[doc540]

Helping my elderly uncle finish a post-hurricane repair project and had to pay some of it in cash at the job site. Crew looked to be on parole.

Thank you, Mr. Colt, for the security. No safe queen, and no beauty pageant winner, but I bet my life on it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/doc540/Guns/Colt%20Detective%20Special/DS2-1-2.jpg

[marv]

Very nice. You were both well protected.

[Kind of Blued]

What does a parolee look like?

[doc540]

http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/movie_haircuts_11.jpg

[Rockwell1]

A parolee probably couldn't get hired as a taxi driver.

Although there are at least two ministers here in Colorado Springs that are Parolees ( Rev. Promise Lee & Pastor Darrin Carrol)

[Kind of Blued]

If you type "out on parole" into Google the first two dudes you'll find are an old white guy, and a young black guy.

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ht_ricky_allen_robbins_081216_mn.jpg

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/news/081110/william_balfour.jpg

[doc540]

The old white guy was operating the chain saw and the dude on the bottom was loading the trash trailer!

Paid'em both in cash.

What a coincidence.:D

[shotgunjoel]

You may not think that its a pretty gun, but I do. I love those grips.

[doc540]

Thanks

The pics don't show the areas where the blue's worn off, but for some reason it just fits my hands and I'm able to shoot it reasonably well.

[putteral]

You gave those guys cash? Supprised they didn't head for the bar immediately. Nice Gun by the way!
:eek:

[DFW1911]

You may not think that its a pretty gun, but I do. I love those grips.

+1; who's the manufacturer of the grip(s)?

Thanks,
DFW1911

[doc540]

Jim Badger grips

Craig Spegel makes some very nice ones too.

[Eightball]

I like the looks of a well-trusted "work piece." Nothing wrong with it.

[AKElroy]

I would be far less concerned over contractors actually working for a living, regardless how rough they looked. The ones asking for a a little gas money when you get out of your vehicle are another story--

[DFW1911]

Doc,

Emailed the manufacturer to see what they can do for a couple of my revolvers.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Regards,
DFW1911

[Archie]

That's almost a "Fitz" gun; whoever modified it left the trigger guard intact. The bobbed hammer is a serviceable alteration.

Nice old darling.