FitzGerald Special

[2] The estimated total production of Fitz Specials is generally accepted as being under 200, with some historians arguing that fewer than 40 were produced.

He preferred Colt revolvers, especially the New Service, to all others and became quite adept at improving their actions by adjusting springs and smoothing and modifying internal parts.

[7] He was among the first to advocate the two-handed shooting stance that was developed further into the Modern technique by Jack Weaver and Jeff Cooper[7] beginning in the 1960s.

On the television series Blue Bloods, the character of NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan (portrayed by Tom Selleck) carries a Fitz Special as his standard duty weapon.

A revolver based on the Fitz Special design also appears on the cover of the fifth James Bond novel, From Russia, with Love.

However, the weapon on the cover differs from a true Fitz Special in two respects, its intact hammer and the fact that it is a Smith & Wesson model rather than a Colt.