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Most famous S&W, Colt ?

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Simple question, what is the most famous model of S&W and Colt?
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Dirty Harry 29, Colt 1911?
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S & W Schofield? I prefer the New Model Three Target myself, but that's not so well known.
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Famous you say OS?

That's a no brainer. The model 29 Smith and the single action Colt

The most popular would be the model 10 Smith and the 1911.----6
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Colt SAA and then S&W Model 29 44 magnum.
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Sixgun wrote:Famous you say OS?

That's a no brainer. The model 29 Smith and the single action Colt

The most popular would be the model 10 Smith and the 1911.----6


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Six, interesting that you think that is the only answer. Maybe on the Colt you are right. This place is old and getting older but comes from a certain period for the most part.
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Individual ones, how about Patton's Colt SAA, and S&W .357?
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FWIW, IMO "famous" is not the same as "popular", so I vote:

Colt:
#1- the SAA.
#2 - the 1911.
#3 - the Python

S&W:
#1 - Dirty Harry's 8-3/8" Model 29 ( I know, due to scarcity, an M29 wasn't used in the films).
#2 - The Kit Gun
#3 - the Chief's Special


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Pete, seems to me at one time we saw the Model 36 in every police or detective show. Wonder how many carry them now?
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Old Savage wrote:Pete, seems to me at one time we saw the Model 36 in every police or detective show. Wonder how many carry them now?

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Pete44ru wrote:.

FWIW, IMO "famous" is not the same as "popular", so I vote:

Colt:
#1- the SAA.
#2 - the 1911.
#3 - the Python

S&W:
#1 - Dirty Harry's 8-3/8" Model 29 ( I know, due to scarcity, an M29 wasn't used in the films).
#2 - The Kit Gun
#3 - the Chief's Special


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Wasn't Dirty Harry's mod. 29 a 6"?
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6 1/2" actually. They didn't even it off to an even 6" til a few years later.

Some of the publicity pictures may have used the longer barrel.
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Old Savage wrote:Pete, seems to me at one time we saw the Model 36 in every police or detective show. Wonder how many carry them now?
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Sixgun wrote:Famous you say OS?

That's a no brainer. The model 29 Smith and the single action Colt

The most popular would be the model 10 Smith and the 1911.----6
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I agree with Sixgun, but I also think both the Smith 686 and Colt Python deserve honorable mention for desirable .357
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Nowadays when i watch a cop movie from the 70's or 80's , i will pause it on the revolver scene to try to determine if it was a Smith or a Colt --- geez


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I'll vote most "famous" Colt is the 1911. Although I wouldn't argue with those who said Peacemaker.

The most famous S&W may be the 29 due to the Dirty Harry movies. It's not the top selling S&W by a long shot, but even folks that don't know the model 29, know that Harry had a 44 magnum.
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I would have to say the Colt SAA and the S&W mdl 29. Most popular would be the 1911 & the models of the S&W K frame.
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I think the Colt M16 which evolved into the AR15 would have to get consideration.
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For the general population it has to be Dirty Harry's 44 Magnum revolver and John Wayne's Colt .45 Peacemaker.
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Maybe detectives carried a Model 36 but when you think of a uniform cop, he's carrying a Model 10.
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Canuck Bob wrote:For the general population it has to be Dirty Harry's 44 Magnum revolver and John Wayne's Colt .45 Peacemaker.
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