Greetings All,
There was a time, just a year or two (mostly two) before USFA's ultimate demise, that you could order a variety of options on their SAA's and be fairly confident that your order would be fulfilled in a timely manner. They would work with you. Grip styles, hammer styles, barrel lengths, to say nothing of finishes. It was sort of a "mix and match" smorgasbord! You could custom order just about any SAA configuration that USFA had to offer. Looking back, had I known what would become of all of this, I would have custom ordered a few more than I did. First on my list of regrets would be;
1: Blue/CCH, standard SAA with a 10" barrel.
2: Nickel plated 4" "Sheriff's Model" with the Bisley style hammer (I did get the 4" nickel Sheriff's model w/o the Bisley hammer).
3: 4" ejectorless Omni-Potent.
So... there are three of my regrets! Why do I still torture myself over things that will never be? Surely there are others among us who occasionally kick themselves in the ass for not ordering their perfect SAA from USFA.
If only, to quote the Lone Ranger, we could "Return to those days of yesteryear," What would you have ordered?