How I got this Colt Frontier Sixshooter for “only” $1560.

[Wyatt Burp]

And it only took 19 years to get here! The following are OTD prices. In 2005 I bought a maybe 70% 1904 1st Issue Colt Officer’s Model .38 Spl. for $325. In 2017 I traded it and $200 for a well worn 1895 .30-40 Winchester. In 2021 I traded the ‘95 plus $600 for a like NIB 3rd generation Colt SAA .44 Special. Then last week I traded that Colt plus $400 for an unfired Colt custom shop cased “Colt Frontier Sixshooter” .44-40. One of 481 made in 1984. Maybe I’m just kidding myself (based on current value of the stuff I traded) but in the end if my math is right I have $1560 in actual cash output in it and these go for insane asking prices now. That’s the end of the trail in this crazy trade adventure.

 

[.357magger]

Congratulations and thanks for sharing it.

I like the 7.5 barrel profile and that it's in nickel is best of all imo.

Have loved that configuration ever since seeing Henry Fonda as Frank in "Once Upon A Time In The West" as a kid.

Nice Six Shooter.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Congratulations and thanks for sharing it.

I like the 7.5 barrel profile and that it's in nickel is best of all imo.

Have loved that configuration ever since seeing Henry Fonda as Frank in "Once Upon A Time In The West" as a kid.

Nice Six Shooter.

I saw “Once Upon A Time…” when it came out in 1969. I was twelve. Henry Fonda’s 7 1/2” nickeled Colt was the first motivating factor that made me want one eventually. Then around 1971 a movie came on TV called Shane. Wow! That sealed the deal for me. That version of the SAA has been my favorite ever since. I have a 2nd Gen Centennial .44-40 that matches this one almost perfectly when I put black eagle grips on the new one. And I have a long barreled renickeled 1958 .45 I got 40 years ago.

 

[old tanker]

I do like .44WCF and Standard made me a nice shiny one. Likely as close as I will ever get to a Frontier Six-shooter with nickel and ivory.