My first Colt?!

Nice

Sweet. I have yet to meet a colt I didn't enjoy shooting.

Sure is a beauty

Sweet! I'll bet that's fun to shoot.

Tinker

Nice pick up! Like the duo tone look! Use to have a thing for the later model Colt New Frontier .22 with it's steel, color case hardened frame and adjustable rear sight. Even better with the extra .22 Mag cylinder and with the 4 3/4" barrel.

Very nice revolver.

That's a handsome devil. Pardon my ignorance, but what's the chambering?

AZAndy

The Colt Frontier Scout was a .22LR scaled down version of the Single Action Army. Early models featured an aluminum alloy frame while some had a zinc alloy (Zamak), frame.

In the early 1970s the Scout was redesigned and along with the introduction of the New Frontier Scout with an adjustable rear sight, now featured a steel, color case hardened frame.

bannockburn said:

AZAndy

The Colt Frontier Scout was a .22LR scaled down version of the Single Action Army. Early models featured an aluminum alloy frame while some had a zinc alloy (Zamak), frame.

In the early 1970s the Scout was redesigned and along with the introduction of the New Frontier Scout with an adjustable rear sight, now featured a steel, color case hardened frame.

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Thank you! Any day I learn something is a good day.

Tinker

I think that was the first year of production for the Colt Scout. It's in great shape for it's age!

Nice! I grew up shooting my Dad's Frontier Scout. Many happy memories of up at the cabin shooting tin cans and junked stuff at the dump.

Great job on the holster, looking very authentic!

If that is an early Scout, check the bolt (cylinder stop) to see if it is closed at the top.. The early ones had the "nub" of the cylinder stop made by just bending the sides up, leaving the top (the part that goes into the cylinder slot) open. After a little firing, the top closed in and became narrow so the gun was out of time, often so much that the firing pin would not fire the round and when it did the barrel and cylinder were badly out of line. If the cylinder stop is closed at the top or is solid (not stamped), you should be OK.

Jim

Tinker

Nice holster for your new Colt! Simple and effective!

That's the kind of holster that everyone should use for the SAA. Protect the gun by covering it up, and you don't need a safety strap or a thong to keep it from falling out.

I like it!

That is a nice revolver - and holster. Doesn't look like it was used much. Might have been someone's safe queen for many years.