever had.

Must use original loads from Mexico, and use Break Free only. Nothing else. Loading ruins the experience.

Maybe he was using the wrong ammo

I'll bet there are only about 5 of these in existence. Everybody sees this in a gun store, buys it, hates it and sells it back for the next person to buy. Who gets rich? The gun store.

That's what I was thinking - run that pig wet.

Nah Matt just bought the bolt action version

Was the time to be alive.

The 44 AMP is a straight-walled, rimless case. The magazines don't need to be angled. (The mag would need to be angled if the case was rimmed, semi-rimmed, or tapered)

The Auto Mag was produced and developed AT the same time. The company rushed them to production while at the same time trying to develop them.

First of all he should max load 5 rounds in the magazine and second of all it’s a stainless steel gun, use stainless steel lube and the gun should run. Is nobody watching forgotten weapons?!

The .50AE Desert Eagle gets around relying on the recoil energy by adopting a gas system typically found in rifles. It's pretty darn crazy.

That's nothing. I had a pistol with a 88mm barrel. I had to carry the shells around in a truck

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@@BangtidyVideos interested in good old movies and guns. Just looking Death wish 3 by the way

CORRECT

He was still Dirty Harry, it just wasn't an Automag in the film by that name. But yeah..i'll take a Model 29, anytime..muchas reliable, accurate & plenty strong.

I was sxtremely confused until this comment - cuz I thought the same.

He didn’t have the auto mag in Dirty Harry tho, he had a 44 mag revolver. He had the auto mag in the 4th film Sudden Impact 👍

What does that mean?

@@Jayskiallthewayski The owners so disliked the recoil of the 44 magnum that they sold the gun without ever shooting it again.

Many revolvers are not timed properly. A major issue often overlooked.

Revolvers rarely jam. Only way they would is using incorrect ammo or poor maintenance I would believe.

Why doesn’t this comment have more likes? I was rolling dead after reading 😂

he never said that in the movie where he got one

_"Au Revoir, Shosanna!"_

Lol!!!

There may have been 2 working models . I recall they were especially made for the movie out of replacement parts . They were serial number Clint 1 and Clint 2. My old Seria loading manual shows the 44 mag out of a long barrel about 50 to 100 FPS faster and a few more grains of powder than for the 44 Automag. Not sure if any commercial rounds were made, but you could make the cases out of a 30/06 or 308 rifle case. In all the years I have only seen 2 at the gun shows. First was about 1975 or so. Not sure if it was new or used, but the asking price was either $ 1300 or $ 1500 .

They were well known for jamming!

@@bigbird5754 Textbook case of "awesome but impractical." Looks cool, sounds cool, bonus points for the fireball flash adding some "pizzazz" to the situation. But it clearly kicks like a mule making accurate follow up shots difficult, and to describe the weapon as "tempermental" is a bit of an understatement...

Friend of mine owned one of the old ones, said he could tear it apart, pull the springs to half again their normal length, it would cycle 2 magazines then start jamming again. He ended up trading it on something else.

@@andrewgause6971 To be fair if you hit anything in the North American continent with the round you're not going to need a follow up shot.

It makes sense. Better use of alloys, polymers, and CNC fighter tolerances would make this firearm formidable in a close quarter. As in if you want the creeper who is entering your window to leave it....perhaps a bit more energetically than when he entered it. Good news to hear that such beast weapons are back.

Edit: Tighter not fighter, damn google. Be safe out there, mama Susan be bringing the hammer down on "toy commercials".

Dan//// Last I heard they scrapped them because of the Cost and Still Being UNRELIABLE!!!!!!

@@ezrabrooks12 Nope. Website is still active as well.

@@tsarbomba1 I was actually on the phone with one of their employees about an hour ago, they are very much in business.

Was just thinking that lmao

They're not always THAT hot. they're always at minimum warm though.

I think he's on a mission to find one round that isn't blistering hot after he fires it to call it a miracle..😂🤣😂

This is the same Dude who bought a Taurus .44 magnum. His choices are suspect.

Alzheimers setting in ?

Only Sudden Impact.

And the zip 22

Actually he said they make his favorite one, but also the worst.

Everyone knows that he secretly loves Hi-Point; he just keeps dramatically insisting over and over he doesn't to appease the haters. It's like that old saw of young girls insisting that all those boys are stupid and annoying and gross and she would *never* want anything to do with any of them.

This is perfect.

Stupid video title. I wonder if he has even seen the Dirty Harry movies...

@@Ty-er5ok Come on, he's known as Dirty Harry and this is a gun he used. Don't be so stricked.

Actors for real are so spoiled wtf Clint lol

@@conformistbastard9842 Spoiled? More like he knew the gun was junk. From what I can see in this video, they should throw them all in the ocean

@@spacecowboy_1962 but he needed a diver to come in because he liked to throw it into the pool of all places. Spoiled.

@@conformistbastard9842 what tf are you saying brooo, u know the diver was paid right? and i think u don't even get the meaning of "spoiled"

@@inaki.arambarri sure.

How are you verified with no subs

@@happyduck5212 Having a verified Google+ business account used to verify your youtube too automatically

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Yea you are losing some potential velocity. .30 carbine in the M1 comes out of a 18 inch barrel at around 2,000 fps. Out of an Automag III’s 6.5” barrel, you get 1700ish fps. Thats still going to give you about twice the muzzle energy of a 9mm though

Any chance you can give the name so we can avoid the rifle, or buy it in case we like really crap guns?

@@salimcahuas1412 I can't remember honestly, and I lent it to my dad because his old 22 isnt sighting in for some reason and he's got a squirrel problem. I know it was the cheapest one at Walmart at the time. Maybe a Savage or a Mossberg or whatever company makes the little Cricket rifles, since those are the only brands I know Walmart still sells.

@@michellewilt4479 I was gonna ask if it was my Remington Apache 77. I had the same problems, gave it a good deep clean, problems went away. Well, some of the problems went away. Finding extended mags that fit well is still difficult, but how many of those do I need for a .22 anyway?

@@michellewilt4479 Keystone sporting arms makes the cricket single shot. Just to let you know.

@@atlucas1 I haven't even tried extended mags in it. I'll leave that stuff up to the wife once we get it back from dad. It's her rifle, I just wanted to make sure it was safe to use. But if she does want extended mags, assuming we can find some, I'm gonna test them for safe operation and have her do any adjustments needed to make em safe. She's gotta learn this stuff too.

you just gave me an emotional flashback

you probably didn’t even know who Dirty Harry was before this

It’s probably only fired once and then fully cleaned several times during each take(then again, maybe blanks aren’t powerful enough to cleanly cycle the firearm, but I’m sure they are dirty enough to fully foul up the operating system)!!!!!

@@Godzillaforlyfe2 your mom needs to teach you manners young one. Don't waste your energy on plebs

Bruh

And Ethan Winters from Resident Evil 8

Semi semi slide action, semi semi automatic.

bolt action pistol lol

@@snacktical genuinely made me laugh lol

Semi auto single shot.

Quarter-auto

haha, That's Clint

Correct. The Blank Adapted gun Ser. # Clint2 was so notoriously unreliable, it was tossed by Mr Eastwood several times into the bay. The live fire pistol Ser. # Clint1was more reliable, however it too had feeding issues. Both pistols were built from spare parts that were in Harry Sanford's basement workshop according to an interview that If I am remembering correctly was published in Guns & Ammo Magazine about 7 months after the films release. The Director of the film kept the blank adapted gun, the live fire gun however was given to Mr Eastwood. It's unknown if it is still in his possession.

@@greylocke100. Very cool history except Clint starred and Directed that one.

@@greylocke100 I'd like to think he'd keep it as a paperweight and impromptu thrown weapon.

Was Paul Kersey's Wildey Magnum more reliable?

Or maybe powder burn😅

ditto

Same here man

@@user-km5rr9nh4b reported

Saaame

Also

hi point cause its more reliable

Automag cuz when you throw it has more momentum

@@jeroldpickard947 only marginally more I think. have you seen the Hi-points?

That’s easy, I’d take the Automag to shoot Myself because I wouldn’t leg a bullet out of a Hi-Point enter my poop hole.

Automag -- "if it doesn't work you can always hit them with it".

I was scrolling down looking for the guy who had got one to shoot.

You can make your own with a lathe and a reloading press. .44 AMP brass is just cut down .308 brass

I had both .357 and .44. I made my own brass from .308 using RCBS dies. They didn’t like ball powder but ran very well on flake powders. Regret selling it.

It's definitely a gun for guys that know how to reload.

its way better than desert pigeon

A co-worker had a 22 mag Automag that refused to run...so I volunteered to look at it for him. The whole problem was in the hammer spring being too long...it was binding when the hammer was pushed beyond the full cock during cycling. Trimmed the spring a little and the thing ran like a clock. The 44 Automag could be made reliable if you played with it I'm sure it's just the variables of springs (that are now ancient and no doubt need replacing) and perhaps a little feed lip tweaking. I know, I know....you 'shouldn't' have to play with a gun to make it work...but sometimes you DO! What would you rather have.....a working gun or one that jams constantly that you bitch about? Even brand new some guns need a little 'adjustment' to make them run with whatever ammo you decide to run them with...I consider it normal and not a big deal.

Have one too, love shooting it.

Sad that the Auto Mag 3 isn't in production anymore, that 30 cal looks to be the most reliable gun Matt got from them and its certainly the funniest to watch him shoot. Wish I could own one myself for some extreme fireball goodness.

@@recoilrob324 I was wondering whether through age and use the springs needed replacing, I guess with feed issues probably a bad mag spring too? I do wonder if Matt gave the thing a good clean to begin with, he isn't known for upkeep on his weapons.

@@pixiniarts Anytime you buy a used gun...especially one that's getting on 30+ years old (man...where do the years go?) it's never a bad idea to put in fresh springs. Sometimes it's amazing how much longer and stiffer the new ones will be! With the .44 not reliably going fully into battery I'd suspect the recoil springs for sure and then check the mag to make certain that it's presenting the round at the proper angle for feeding. Looked like they were nose down too much which also could be the bullet nose shape coming into play...some guns just don't like certain nose shapes for feeding, though often this can be worked around with mag lip adjustments. Who knows...the previous owner/s might even have the mag spring in backwards which isn't lifting the follower correctly. Don't ever take anything off the table with used equipment....people can do some really dumb things. (I'm guilty of it too)

The weapon you see here is not the same weapon Mr. Eastwood used in the film. Even back in the 80's you could take a double action and make it a 'hair trigger' and it could fire as fast as an automatic. This is what I did with my GP 100 in the .357 which is why I never invested in a Coonan .357; I still regret not trying one. The original weapon not only jammed a lot, but couldn't handle the pressures the cartridges went up to so basically, it was dangerous to have hot loads. This weapon seems little better.

It would be number one for me, as well. I owned one, shot it at a quarry once a month at 400 yard (yes, it was accurate), but the gun jammed all the time and broke parts every outing.

@@jedpeeler4199 Why would you want a rapid fire .44 magnum anyway? That is an incredibly punishing round to fire. The Impact energy is incredible! I still have my Ruger Single Action .44 blued pistol and will never sell it. You can use it against Alaskan Bears and Moose. I prefer my .454 Casull myself .

And on "best guns in games" because the dev team increase the ability of the gun in-game.

Honestly, its been on there. I've known since the '90s it was horribly unreliable. It is still cool, but not something you'd ever want to shoot for anything serious.

Maybe hi-point should come out with an auto mag lol

@@jasonledford6153 They have a 10mm carbine. No need for the pussy 44.

I'd rather have a Wildey, Desert Eagle or a Freedom Arms 454 Casull by my side.

My Ruger 44 mag revolver , ( 6 or 7 inch barrel, I think) seems like it would be enough for bear? Never had to deal with one. What do you think?

@@vxy357 Deagle would not be ideal for bear country. Low capacity and high recoil/weight. You want something with high ROF and good penetration to actually get through the bear's pelt, hide, fat and muscle and hit something vital.

@@andrewgause6971 Low capacity compared to what? The Desert Eagle in 50AE magazine has a 7 round capacity, which is more than a standard revolver.

@@pewpewreview5043 Apologies, I should have been more clear. I meant compared to .40/.45 caliber double stacked magazines. Frankly, I wouldn't want a revolver at all. I'd much prefer a longarm of some sort. But if I had to have a pistol, I'd want something with good ROF and manageable recoil (I am operating under the assumption that the bear is close enough that disengaging is not an option, meaning its probably managed to sneak up on me or we blundered across one another and for some reason I can't retreat, meaning it's probably bearing down on me already, if you will pardon the very bad pun). So I'm operating from an assumption that I have seconds at most and do not have time to be trying to re-center after the deagle kicks, since a combination of adrenaline and, let's face it, common human reaction of "something fully capable of killing me in the time it takes to blink is about to test that theory" is probably screwing with my aim (yet another reason I would far prefer a shotgun or semi auto rifle.)

I had a model 19 when I first went to Alaska....fella let me know it was a pretty good bear gun if you could get it in the bears mouth. Right after that, I traded it for a model 29 in stainless. Awesome pistol....all that's behind me now, I keep a club by the bed..it is way safer. -Veteran '66-68

@@rogeranderson8763 Ruger Super Blackhawk from a relative in Alaska... The 44 Mag is an insane piece of firepower...

@@rogeranderson8763 A model 29 in stainless was actually the model 629. Don't know if S&W still does this but any handgun model that was stainless steel always began with a '6'. I had a six inch model 629 in the late 1980's and it was a beautiful revolver. My favorite caliber was .357 Magnum and I too had a model 19 as well as it's stainless cousin, the model 66, which was the exact same gun made in stainless steel. I preferred stainless handguns because they were easy to care for and living in south Florida on the Atlantic ocean made sense because stainless handguns held up much better in a saltwater environment.

Exactly right! The S&W Model 29 has a 5 year wait list!

@@jehjeh37111 I found a model 29(-3) on a visit to my favorite gun shop. Couldn't not by it. Not a -2, but the next best thing.

Even in a Short Rifle (Mare’s Leg w/normal Buttstock) some .44Mag isn’t fun sometimes. I have 305gr Grizzly Bear Rounds that give me a nice Bruise. It isn’t fun having a Brass Plate on a sharp snappy Round.

Probably because of no loss of power. The revolver has a giant gap and needs to shove a bullet down a barrel. While the autoloader is sealed in the the barrel. No doubt they could be +p too.

@@Len_M. What's a Grizzly Bear round?

That's cuz .44 Amp is literally the 44 mag rifle round cut down to fit the .44 auto mag. Very bizarre round that I would not wanna get punched by

@@kevinholes99 what would it do if it hit someone or some thing?

a lot of commercial magnum loadings have been toned down with time to boot. less liability and more comfortable = more boxes sold. also most modern magnums (.357 and .44) have much shorter barrels and smaller frames, so it makes sense.

From what I have heard a lot of it problems come from the materials it made from . Stainless steel goals really badly

@@linusterrell3834 it whats

@@tacomas9602 goals, you know, like scores? Kidding.. Pretty sure he means galls. The galling issue is resolved by using the proper lubricants.

Stainless deforms easy, high friction plus it galls if not of propee hardness. It acts like cooper and flows if too soft.

@@ljubomirculibrk4097 seems like a Terrible material for a firearm.

I thought the same thing lol

Brb gonna go get some ice cream. Synth music plays

@@shadowfirekarp lmao, unassumingly walks with his expensive camera in front of the creeps, just waiting to get an opportunity to shoot one of them.

He should also research Dirty Harry, who shot .44 Special out of a .44 Mag revolver.

Serious wait list for that, been on my list for years but never plopped the thousands down on it. Someday.

The weapon in this video has been almost totally redesigned. This weapon IS NOT the weapon that Mr. Eastwood had.

@@Dbusdriver71 More information required.

@@Indigenous51 There's a video out there with a person that represents a business that re released Is this weapon. 44 magnum automag. If you look around KZfaq, there's a good chance you'll find it. I'll also look for it as I probably saved it I'll get back to you in A-day or so.

@@Indigenous51 On KZfaq, if you put in 44 magnum auto mag the 1st video should be it should be the 44 automatic is back.. Look at that video.

Literally same man

Shhhh...we mind our business about that.

@@Learn.The.Hardway Just don't tell Mere. 🤫

That's what I would do if I were 25 again.

@@johnkru1295 I'm not sure how to respond to that

@@bentheninjaboo We're just gonna mind our business with that as well...

Stainless against stainless is a real problem. It will gall. If you want a permanent fastener just use a stainless nut on a stainless bolt. You essentially get a rivet. You'll never be able to remove the nut. We learned that the hard way in some Aerospace applications back in the 90s.

yeah I'm a sword guy. I've seen stainless steel under stress lol stupid design decision for sure.

especially then when stainless was no where near todays super steels ( some are stainless) aus10 sv35n etc

@@unafflictedgaming, stainless is OK for work knives primarily because of its resistance to corrosion. There are plenty of high carbon steel alloys, that will hold a sharper edge for a longer time. I have some stainless Katanas made by the Valor knife company from the 1980s. I imagine a real Samuri sword would cut right through them, or at least bend them.

@@mattcolver1, stainless like aluminum, loses its resistance to corrosion when not exposed to oxygen. In fact stainless will rot out much faster than carbon steel under certain circumstances. For instance, take your stainless blackpowder hunting rifle and throw it in the closet after shooting it without cleaning. It will be a basket case the next hunting season.

Almost

Sorry for your loss

Yes indeed, the S&W model 29 is a beautiful revolver.

I understand why it was a back up weapon in one of the more forgetable films

this one is from the movie Sudden Impact