MatthewVanitas
Member
A question for those with a better handle on pop film and gun sales than yours truly possesses:
To what degree are your average gun-purchaser's decisions based on Hollywood's portrayals?
Did the "Dirty Harry" films actually have a notable and lasting impact on the sales of M29s, or the .44 Rem Mag cartridge in general? Or is that simply legend? Would the .44 Mag be just a specialized hunter's cartridge of no real interest to the average joe had Callahan been packing a .357, .45, or a .41 Mag (which he supposedly did)?
It seems to me that I've met non-gun types expressing their desire for a "Desert Eagle point-five-oh". Seeing as how most folks would call it a "fifty cal Desert Eagle", I can only assume that their use of that particular phrasing comes from the film "Snatch":
[as a British gangland tough stares down three would-be robbers armed with an Airsoft toy Glock]
"...And, the fact that you've got "replica" written down the side of your guns. And, the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point 5 0" written on the side of mine..."
Purely anecdotal, but I'm curious. The question of how the Beretta 92's omnipresence in film affects sales is muddied by their acceptance by the military, but I assume it plays a role.
Just tossing that out there, anyone else?
To what degree are your average gun-purchaser's decisions based on Hollywood's portrayals?
Did the "Dirty Harry" films actually have a notable and lasting impact on the sales of M29s, or the .44 Rem Mag cartridge in general? Or is that simply legend? Would the .44 Mag be just a specialized hunter's cartridge of no real interest to the average joe had Callahan been packing a .357, .45, or a .41 Mag (which he supposedly did)?
It seems to me that I've met non-gun types expressing their desire for a "Desert Eagle point-five-oh". Seeing as how most folks would call it a "fifty cal Desert Eagle", I can only assume that their use of that particular phrasing comes from the film "Snatch":
[as a British gangland tough stares down three would-be robbers armed with an Airsoft toy Glock]
"...And, the fact that you've got "replica" written down the side of your guns. And, the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point 5 0" written on the side of mine..."
Purely anecdotal, but I'm curious. The question of how the Beretta 92's omnipresence in film affects sales is muddied by their acceptance by the military, but I assume it plays a role.
Just tossing that out there, anyone else?