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** Harry doesn't actually miss - he shoots a target with the photo of a policeman on it, which might have been his way of telling the vigilante cops he was onto them.
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* Early's unblinking stare against a racist robber threatening him during a stake out operation he and Harry are involved in (a stakeout which ends with three dead hold up men, in case anyone has to ask).
* The four rookie cops EstablishingCharacterMoment at the target range, where Sweets does a fancy bit of shooting, and then casually reveals to Harry that he's actually the least skilled marksman of the four.
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-->"This is a .44 Magnum. It's the most powerful handgun in the world. And it could blow your head clear owf. Do you feel lucky?" '''*BOOM!*'''

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-->"This is a .44 Magnum. It's the most powerful handgun in the world. And it could blow your head clear owf.off. Do you feel lucky?" '''*BOOM!*'''
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* When Harry sneaks up on a killer cop and beats him to death.

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* When Harry sneaks up The climax of the film is impressive not just on the merits of the action but because of how much it subverts the viewer's expectations - you'd assume that it ends in a killer cop and beats him to death. big shootout but Harry, TropeCodifier for so much that is firearm-related, takes out the entire death squad without firing a single shot.
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* Harry's EstablishingCharacterMoment from this movie. He stumbles on an airplane hijacking, with the airport personnel waiting for another cop to infiltrate on the plane as the pilot, so ''he'' infiltrates on the plane ''unarmed'' and solves the situation, knocking down one of the hijackers and then using his gun to kill the other ''shooting through one of the plane's walls''. Then, as he leaves, he meets the guy who got him on the stakeout squad and was the guy supposed to infiltrate the plane and takes the chance to mockingly ask what he's doing there.

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* Harry's EstablishingCharacterMoment from this movie. He stumbles on an airplane hijacking, with the airport personnel waiting for another cop to infiltrate on the plane as the FBI and an overseas pilot, so ''he'' infiltrates on the plane ''unarmed'' and solves the situation, situation by knocking down one of the hijackers and then using his gun to kill the other ''shooting through one of the plane's walls''. Then, as he leaves, he meets the guy Lt. Briggs, who got him on the personally transferred Harry to stakeout squad and was the guy supposed to infiltrate the plane and takes the chance to mockingly ask what he's doing there.squad.
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Harry shot the innocent target in his set with his own revolver.


* A somewhat convoluted, but surprisingly [[TheChessmaster Chessmasterish]] moment from ', Harry is in a shooting competition with a man he (correctly) suspects in a series of vigilante shootings; he (reasonably) asks to borrow the man's gun. The suspect, already in a Series/{{Columbo}}-like situation, agrees. Harry proceeds to make a point to the suspect by shooting one of the "innocent" targets in the shoot/don't shoot target run which was a cop. Then he intentionally misses to lodge the slug in a 2x4, returns to the shooting gallery, and uses the bullet he extracts from it to compare the ballistics on the vigilante shootings.

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* A somewhat Somewhat convoluted, but surprisingly [[TheChessmaster Chessmasterish]] moment from ', moment. Harry is in a shooting competition with a man he (correctly) suspects in a series of vigilante shootings; he (reasonably) asks to borrow the man's gun. The suspect, already in a Series/{{Columbo}}-like situation, agrees. Harry proceeds to make a point to the suspect by shooting one of the "innocent" targets in the shoot/don't shoot target run which was a cop. Then he intentionally misses miss to lodge the slug in a 2x4, 2x4. At night he returns to the shooting gallery, and uses the bullet he extracts from it to compare the ballistics on the vigilante shootings.
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*Harry's EstablishingCharacterMoment from this movie. He stumbles on an airplane hijacking, with the airport personnel waiting for another cop to infiltrate on the plane as the pilot, so ''he'' infiltrates on the plane ''unarmed'' and solves the situation, knocking down one of the hijackers and then using his gun to kill the other ''shooting through one of the plane's walls''. Then, as he leaves, he meets the guy who got him on the stakeout squad and was the guy supposed to infiltrate the plane and takes the chance to mockingly ask what he's doing there.
* A somewhat convoluted, but surprisingly [[TheChessmaster Chessmasterish]] moment from ', Harry is in a shooting competition with a man he (correctly) suspects in a series of vigilante shootings; he (reasonably) asks to borrow the man's gun. The suspect, already in a Series/{{Columbo}}-like situation, agrees. Harry proceeds to make a point to the suspect by shooting one of the "innocent" targets in the shoot/don't shoot target run which was a cop. Then he intentionally misses to lodge the slug in a 2x4, returns to the shooting gallery, and uses the bullet he extracts from it to compare the ballistics on the vigilante shootings.
* The very last use of "A man's got to know his limitations."
* When Harry sneaks up on a killer cop and beats him to death.
* The opening credits is a close up of a Magnum .44, near the end it is slowly cocked that right at the end Harry swivels it ''[[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou right at the viewer.]]''
-->"This is a .44 Magnum. It's the most powerful handgun in the world. And it could blow your head clear owf. Do you feel lucky?" '''*BOOM!*'''
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