COLT FRONTIER SIX SHOOTER

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I have aquired a pair of frontier six shooters and need some help id age and cal. the hammer has short knurle with line under it,i can find the ser. # in three places,(142153 & 151355) stag handles,but with no cal. markings,case colored frame,blue barrel & cyl. & backstrap pat.sep.10 1871 july2 72, jan.19 75 fixed sight i think they are 44 spl. or 44-40 any info. appreciated.

 

[Old Fuff]

Serial number 142,153 was made in 1891, and number 151,355 in 1893. Both are legal antiques

If the barrels are marked on the side; "Frontier Six-Shooter" they are likely .44-40. If there are no caliber/cartridge markings you will either have to make a chamber cast and measure the dimensions, or measure the back and front of a chamber with a dial caliper and see if the results offer any clue.

Also look on the sides of the trigger guard and see if a number like "38" or "44" is stamped there.

 

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frontier six shooter

Barrel is marked frontier six shooter,no mark such as 38 or 44 on side of trigger guard on either pistol, Both guns have short knurling on top of hammer with line under it.The frame is case hardened and the barrel,cyl.,backstrap are blued.Serial number is found in three places,top of barrel is marked colt's pt. f.a. mfg. usa hammer has removeable firing pin.

 

[Old Fuff]

The short, course hammer checkering with a border would be consistant with the period during which the revolvers were made. The hammer(s) should be color case-hardened rather then blued with polished sides. The firing pin nose should be cone-shaped, as if it had been sharpened like a pencil with a blunt, rounded tip.

The barrel marking "Frontier Six-Shooter" was usually reserved for those revolvers that were chambered to use cartridges that could also be fired in rifles. That was primarily .44-40, although some .38-40 and .32-20 revolvers might have been so marked. If so, they are rare.