“Hinkley used a cheap .22 RG on Reagan.”
Handled a few of them in my lifetime. One fell apart in my hand. Talk about pot metal junk. Basically a starter’s pistol converted to shoot 22 rounds.
We used to say that RG stood for “Rotten Gun”. When I was a kid, I would see these revolvers advertised in various outdoor magazines for $12.00.
I was thinking of ordering one when I was around 12 but fortunately ran into someone who actually had owned one. He told me it was junk so I saved my money.