Guns and Hollywood...

No, this is not another post about how Hollywood continues to get everything about guns wrong. This one is about some of the guns that they've done right. The NRA had an exhibit at the convention showcasing some of the legendary guns in Hollywood films: Quigley's Sharps Shiloh, Dirty Harry's Smith & Wesson model 29 .44 Magnum, Sgt. Rigg's (thanks Bob!) "Lethal Weapon" Beretta 92, and John Wayne's 1892 Winchester, among others.

They were kind enough to let us gunbloggers (look in the back for your humble host...) play with some of the weapons. It was seriously cool...

Winchester 1892

Sharps Shiloh

Beretta 92

Smith & Wesson Model 29

Mad props to Danielle and Lars for setting this very cool event up. Getting the chance to put my booger hook on the same trigger as Dirty freakin' Harry was one of the highlights of the convention for me. The model 29 was my obvious favorite, with the 1892 Winchester a close second. They also had the suppressed Remington 1100 from "No Country for Old Men" and a movie-modified Smith & Wesson model 500 from "The Spirit".

I still haven't stopped squeeing about holding "the most powerful handgun in the world"...

That is all.