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Old 01-01-2010, 07:34 PM
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I have a Colt New Frontier 22LR/22 Mag.My Dad bought new in 1972 that's never been fired.Unforgunately the box was misplaced many years ago.I really want to shoot this gun,but I'm afraid of ruining the collector value if there is any.I don't belong to the Colt forum so I hope know body minds me asking the question here.Thanks,PJ
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Old 01-01-2010, 07:44 PM
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My dad has one just like it and purchased about the same year. It still sees regular use. It is a lot of fun to shoot. There is no reason not to enjoy it for it's intended purpose. Careful use won't diminish it's value much, especially since the box is no longer present. The shooting enjoyment would be well worth the price ding it MIGHT take.
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I would shoot it if I wanted to. I own a nice nickle scout myself. Sure I suppose techinaly it might lower the price a little, but not THAT much. Its not like it is a unfired triplelock or a 1st generation colt saa.
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Yeah, what he said or drop 150-60 bucks on a Heritage rough rider and shoot the dawg outa it.

I'd use the Heritage money to buy ammo & shoot the Colt. I like shorts & and CB and the only thing I shoot in .22 magnum is birdshot, but hey that's me...
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Old 01-01-2010, 08:46 PM
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The Colt .22 is a very nice single action revolver. My grandfather had one and he would let me take it out on the lower pasture and shoot it when I visited with them in the summer. The fact that your dad bought it makes it more valuable as a family heirloom that as a collectible piece. If it were me, I'd shoot it and enjoy the experience. A fine firearm can be used regularly and with proper care can remain in excellent condition. Odds are, some day, someone is going to shoot that Colt. It may as well be you. Just my opinion.
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I had a 6" .22 LR/.22 Magnum New Frontier. It was a great shooter, though the grip frame screws on mine tended to work loose.

Mine was a great shooter. I wish I hadn't sold it.
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Old 01-01-2010, 09:38 PM
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Shoot and enjoy it. I have one and it's very accurate. I have a Ruger Single Six and a Super Single Six which I also like but the Colt is on average about 30% more accurate than either of the Rugers. One day I discovered the probable reason. The Rugers have cylinders that are bored straight through, i.e. you can pull the cylinder and insert a loaded round from the front. The Colt has conventional chambers with tapered throats which I believe must be more conducive to accuracy. I guess that old cheapskate WB Ruger didn't want to pay for proper reamers and just drilled straight through the cylinder blanks.
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Nuther thing bout the rugers, the very early single sixs had tighter bores. When they went to convertables with the mag clyinder they increased the bore to handle both, even if you were just getting a single clyinder .22 LR. Here are examples of both mine. The ruger is 1959 and the colt is 1960.


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There is a Colt like yours listed for sale on GunsAmerica. It is described as new and has a box and the price is $580. It doesn't seem likely that your gun is ever going to be a really valuable collector's gun with that relatively low price. Personally, I would enjoy it and let somebody a generation or two later worry about its collector's value!
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I say shoot it. If it was your fathers, then I doubt you have any interest in selling it, as I wouldn't.
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Shoot the darn thing, This is a S&W Forum. Colts need to be shot.
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They do have collector value like any Colt does. Unfired will have considerably more than 'fired just a few times'.

If you plan on keeping it for it's increasing value, then I'd think twice about fireing it.
You say you are afraid of diminishing collectors value by fireing it,,and that's exactly what you'd do.
Truely unfired guns are a rarity. Collectors pay extra for them should you decide to sell it, and if not, it will increase in value faster than a like condition gun that has been used..

If you're just set on firing it, then place the monetary value thing aside and have fun with it. It was your fathers, now it's yours, perhaps someday it'll be you son or daughters and so on. There's much value in that..
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Thanks for all the good advise.Now that I think about it,it was kinda of a stupid question.I'll never sell the gun,so why does it matter if I shoot it or not.Been wanting to shoot it all these years.I'm just cheating my self.
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