Speaking of engraved guns...

If you had stuck up the pawn shop at which I once worked, you could have gotten yourself shot by a famous, engraved gun.

Under the counter was a Colt Python that had been owned by a local resident, a hometown boy made good; the beautiful royal blue Colt revolver had been engraved with an etching pen, in shaky cursive, on both sides of the frame and barrel, with "Junior Samples" in letters near half an inch high. As God is my witness, this is the truth.

The serial number, however, was not BR-549.