Picked up a little gem yesterday out of town...

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A 1960 Colt Frontier Scout .22 magnum was sitting in the display case. The faux staghorn grips really caught my attention. Obviously not original but I have been wanting a pair for one of my six guns. No box, no papers, or original grips to go with it but I thought it needed a new home, so for $399 OTD it came home with me.
1960 was the debut of this particular model in .22 magnum. I think it would be neat to have it fitted with a .22LR cylinder (if that's possible) but that could come with a hefty price tag, IDK.
In a few days I will take it to the range along with my single six and see how it shakes out.
 
Theres a good chance a Heritage cylinder would fit.
IIRC, the Frontier Scout was made on the same tooling as the Schmidt, EIG, Erma, Rohn, and Weirauch guns, which, I seem to have read somewhere, was later aquired by Heritage.

I think GunnyUSMC did a write up on these guns and their parts interchangeability. You might PM him.
 
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NIGHTLORD40K said:
Theres a good chance a Heritage cylinder would fit.
IIRC, the Frontier Scout was made on the same tooling as the Schmidt, EIG, Erma, Rohn, and Weirauch guns, which, I seem to have read somewhere, was later aquired by Heritage.

I think GunnyUSMC did a write up on these guns and their parts interchangeability. You might PM him.
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How ironic would it be if the lowly Heritage Rough Rider was indeed a rebranded brother of a Colt?
I wonder how the HRR bashers would feel about that?
Very Interesting.
 
Very nice. Back when there was still an occasional dinosaur sighting I put a set of fake stag grips on my then very new Ruger single six. They were plastic of course and basically hollow, only thick enough to to contain the fake grooving. They would deform and get loose, I would tighten them, and the process repeated. They finally got so narrow they made it hard to hold the gun and I threw them away and went with walnut. Since then I have switched to rosewood which I like a little better than plain walnut.. Thanks for bringing back the memory.
 
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I have a Colt New Frontier from my grandpa (still alive) that has both the 22mag and 22lr cylinders. It’s a case hardened finish and all original. My boys were the first people to shoot it. I believe he bought it in the 70’s sometime and never shot it. He also traded me an unfired Win 94 in 30-30 so I could get my first deer with it. It has been fired several times, just not at a deer. I think that rifle is deer repellent. Back onto the Colt, nice score for sure! I also have a Heritage Rough Rider with both cylinders, I’ll have to try and swap them out when I get home.
 
Had the choice of the blued (alloy) or steel case hardened version, in 1971...didn't know what color case was, so I went with the 'blued' version.
Ended up turning it into a Super Bearcat, a better gun that I still have.
Amazing that this 'Colt' was another of Hartford's jobbed out guns, tho' I kinda wish I'd gotten the color case gun.
Moon
 
Very cool! Those grips certainly would have caught my eye as well. :)

My grandfather had a new frontier .22 many decades back. It was bequeathed to my sister, who for some dumb reason let some long-past boyfriend hang onto it. Now it is long gone. :(


Your Colt sure looks to be in great shape, let us know how it shoots for you when you get a chance to take it out.:thumbup:

Stay safe.
 
Neat little gun. I had one of the New Frontiers with both cylinders. I've had more than one of the little Rugers with both cylinders. Were your new revolver mine, I wouldn't even worry about a .22LR cylinder. I say this because most all of the .22 RF I've shot in the little Colt or Ruger revolvers over the past many years has been the .22 Magnum round.
 
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I have a Colt New Frontier from my grandpa (still alive) that has both the 22mag and 22lr cylinders. It’s a case hardened finish and all original. My boys were the first people to shoot it. I believe he bought it in the 70’s sometime and never shot it. He also traded me an unfired Win 94 in 30-30 so I could get my first deer with it. It has been fired several times, just not at a deer. I think that rifle is deer repellent. Back onto the Colt, nice score for sure! I also have a Heritage Rough Rider with both cylinders, I’ll have to try and swap them out when I get home.
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The New Frontier was a totally different design from the various Scouts, with a somewhat larger frame. I doubt the cylinders will swap with the Rough Rider-
But how cool would it be if they DID, lol!
 
NorthBorder

Nice find!

The Colt Peacemaker .22 and New Frontier .22 were introduced some time in the early '70s. They were like 7/8th versions of the Colt SAA. They replaced the Frontier Scout (production started in the late '50s) that was made with an aluminum alloy frame and later with a Zamak (zinc and aluminum) frame.

The newer Peacemaker and New Frontier models had steel frames (done with color case hardening) along with steel cylinders , barrels, and ejector rod housings. The grip frame was aluminum alloy.

My favorite of the Colt .22s was the New Frontier model with the 4 3/8" barrel.
 
I have a German made L. A. deputy that I always thought was a knockoff of the Colt New Frontier. Other than grips and mine has a lot more finish wear looks just like yours mechanically. Any chance one of those 22LR cylinders would work?
 
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The faux staghorn grips really caught my attention. Obviously not original
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While the grips are not real stag, I believe they were original to the gun. (if that is what you were referring to. If not?:oops:)
Colt's marketing tagged them as 'Staglite' and sold an all blue version of the Scout with them.

Looks like a fun shooter,
JT
 
Awesome!

That is a great little gun in one of my favorite calibers. Enjoy!
 
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