Is it possible for a .44 Magnum...

[m5215]

...if fired/aimed properly could blow a mans head off?

I recently watched Dirty Harry again and I figured I would ask the experts here as I know very little about the performance of the .44 magnum other than it is considered a powerful round.

Is this a case where a movie properly represented this specific firearm?

 

[baboon]

Concidering what a rifle bullet did to JFK noggin I would say no!

 

[baboon]

Have you ever watched the movie Taxi Driver?

 

[Charlie]

...if fired/aimed properly could blow a mans head off?

I recently watched Dirty Harry again and I figured I would ask the experts here as I know very little about the performance of the .44 magnum other than it is considered a powerful round.

Is this a case where a movie properly represented this specific firearm?

Negative!

 

[gshayd]

Hollywood likes to exaggerate stuff. Even if you got lucky and severed the spinal column you will still have muscles and stuff holding the head-on.

 

[BillFairbanks]

You’d need something a little bigger for that

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[Kar98]

You weren't going to do anything useful today anyway, right?

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GunsDoNotWorkThatWay

 

[BRD@66]

"blow your head clean off"

 

[Sam7sf]

I bet it would. My redhawk with its long barrel start to cause extreme damage on targets with fluid.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I imagine it could blow a large portion away upon exit, but not "clean off" as was said...

 

[oldag]

Don't think it would make a difference one way or the other to the person on the receiving end.

 

[txinvestigator]

Don't listen to the naysayers. Clean off is a reality. People also go flying back when struck with projectiles fired from firearms.

The 44 mag, automag, when used properly, can remove fingerprints.

 

[orbitup]

There was a MadTV episode where a mailman said his 44 mag could "turn your head into a fine, pink mist".

 

[Moonpie]

When you shoot somebody with a 22LR it goes in and bounces all around inside their body.

 

[Charlie]

When you shoot somebody with a 22LR it goes in and bounces all around inside their body.

Heh!

 

[Frank59]

 

[Frank59]

It may not blow your head clean off but it will absolutely empty ones colon!

 

[Moonpie]

It may not blow your head clean off but it will absolutely empty ones colon!

You’ve seen Dawico shoot too?
He scares the crap out of me every time.

 

[baboon]

 

[robertc1024]

That's pretty close to clean off.