Joel,
Please stay with us! Let us know about your China Camp when it arrives. Looks to me as if you may have picked up a very desirable gun!
CJF
PS: By way of correcting myself… the original catalog listed the China Camp as having a "Silver Steel" finish to which USFA claimed a "trademark," not a ""patent" (as I previously stated). Calibers offered were "45 Colt (std.), 44 WCF, 38 WCF, 41 Colt, 44 & 38 S&W Special and 32 WCF." The catalog goes on to state "45 Colt is the standard chambering, other calibers optional." Barrel lengths offered were "7 1/2, 5 1/2& 4 3/4, Other lengths optional." These quotes come directly from one of my old USFA "window" catalogs. The catalog also goes on to state," The CHINA CAMP is a special gun for the advanced shooter, combining the historic details of yesterday with the modern honed precision of today."
The catalog also states, "Mr. Dennis Ming, 5 time World Champion Shootist, asked US Fire-Arms, under The Famous Blue Dome in Hartford, Conn., to help him make the gun he has searched for all these years. Dennis's many titles in Cowboy Action Shooting made him the authority."