Colt lawman, half trigger guard?

[CraigC]

Selleck definitely uses his own guns in his movies and shows. If he has to have them built, as in the case of cartridge conversion and Open Top Colts, he always has an extra one or two made for himself. It's his fault that I'm addicted to topless Colt's and replicas.

Here's a shot of his 1860 from "Last Stand at Saber River". Can't remember if it was built by Kenny Howell or Bob Millington.

 

[Old Fuff]

and since we couldn't really tell I left it as an OP Fitz.

The revolver pictured is made on the Official Police platform. An easy way to tell is the cylinder's length and diameter. A Detective Special cylinder is about the same length but smaller in diameter. There are also differences in the shape of the respective model's handles. I once handeled a gunuine Official Police/Fitz that was identical to the one in question, but was nickel plated. Very rare in that finish, but backed by a factory letter.

The same individual who had this Fitz Special also and a wood cased Police Positive Special / .38Special / nickel plated / factory pearl stocks rvolver with a 1 3/4" barrel, shorten ejector rod, and no front sight! I first thought it was a cut-off, but he again produced a factory letter that confirmed that it had been made as described for a Colt sales representive.

On a custom basis they offered both the Official Police and New Service with shorter then cataloged barrels, and in both cases may have produced more of them then the number of Fitz Specials.

During the middle 1950's when the U.K. dumped most of their World War One .455 New Service revolvers on us (often selling in the $16.00 range) many of them were rechambered to .45 Colt and the barrels shortened to various lengths. Some became Fitz Special conversions, but many more simply became big-frame/big bore snubbies.

 

[Guillermo]

Craig,

Sounds like Tom uses the opportunity to "write off" his guns from his taxes


Smart man!!!

 

[Mike Faires]

I am having a very hard time with the "retention" canard offered by Saxon Pig offered. Why would you have to retain your gun unless;
(1) You allowed the bad guy to enter your personal space prior to presentation and discharge. Maybe because you fired a warning shot instead of disabling your opponent with a center of mass or head shot. ...or..
(2) your are carrying more hand gun than you can handle and it jumped smack out of your hand when fired.
In shooting the attached picture I finally found a down side the the Fitz trigger guard modification, the darned prop rod keeps slipping out!!!
By the way the holster proping up the Colt is an original S. D. Myres "tom Threepersons" holster. Tom was another experiance pistolero and can you imagine he prefered that the trigger be exposed on his holsters; Oh the Humanity!

By the way kudo's to Ranger Hamer, here is mine of the same style;

 

[Sam1911]

Why would you have to retain your gun unless;

Are you unfamiliar with handgun retention practices and the importance of those skills? You cannot just shoot whomever gets inside "your personal space" and many MANY officers (and other folks) have been jumped unexpectedly or otherwise grappled and have had to fight to keep control of their own weapon. When folks fail, they tend to die.

That's not something to make light of.

 

[Mike Faires]

My point was, if your weapon was unholstered don't let them inside your personal space and it won't be required. If holstered, again the triggerguard missing is a moot point.