FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
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FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
This is the SAA I recently got. I know if no pics, it never happened.
Only the bolt screw is buggered a little and the guard screws still have the fire blue on them. I disassembled it for a thorough cleaning with 409 and hot water. The ejector rod screw required an impact screwdriver and the base pin bushing needed pushing out with my hydraulic press. A hundred years of crud inside. 288xxx is 1907 according to Kuhnhausen. Action is still perfectly timed though rough handling has scored the bolt cuts in the cylinder. All inside parts appear nearly new. I'm happy to have it.
M. M. Wright, Sheriff, Green county Arkansas (1860)
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Re: FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
Cool!!!
What caliber ?
What caliber ?
- ollogger
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Very nice old Colt!!
Brad
Brad
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I like it....congrats ....and have fun with it.....that means a range report!
LETS GO SHOOT'N BOYS
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"Frontier Six Shooter" = .44-40.
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Like I said......
I've wanted a Frontier Six Shooter since I was a kid.
I've wanted a Frontier Six Shooter since I was a kid.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
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Griff,
SASS/CMSA #93
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
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Re: FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
"Frontier Six Shooter", was only in 44WCF
SASS# 51223
Arizona Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Cowtown Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Uberti 73/44-40 carbine, Rossi 92/44-40,
Marlin 94CB/44 24" Limited, Winchester 94/30-30
Arizona Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Cowtown Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Uberti 73/44-40 carbine, Rossi 92/44-40,
Marlin 94CB/44 24" Limited, Winchester 94/30-30
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Re: FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
+1
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
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And here, I had to settle for a Frontier Scout
THAT'S what I call a shooting iron, M.M.W. -a nice .44-40 !
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And here, I had to settle for a Frontier Scout
THAT'S what I call a shooting iron, M.M.W. -a nice .44-40 !
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- Buck Elliott
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Sixty-two years ago, this coming Summer, I fell heir to my great grand-dad's FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER, with the 7 1/2" barrel. I was 12, and that hogleg was half as big as I was, or so it seemed..
I killed a few coyotes with it, along with a mess of rabbits, and even an occasional deer, for camp meat, working summers as a rider for a grazing association in Utah..
The Colt now belongs to one of my sons, so it's still in the family..
I killed a few coyotes with it, along with a mess of rabbits, and even an occasional deer, for camp meat, working summers as a rider for a grazing association in Utah..
The Colt now belongs to one of my sons, so it's still in the family..
Regards
Buck
Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens, and the unforeseeable, that which your life becomes...
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Super nice MM, very nice.
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Re: FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
That's very cool!
jb
jb
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That's cool as all get out. I'd of had a hard time giving it up.....even to my kid.Buck Elliott wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2017 11:56 am Sixty-two years ago, this coming Summer, I fell heir to my great grand-dad's FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER, with the 7 1/2" barrel. I was 12, and that hogleg was half as big as I was, or so it seemed..
I killed a few coyotes with it, along with a mess of rabbits, and even an occasional deer, for camp meat, working summers as a rider for a grazing association in Utah..
The Colt now belongs to one of my sons, so it's still in the family..
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
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You guys know that I have a lot of leverguns fron the same time period.....but there is NOTHING that moves me more than a first gen Colt. M.M.....that is a beauty of a gun and I can tell that it is "right", even the grips. Everything is worn together and at one time, that gun meant a lot to someone.....it's been used but keep "clean" with no unsightly heavy pitting. When original hard rubber grips are still on the same gun, that tells me the previous owner/owners were careful not to drop it.
Sure...fire it up...it's a smokeless gun. 6 gr. Of Bullseye or 7.5 of Unique with a 200 grainer will put life back into it.
O.K.....let's get to business......can I have it? ----6
Sure...fire it up...it's a smokeless gun. 6 gr. Of Bullseye or 7.5 of Unique with a 200 grainer will put life back into it.
O.K.....let's get to business......can I have it? ----6
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Re: FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
Years ago, some one gave me a set of that Colt style of Grips. I sold them to a Colt collector for $225.00 last year. He needed them for a restoration project he was involved in.
The grips changed many times over the years. Colt collectors can tell which period a gun was made by how the Grips look and by the position of the Pony, size, etc.
The grips changed many times over the years. Colt collectors can tell which period a gun was made by how the Grips look and by the position of the Pony, size, etc.
SASS# 51223
Arizona Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Cowtown Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Uberti 73/44-40 carbine, Rossi 92/44-40,
Marlin 94CB/44 24" Limited, Winchester 94/30-30
Arizona Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Cowtown Cowboy Shooter's Assoc.
Uberti 73/44-40 carbine, Rossi 92/44-40,
Marlin 94CB/44 24" Limited, Winchester 94/30-30
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That is such a nice Colt, I really need to stop looking at those pics, envy and want are two terrible sins... :O
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Re: FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER
May God forgive me of being prideful. I have another just like it, from the same era, same condition. Sure would like to load them both up with black and go to Landrun. I sure do miss SASS. Maybe I'll go to Branson for "The Show Me Shootout". Not nearly as much walking there.
I've plenty of ammo loaded so I'll try to shoot it a few times this afternoon.
I've plenty of ammo loaded so I'll try to shoot it a few times this afternoon.
M. M. Wright, Sheriff, Green county Arkansas (1860)
Currently living my eternal life.
NRA Life
SASS
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Currently living my eternal life.
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Smokin' Bad butt Cool!
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Why was the term "Frontier Six Shooter" applied only to the 44-40 chambering in the Colt SAA? Do they still refer to and stamp SAAs with that designation on currently manufactured ones?
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Current 3rd gen production says: "COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER 44-40". Some earlier 3rds just had 44-40 on them I think.
M. M. Wright, Sheriff, Green county Arkansas (1860)
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Oh, that's interesting. Thanks. But WHY is "Frontier Six Shooter" solely used for the 44-40?
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They have that marking because they are chambered for .44-40 (.44 W.C.F.) and Colt chose, for some unknown reason, but most likely for marketing, to use that legend for that caliber only.
Both the early Single Action Army's and the 1878 Double Action's, in .44-40, were so marked.
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- Buck Elliott
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Why..?
Mostly as a jab at Winchester, I think, whose original designation for the .44-40 was ".44 W.C.F.".
Colt did not wish to advertise explicitly for their rival, but still wanted to hint at the connection, which was interchangeability of ammunition..
Mostly as a jab at Winchester, I think, whose original designation for the .44-40 was ".44 W.C.F.".
Colt did not wish to advertise explicitly for their rival, but still wanted to hint at the connection, which was interchangeability of ammunition..
Regards
Buck
Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens, and the unforeseeable, that which your life becomes...
Buck
Life has a way of making the foreseeable that which never happens, and the unforeseeable, that which your life becomes...
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Possibly, also, because in 44 it was only marketed as a civilian model. It was certainly marketing for use with the 73 and to play on the "romance" of the western territories.
Most SAA's in .45 were in military trim up to that point.
Not sure, was the 44 FSS the first to be fit with the hard rubber (gutta percha) grips also?
Most SAA's in .45 were in military trim up to that point.
Not sure, was the 44 FSS the first to be fit with the hard rubber (gutta percha) grips also?
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.