The ORIGINAL custom carry: The Fitz Special

[Podmonkey]

We all know about the Roland Special and some of us may know about Paris Theodore's ASP, but here is their granddaddy, the Fitz Special:
That trigger guard modification is pretty wild eh?

 

[BDinPutnam]

I remember reading an article about this not long ago but couldn't remember much about it. Cool story here.

I still would love to get my hands on an ASP 9 someday, somehow.

 

[Podmonkey]

I remember reading an article about this not long ago but couldn't remember much about it. Cool story here.

I still would love to get my hands on an ASP 9 someday, somehow.

That would be a great pistol to have in the collection. They rarely come up for auction though, and at a pretty steep premium when they do.

 

[Podmonkey]

What I find interesting though is this high end custom carry thing is nothing new.

 

[Edwardteach72]

What I find interesting though is this high end custom carry thing is nothing new.

^this. People have been modifying their carry guns ever since well we started carrying guns, to get the most out of the guns (based on that time frames thought process and methods which are always expanding and evolving) and yet by now you would think the fudd would be out of the whole "keep it stock" garbage

 

[Podmonkey]

^this. People have been modifying their carry guns ever since well we started carrying guns, to get the most out of the guns (based on that time frames thought process and methods which are always expanding and evolving) and yet by now you would think the fudd would be out of the whole "keep it stock" garbage

Well the thing is in the past you could buy a Model 39 and send it to Paris Theodore to turn it into an ASP for more money than the original purchase price after an extended wait if it was completed at all whereas now you can just walk into any gun shop and buy a Shield or G43 or PPS ect.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Well the thing is in the past you could buy a Model 39 and send it to Paris Theodore to turn it into an ASP for more money than the original purchase price after an extended wait if it was completed at all whereas now you can just walk into any gun shop and buy a Shield or G43 or PPS ect.

And at the same time now I can send my glock Gwhatevermodeliwant to thousands of different people/companies and for about the cost of the gun or up to 3x the cost in a few months get a completely moded carry gun (similar to sending a revolver out and getting it turned into a fitz or the asp)