*SOLD* 1976 Colt New Frontier Buntline .22Mag 7.5" *SCARCE COLT SINGLE-ACTION*

Bryant Ridge's Analysis

The Colt Single Action Army handgun is a single-action revolver designed for the US government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt’s Manufacturing Company and adopted as the standard military service revolver until 1892. Although the SAA has been offered in over 30 different calibers and various barrel lengths, its overall appearance has remained consistent since 1873. Colt has discontinued its production twice but brought it back due to excessive demand. The Colt Buntline Special is a long-barreled variant of the Colt Single Action Army revolver, which Stuart N. Lake described in his best-selling but largely fictionalized 1931 biography “Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal.” According to Lake, the dime novelist Ned Buntline commissioned the production of six Buntline Specials equipped with 12” barrels and presented them to five lawmen as well as to Buffalo Bill Cody in thanks for their help in contributing local color to his western yarns. Two of the recipients were supposed to be Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, but there is no record of them ever owning such handguns. That didn’t stop Hollywood from equipping Hugh O’Brian with a Buntline Special when he played Wyatt Earp in the TV series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”. The Buntline Special was never made by Colt as a standard model, but they did make short runs of 2nd and 3rd Generation “Buntline Specials” as well as a “New Frontier Buntline Special” with adjustable sights. This is a Colt New Frontier Buntline made in 1975.

Specifications

Manufacturer: Colt

Model: New Frontier

Serial: G165984

Date of Manufacture: 1976

Caliber: .22 Magnum

Finish: Color Case Hardened Frame, Blued Barrel and Cylinder

Barrel Length: 7 1/2" Buntline

Optics/Sights: Large Front Ramp, Adjustable Rear Sight

Stock/Grips: Black Checkered Synthetic

Action: Single-Action

Markings: Standard

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