The .475 Wildey Magnum

The Reload Bench ^ | 1999-2003 | Greg

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The Wildey is currently still in production.

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Wildey with long barrel.

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The original ten inch-barreled .475 Wildey

[11B3]

I've always wanted one of these.....Although the link doesn't work on their web site, the Pin Gun is even better. Here's the barrel options for the .475:

[sinclair]

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Wildey with interchangeable barrel system

[11B3]

Here's the Hunter Model:

[Billy_bob_bob]

Anybody remember the old "Auto-Mag"? This gun reminds me of that.

[Phsstpok]

Wildey Auto - Ah yes, the Death Wish 4 gun (or was it 3?)

I still prefer the 44 Auto Mag. A 308 cut down and chambered with a 44 bullet. I've fired both the Dirty Harry Smith and Wesson Model 29 and the 44 Auto Mag and there's no comparison. You fire the revolver and the recoil kicks it over your head. On the Auto Mag you can drop back down on target in nothing flat.

I have a loose claim to inspiring Clint Eastwood to use the 44 Auto Mag in the Dirty Hary movie "Sudden Impact." He was a regular visitor to a deli near my Radio Shack store in Daly City (near SF) in the early 80s. Herb Caen (local columnist) would always note that he stopped by this deli each time he was in town. I never ran into him, but I made a point of describing this handgun to the owners of the deli and encouraging them to mention it to Mr. Eastwood the next time he was in. They specifically told me that they had told him about it some time later, and the next movie made was Sudden Impact, in which he "moved up" from the Model 29 to a "real man's gun" .

Ah, fame is so fleating

[OOPisforLiberals]

Didn't Bronson bust one of these out in one of the Vigilante movies?

I still prefer 'Ol Painless, though :)

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The .44 Automag

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The .357 Automag

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Nice link to .44 Automag:

.44 Automag

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The .44 Automag at night:

[JoeSixPack1]

If you completely obliterate a target on the first shot, do you pack up and go home or pick more targets??

Decisions decisions decisions!!!

BANG!

(PS: I would need 8 inches more chest to tuck this thing in my shoulder holster!!)

[Atlas Sneezed]

Bang

[Centurion2000]

They specifically told me that they had told him about it some time later, and the next movie made was Sudden Impact, in which he "moved up" from the Model 29 to a "real man's gun" .

The 475 Wildey looks like it would make that thing look like a popgun automatic. If course I'm waiting for a Desert Eagle to chamber 454 ....

[SeeRushToldU_So]

That is a BIG weapon!

[longtermmemmory]

balistic fingerprint nightmare. :)

[Noumenon]

Sigh - from time to time I've lusted in my heart for a Desert Eagle in .50 AE. But I've already got more guns than I can reload for already. In terms of sheer nastiness and knockdown, I like my Glock mod 20 in 10mm. It's nice to have 15+1 rounds of .41 mag performance on tap, with another 4 15-round magazines handy. It's fast, smooth and accurate - in my hands, anyway.

If that won't settle the argument, I've still got the means to fight my way to a rifle.

BTW, I see that you'rea Niven fan...