Interesting pistol

[balline36m3]

Anyone see these before? I don't like the look but it is very unique

http://www.wildeyguns.com/wildey.html

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[dobeman]

isn't this the same make gun Bronson wielded in Death Wish 3?

 

[Dallas Ken]

Think that was a 44 Automag Bronson used.

 

[bolus]

The wildey, the desert eagle before the the desert eagle existed.
http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/usa/wildey-e.html

Its been in a few movies
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Wildey_Hunter

 

[Pandaz3]

The website looks old and out of date

 

[WAYNO]

Yep. When Bronson received the pistol in the mail, he introduced it as Mr. Wildey. And he did some pretty hellatious shooting with it.



WAYNO.

 

[Flopsweat]

The website looks old and out of date

It's falling apart - busted links, missing image files, crappy UI design - it's the WWW equivalent of a clapped-out '73 pinto.

 

[The Heretic]

I assume the date - 5/09 - on the one sentence at the top is probably the last time the site was updated - 2009 - or 5+ years ago.

The copyright at the bottom of the page is 2005

 

[elsie]

Seen 'em.

Got one.

 

[DeanMk]

Anyone see these before? I don't like the look but it is very unique

http://www.wildeyguns.com/wildey.html

That was Charles Bronson's mysterious "friend" in Death Wish 3.
People used to say Eastwood used that gun in the "make-my-day" installment of his Dirty Harry movies, but that was an Auto-Mag, of course.


Dean

 

[Sgt Nambu]

I've seen them, if memory serves, they were very expensive.

 

[Sabertooth]

Bronson - 454 Wildey semi auto, 6 in barrel, now back in production.
Eastwood - S&W revolver Model 29? .44 mag, 6 or 8 in. barrel

 

[mkwerx]

Looks like the result of a 1911 having a one night stand with a revolver without protection.

 

[Mongo1]

Bronson's Wildey was chambered in 475 Wildey Magnum.caliber. In the movie he describes it as being " a cut down elephant cartridge" l could have bought one years ago for $1200. I have one cartridge in 475 Wildey magnum.

 

[Flopsweat]

I got somethin' for ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c_awug8EeA#t=30

 

[DeanMk]

Bronson - 454 Wildey semi auto, 6 in barrel, now back in production.
Eastwood - S&W revolver Model 29? .44 mag, 6 or 8 in. barrel

Except in the movie "Sudden Impact", where Callahan replaced his Model 29 with a .44 Auto-Mag.
There was a whole scene in that movie where he introduced that handgun.

...check it...

Dean

 

[jbett98]

Permanent hearing loss after only one magazine fired without protection?

 

[Mongo1]

Except in the movie "Sudden Impact", where Callahan replaced his Model 29 with a .44 Auto-Mag.
There was a whole scene in that movie where he introduced that handgun.

...check it...

This thread started out about Bronson and the Wildey 475 magnum and morphed into Eastwood/Callahan's "Sudden Impact". Two different movies. I think we are both correct in our respective points.

Dean

 

[DeanMk]

No morphing Mongo.
It appears Sabertooth was correcting a post I made earlier, but had apparently forgotten about the segment I included in my last post.
I was just showing Saber that wasn't always the case.
...also just noticed he mentioned the Widley in the DW3 was chambered for .454 Widley.
I thought Widley only chambered those guns in .475 cal in those days (other calibers would be added later).


Dean

 

[Sabertooth]

Could very well be on the .475 didn't do much research, just looked up the Widley site when I found out they where being made again.
Didn't see Sudden Impact. still haven't.
My bad.