![]() 454 Casull being announced in 1959, though it wasn’t available in a factory revolver until 1983. 45 Colt developed an unearned reputation for having weak brass (ironically, based on the writings of Elmer Keith) and was hamstrung by the weakness of factory loadings and the limitations of existing single action frames and was thus ignored by many of the early sixgun hot-rodders until handgun hunting pioneers like Dick Casull proved its value. 44 Magnum’s chief competitors for the most powerful slot were the. Though far more powerful cartridges like the. ![]() Though hardly a new cartridge in 1971 when Dirty Harry recited his famous line, that film is certainly responsible for much of the. bullet at 1,350 fps and nothing available to consumers at the time even came close. Peterson of Remington to produce the cartridge. 44 Remington Magnum was introduced in 1955 after the experiments of Elmer Keith with the. The Smith & Wesson Model 29 chambered in. 44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. In the 1971 Clint Eastwood movie “Dirty Harry,” the San Francisco detective spoke one of the most memorable lines in cinematic history: ![]()
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