When I was looking for a .22 single action revolver for our daughter Lauren to use in Cowboy Action Shooting, I found a 1967 Colt Lawman Series Bat Masterson commemorative at a gun show. It was $445 unfired in the presentation box so I bought it. Lauren loves that she fired the first round through the gun!
She's been using my Ruger Single Six as her second revolver but I really wanted to find her another Colt Frontier Scout of some kind. Colt made a whole bunch of commemoratives in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Most look really gaudy with fake pearl grips and satin nickel and blue or gold finishes.
I really like the Florida Sequicentennial Frontier Scout because it has nice cherry grips and it's blued and case hardened. The only bling it has is gold plated screws. But they're very hard to find and most asking prices are crazy sky high.
I was at the gun shop picking up the S&W M&P .45 that I won and there was a Colt Alabama Sesquicentennial Frontier Scout made in 1969, unfired, in the presentation box on display in the used gun area. I asked its price and the salesman said it was on consignment for $595, but that the owner dropped the price to $395. I bought it!
It's a bit on the bling-bling side (okay, it's all the way over on the gaudy side!), but I actually sort of like the gold plating with the nickel and the faux ivory grips (the right side grip is much more yellow and the left grip has a bit of pink that rubbed off from the inside of the box's lid).
Now Lauren has a matched pair of Colt .22s and the sights on these guns are actually very good. They have a deep and square rear sight and the front sight is squared and matched very well.
Here's Lightning Lauren shooting her Bat Masterson commemorative at the last cowboy shoot:
-Steve
She's been using my Ruger Single Six as her second revolver but I really wanted to find her another Colt Frontier Scout of some kind. Colt made a whole bunch of commemoratives in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Most look really gaudy with fake pearl grips and satin nickel and blue or gold finishes.
I really like the Florida Sequicentennial Frontier Scout because it has nice cherry grips and it's blued and case hardened. The only bling it has is gold plated screws. But they're very hard to find and most asking prices are crazy sky high.
I was at the gun shop picking up the S&W M&P .45 that I won and there was a Colt Alabama Sesquicentennial Frontier Scout made in 1969, unfired, in the presentation box on display in the used gun area. I asked its price and the salesman said it was on consignment for $595, but that the owner dropped the price to $395. I bought it!
It's a bit on the bling-bling side (okay, it's all the way over on the gaudy side!), but I actually sort of like the gold plating with the nickel and the faux ivory grips (the right side grip is much more yellow and the left grip has a bit of pink that rubbed off from the inside of the box's lid).
Now Lauren has a matched pair of Colt .22s and the sights on these guns are actually very good. They have a deep and square rear sight and the front sight is squared and matched very well.
Here's Lightning Lauren shooting her Bat Masterson commemorative at the last cowboy shoot:
-Steve
