Happy Wheel Gun Wednesday

I really wanted a Colt New Frontier 22 shortly after getting out of high school but I “settled” for a SS Ruger Single-Six. I had a lot of fun with that revolver but I ended up trading it for something after a couple of years. Every once in a while, I have gotten the urge to look for a Colt. Recently, I have seen photos of a few in some threads, and that was all it took for me to get serious about finding one.

The quandary I am now having with the one that showed up at my FFL is, do I shoot it or not? I don’t see any signs of it being fired. Since I am not a collector, I think I will be shooting it.

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I really wanted a Colt New Frontier 22 shortly after getting out of high school but I “settled” for a SS Ruger Single-Six. I had a lot of fun with that revolver but I ended up trading it for something after a couple of years. Every once in a while, I have gotten the urge to look for a Colt. Recently, I have seen photos of a few in some threads, and that was all it took for me to get serious about finding one.

The quandary I am now having with the one that showed up at my FFL is, do I shoot it or not? I don’t see any signs of it being fired. Since I am not a collector, I think I will be shooting it.

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A buddy of mine has an identical New Frontier in .22 mag, and we shot a lot of prairie dogs, jackrabbits, and coyotes with that thing. It was made to be shot…
 
I really wanted a Colt New Frontier 22 shortly after getting out of high school but I “settled” for a SS Ruger Single-Six. I had a lot of fun with that revolver but I ended up trading it for something after a couple of years. Every once in a while, I have gotten the urge to look for a Colt. Recently, I have seen photos of a few in some threads, and that was all it took for me to get serious about finding one.

The quandary I am now having with the one that showed up at my FFL is, do I shoot it or not? I don’t see any signs of it being fired. Since I am not a collector, I think I will be shooting it.

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That's a beauty for sure; pretty hard to find.
 
I really wanted a Colt New Frontier 22 shortly after getting out of high school but I “settled” for a SS Ruger Single-Six. I had a lot of fun with that revolver but I ended up trading it for something after a couple of years. Every once in a while, I have gotten the urge to look for a Colt. Recently, I have seen photos of a few in some threads, and that was all it took for me to get serious about finding one.

The quandary I am now having with the one that showed up at my FFL is, do I shoot it or not? I don’t see any signs of it being fired. Since I am not a collector, I think I will be shooting it.

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Beautiful
Shoot it!
 
I really wanted a Colt New Frontier 22 shortly after getting out of high school but I “settled” for a SS Ruger Single-Six. I had a lot of fun with that revolver but I ended up trading it for something after a couple of years. Every once in a while, I have gotten the urge to look for a Colt. Recently, I have seen photos of a few in some threads, and that was all it took for me to get serious about finding one.

The quandary I am now having with the one that showed up at my FFL is, do I shoot it or not? I don’t see any signs of it being fired. Since I am not a collector, I think I will be shooting it.

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...choot!
 
It is Wednesday, and I just picked these up on my way to work tonight. A couple of single-sixes worked over by Bowen in 22lr and 32H&R.

Will get some better pictures in natural light next week.

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This is how they looked a year ago. Both from the mid 80s.

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I have never had much interest in a Python but I have drooled over a few Anacondas.
I had an anaconda nicest feeling pistol in the store. Worst accuracy of any I’ve ever shot. Wasn’t a very expensive one and doubled my money in two years.
 
I had an anaconda nicest feeling pistol in the store. Worst accuracy of any I’ve ever shot. Wasn’t a very expensive one and doubled my money in two years.

Bummer about the accuracy but it is nice you made some money on it.
 

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