Colt's New Frontier COLT'S CLASSIC SINGLE ACTION: THE NEW FRONTIER.JOHN TAFFIN We were on one of our rare vacations, albeit a working one, traveling down to the Freedom Arms factory. We, being my wife and I, had spent the night in Jackson Wyoming before going through Yellowstone Park and then up through Montana to visit fast draw expert Bob Munden and his lovely wife Becky. Standing in line for breakfast my wife suggested 'Why don't you go over to the gunstore and look around while I keep our place. I'll get the table and I know what you will order anyway.' Across the street to the Bitter Root Trading Company I went to spend my waiting time looking through the racks of old Winchesters, Marlins, and Sharps rifles and carbines. Then over to the pistol case to look at the Colt Single Action Armies and Bisleys. By the time I got to the end of the showcase, a sixgun on the bottom shelf caught my eye. Colt Saa 3rd Generation ReviewBrowse all new and used Colt Revolvers - Single Action Army - 3rd. Colt Single Action Army 3rd Generation. Colt New Frontier SAA in.44 special, serial number. Those two were mated by my gunsmith, and then he put in a new 3rd Generation.44 Special cylinder and hand. Everything went together perfectly and that particular SAA has been Yvonne's now for three decades. 3 generation 3. All Colt SAAs with serial numbers starting with SA are 3rd Generation. 3 generatiaon 4. It also caught my checkbook. Celebrated cases of judge dee download skype. When I returned to my wife at the breakfast table, I had a small package under my arm. It contained a beautiful 7 1/2' Colt New Frontier.44 Special. It was the beginning of a new era. A breath of fresh air. We had a new president. A young president to replace the grandfatherly Ike. Little did we realize what lay ahead in the 1960's. To honor the new president and new optimism, one firearms company decided to bring out a new sixgun. In late 1961 (only two were made in this year), Colt brought forth the New Frontier in honor of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. Within two years, rifle shots would ring out in Dallas, Camelot would be gone, and the specially engraved New Frontier would never be presented. Photoshop 7 portable torrent download. Adobe Photoshop 7 Portable. Item Preview. There Is No Preview Available For This Item. This item does not appear to have any files that can be experienced on Archive.org. Please download files in this item to interact with them on your computer. Show all files. Our country's innocence was gone never to return again, but the Colt New Frontier would remain in production for the next twenty plus years. As did Ruger seven years earlier, Colt flat-topped the frame of an existing model, added an adjustable rear sight mated with a radically sloping ramp-style front sight, and brought forth one of the most beautiful sixguns ever. Just as with the Colt Single Action Army that gave birth to the New Frontier, the new sixgun carried a deep blue finish on its barrel, cylinder, and grip frame topped off with beautifully mottled colors on its case hardened main frame. In the production of the First Generation Colt Single Action Army sixguns from 1873 to 1941, a few target models, both Single Action Army and Bisley, were produced consisting of a slightly flat-topped frame, a windage adjustable rear sight by drifting and locking in place, and a front sight that could be adjusted up and down. During the 1920's, Elmer Keith tried to interest Colt in modernizing the Colt by flat-topping the frame and adding fully adjustable sights. He even offered the loan of his custom sixguns including his famous #5SA but Colt would not listen. Had they been open-minded, Ruger may never have materialized. Keith's Keith's #5SA was built in the mid-1920's. It was a 5 1/2' Single Action chambered in the cartridge of time, at least for reloaders, the.44 Special. The grip was created by mating a Bisley backstrap with a Single Action trigger guard. Its influence today can be seen in the Freedom Arms and Ruger Bisley revolvers. The frame was flat-topped and carried a fully adjustable rear sight mated with a post front sight with a bead. The gun magazine of the day, THE AMERICAN RIFLEMAN carried Keith's article on the #5SA entitled The Last Word. The #5SA was definitely the last word in single actions in the 1920's. In 1962, a Colt Single Action Army cost, gulp, $125. The New Frontier, was even higher at an unreachable $140. This at the same time that.357 and.44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawks were going for less than $100 and the superbly crafted and blued Super Blackhawk in.44 Magnum was selling for $116. Our local store had a New Frontier.44 Special that I drooled over quite often but with college tuition, three hungry kids, and a wife who stayed home with them, there was no way. Had I been able to look into the future, I would somehow have borrowed the money and bought the Colt. Today it would be worth no less than ten times the original price. I keep reminding myself: ALWAYS REMEMBER, COLT SINGLE ACTIONS DO NOT GO DOWN IN VALUE! The Colt New Frontier began with serial number 3000NF, which stayed in the Colt plant. The last of the Second Generation New Frontiers was in the 72XXNF serial number range, which gives us a total of slightly over 4,000 New Frontiers from 1961 to 1974. Four calibers were made in this first run of Colt Flat-Top Target sixguns. These were in chamberings of.45 Colt.38 Special,.357 Magnum, and.44 Special.
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