Colt Fitz Special
We love creating Fitz’s, out of anything we can get our hands on, Colt’s, Smiths, Beretta’s, even Webley’s.
These were the in-the-day gunfighter pieces, carried and used by some pretty intense guys. ~
Charles Askins
William Fairbairn
Rex Applegate
A MOB GUNS 1934 Colt Fitzgerald “Fitz” Special
Pin-off restoration refinished in rust blue with Cabochon accents, fitted with period elephant ivory.
For the record I would like to say that never in my life have I heard nor read of a single incident of accidental discharge involving a Fitz design. Nonetheless, I have read a lot of hyperbole on the potentially serious safety concerns of carrying a Fitz from the on-line firearm “academia”.
Some pretty serious guys.
For more than a dozen years I’ve carried Fitz’s of every design and can attest to this:
- Any firearm has the potential of unintended consequences in untrained hands.
- That the accidental discharging of a Fitz while holstering is not a real-world concern and not worth the mention.
- And finally, bending of the guard rendering the piece inoperable is a work of over-imagination, fiction, fantasy…
Simply put, these are all “answers” in search of a “problem”.
In my experience, locating LEGO bricks beneath bare feet in the middle of the night poses a much higher risk.
~GM
