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Think I'm going to be sick...

DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
edited March 2014 in General Discussion
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=402996757
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Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    Is there a screw on that poor thing that wasn't buggered up?
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
    Is there a screw on that poor thing that wasn't buggered up?


    Only two that I see and they do not look to be original.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    It's kind of a contest between that front sight and the trigger guard for most buggered up parts.
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  • saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yikes. Bubba strikes again.
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  • 35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just screams "hey, I've got this box of random parts, a hacksaw, and this old Colt just sitting here....hmm..."
    [}:)][V]
    An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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  • EVILDR235EVILDR235 Member Posts: 4,398 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This that even a Colt ? I see no mfgs.name on it.

    EvilDr235
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [xx(][xx(][xx(]
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Don't make 'em like they used to....."
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  • cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS
    [:0]
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,559 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The trigger guard almost looks like a FITZ special job but from the other work I know that it just cannot be .More likely some one saw a real Fitz special and decided to try to copy it
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    I believe the defining feature of the Colt SAA Sheriff's model was the lack of an ejector. The grip and front sight would have looked like any other Colt SAA. Which would make this one originally a Sheriff's model, but after that custom work was done.

    If it is a Fitz Special, that would explain the trigger guard and grip up to a point. J.H. Fitzgerald shortened barrels, rounded grips, opened up the trigger guards and bobbed down hammer spurs.

    Did Fitz leave SAA hammer spurs completely original? The unmodified hammer spur doesn't seem to fit for a Fitz custom.

    Could be somebody took a Fitz gun and messed with it, slapping on that front sight ramp, mis-matched dovetail blade and making a mess of the screw heads. Maybe replaced the hammer. Also looks as if the grips do not fit flat on the frame, or were loosely mounted in the photos.
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  • m88.358winm88.358win Member Posts: 7,269 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A JHF Fitzgerald

    JHFitzgerald_zps75dd46c6.png
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "Mostly original" "Cut away trigger guard looks factory"
    Wow!
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No problem, buy it for $1000, send it to Turnbull for another $2000, and end the end you have a beautiful $250 gun that only cost $3000.
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  • ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    Plus has anyone seen a J.H. Fitzgerald single action? Seen many double actions from his time. My brother collects Colt Single Actions, none such as this in his safes.

    Seen modern single actions done up with hammers bobbed down as much as possible, then deeply serrated or diamond checkered on the top.

    Don't recall ever seeing an actual Fitz job done on an SAA?
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fitz (may he burn in Hell) only F'd up DA revolvers.
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    Too old to live...too young to die...
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,559 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Didn't mean to imply it was a real Fitz .I was guessing that Bubba saw one once upon a time and thought it would be cool to build one of his own.Not having a DA he used what was on hand and F%^&&%^&&* a real nice gun .All the real ones I have seen were topnotch work
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 23,478 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Haint No Good Fer Twirlin'[;)]
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh the in-humanity![xx(]
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  • Plain ole bubbaPlain ole bubba Member Posts: 472 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    saserby Posted - 03/24/2014 : 11:53:34 PM
    Yikes. Bubba strikes again.

    Hey it wasn't me!
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is a guy bidding $930 so he must like it.


    As hard as I try to hate it...........the concept is kind of cool but the execution is off. The buggered up screws, the front sight and the poorly fitted stocks are too much for me.
    RLTW

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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd give $100 for it.
    Then change the grip frame, barrel, weld up another trigger guard, change the hammer, all new screws, then have a pretty nice shooter.
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    Fitz (may he burn in Hell) only F'd up DA revolvers.


    Always figured Fitz did his best work with a six pack or two in one hand and a Dremel in the other.......
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  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't see anything wrong with those S-slot screws. [:D]
    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
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