Faulkner
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I'm not a Colt revolver guy, but I was doing some digging around for some info on an old Colt's SAA for a friend of mine when I stumbled across something I did not know. I'd always thought a Colt's Single Action Army and the Colt's 1873 "Model P" was pretty much the same gun, a rose by any other name so to speak. Well, I have learned that the Single Action Army was just that, it was the Single Action Army in .45 Colt caliber. As far as 1st generation Colt's are concerned, one in a caliber other than .45 Colt was not a Single Action Army but rather a "Model P" or Frontier Six-Shooter.
The Colt Frontier or Frontier Six-Shooter was a Colt's 1873 "Model P" type revolver, manufactured in .44-40 Winchester caliber instead of .45 Colt (in which configuration it was called the Single Action Army), so as to be cross-compatible with Winchester Model 1873 ammunition. Production began 1877. Colt Frontier Six-Shooter was the actual name of the Colt pistol model, and this was acid-etched on the left side of the barrel. After 1889, the legend was roll-stamped until 1919, when the caliber designation ".44-40" was added.
Seems over time Colt Peacemaker and Single Action Army became synonomous with any of the single action Colt's of this style.
The Colt Frontier or Frontier Six-Shooter was a Colt's 1873 "Model P" type revolver, manufactured in .44-40 Winchester caliber instead of .45 Colt (in which configuration it was called the Single Action Army), so as to be cross-compatible with Winchester Model 1873 ammunition. Production began 1877. Colt Frontier Six-Shooter was the actual name of the Colt pistol model, and this was acid-etched on the left side of the barrel. After 1889, the legend was roll-stamped until 1919, when the caliber designation ".44-40" was added.
Seems over time Colt Peacemaker and Single Action Army became synonomous with any of the single action Colt's of this style.