somd_mustangs
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- Jul 1, 2012
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Never noticed before but these have a lanyard ring! Only featured on the 2nd series MT. Strikes me as an odd feature for a target pistol.
Maybe just happenstance to take advantage of the "real estate" left unused when they moved the heel-release mag catch?
I agree it seems pretty useless.
I had a Woodsman "plain old" Target Series II with the same slot so it's probably across all the Series II models (except Challenger which retained the heel-release for some reason).
Another cool thing unique to Series II is the use of grip adapters. That little screw on the back of the mainspring housing is used to add a spacer / adapter if desired to change the shape.
http://www.bobrayburn.com/colt22/orderparts.html
(don't bother ordering one, it's out of date... there's some on evilPay though. )