[skwcoltguy]

I came up with that name 12/22 for Doug. We were having dinner and discussing names for it and it just popped my head how 10/22 (10 shot .22) has been such a simple and now iconic name with Ruger, that I thought 12/22 would do the same for USFA. Had the production run been longer it may have. Coming full circle, Ruger licensed Doug's lock work design and is now using it. You may have noticed the old Single Six is now a ten shot. That cylinder is not full size so it was not going to be a 12 shooter like the 12/22. It is a small world sometimes.

 

[skwcoltguy]

I do not have the 12/22 numbers off the top of my head but I will ask.

 

[skwcoltguy]

The 12/22 was a big, for USFA, run, with just under 5,000 guns. All distributed by Davidson's, which was unique for USFA. Yes the Omni and some others numbered in the hundreds. Some far fewer.

 

[skwcoltguy]

I wanted an Omni snub too, and while I have several USFA's that were produced in single digits, or low double digits, I never did get an Omni snub...I should have been more diligent....but like a lot of Colt's, you assume you can get it "sometime"......I had a pair of USFA 5.5" Bisley targets in my mind for a long time too, a .22 and a .38, never asked him to do it until it was too late. Geez, I think my excuse is I was working too much...

 

[skwcoltguy]

Agreed.....I saw maybe 6-10 of them over a period of several years, I would be very surprised if more than 40 or 50 are in circulation. Saw them in .45 Colt, .44-40, .44 Spec, .38-40 and I think I remember one (for some odd reason) in .38 special