Those are some butt ugly grips. For comparison here is a Model 63 which is built on a J frame while the 617 is a K frame. I just might have to get a K frame to see which one I like the best!
Here's the rest of the story:
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My FIL was probably one of those GI's sending hate mail to Hormel. The last few months of the war SPAM about the only meat that he ate. He was in the 90 Division of the 3rd Army and at that point in the war he rarely spent two nights in a row in the same place. Needless to say SPAM was never...
How true. Written by a man that was married to the same woman for 44 years. Sometimes you just have to ignore that 500 pound gorilla sitting in the room with the 2 of you and just listen.