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#1 ·
I remember an evidence class I took long ago. It had pictures of evidence used in actual trials. One was a Chrome played .45 1911 with black plastic grips. On the grips were a Skull and Crossbones with the legend "Born to Kill" on it. Imagine showing up in court with that.
 
#3 ·
What do you think? You have been convicted how many times? What was the evidence in all your cases?
 
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and how many cops carried one? My buddy, slim, HATED that sob. Cause he actually had to carry one. He'd had to give up the LWC .45 that I smithed for him, and had carried a gold cup until I worked over the Commander. He also hated the 6 rd limitation and the slow reload. Most cops back then, given the choice, would have picked a 2" or 4" M12. :) Hitting people on the head with a revolver is a good way to have a murder case instead of subdued drunk. and it's also a good way to have a bent cylinder crane.

I once had to repair a M66 that a cop had lost from his holster in a foot chase. Hit so hard that the pin holding the barrel had bent and barrel had rotated. I had to hollow out a couple of boards to support the frame in the vice, and 2 more to grip the barrel (double sided carpet tape, wax the barrel first) to straighten it out. Had a horrible ding on the muzzle. Used a deburrind drill bit and the dremel to polish it out. Charged the cop $28, when it had taken 4-5 hours. 1981 He was expecting $100 and dreading it. I made a lot of points in that town with that one! :)
 
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