Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this awesome single-action revolver today for a penny-start auction, this is the Armi Jager Frontier!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Armi Jager / Imported by Navy Arms
Model: Frontier
Serial: 49302
Date of Manufacture: 1977 (According to the "AC" date code)
Caliber: .357 Magnum / .38 Special
Finish: Blue & color case hardened
Barrel Length: 7 1/2"
Optics/Sights: Fixed blade front with Fixed notch rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth Walnut
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Model: Frontier
Serial: 49302
Date of Manufacture: 1977 (According to the "AC" date code)
Caliber: .357 Magnum / .38 Special
Finish: Blue & color case hardened
Barrel Length: 7 1/2"
Optics/Sights: Fixed blade front with Fixed notch rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth Walnut
Action: Single-Action
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Early on, the pattern for Piscetta’s Jager single action was set. It was blue and color case hardened with Italian hardwood grips. It had a brass grip assembly, with usually either more or less sweep than an actual Colt. The flamboyant brass straps are an easy to spot inauthentic touch, but the Jager revolvers were nonetheless handsome and well finished. Inter Continental Arms imported the Jager single action into the US with some exclusivity through the 60’s. There are lesser numbers of HEGE and Western Arms labeled Dakotas from those years floating around.
For the first several years, the Dakota didn’t have a maker’s logo. Brescian proof marks and a “Made in Italy” script were the only indicators of origin. In 1969, some of Inter Continental’s six-guns began showing a Hammerli, Switzerland stamp. The nature of Inter Continental’s supply chain in the ’60s is an esoteric point that will remain lost to history. What can be demonstrated is the Dakota was being built in two places for a time: in Italy, by Jager, and in Switzerland, by Hammerli. Hammerli-built Dakotas were numbered within the existing Jager serial range, indicating an aligned, if not joint, venture by the two companies to furnish the Dakota to American importers.
Hammerli already owned a stellar reputation for target pistols. New Hammerli-built six guns and made an immediate splash for attractiveness and a precise build. By 1972, Hammerli was signed by Interarms to make their Virginian revolver. Hammerli then ceased building the Dakota, leaving that to Jager as before. Demand for the Dakota replica generally remained, though importers came and went amid roiling 1970s economics. Inter Continental ceased business in about 1975. EMF picked up the Dakota trademark and became Jager’s highest-volume importer. The Dakota revolver was also imported stateside in lesser numbers by Kassnar and Navy Arms. These guns are the same but go by the “1873" or "Frontier” model name. Odd models with “IGI” and “Italguns” importer markings (Kansas model label generally) are also Jager revolvers. By this time, all guns will have “ARMI JAGER – ITALY” markings.
Sales of the Jager pattern six-gun were robust for the next decade but ultimately petered out. Cowboy action shooting was established in the 80’s. As it grew, single-action shooters favored replicas with more authentic appearances. EMF dropped the Jager as its flagship revolver in favor of models by Armi San Marco and Uberti, some of which they labeled "New Dakota." Armi Jager stopped building its Peacemaker clone in about 1993, and then soon after exited firearms manufacturing altogether.
For the first several years, the Dakota didn’t have a maker’s logo. Brescian proof marks and a “Made in Italy” script were the only indicators of origin. In 1969, some of Inter Continental’s six-guns began showing a Hammerli, Switzerland stamp. The nature of Inter Continental’s supply chain in the ’60s is an esoteric point that will remain lost to history. What can be demonstrated is the Dakota was being built in two places for a time: in Italy, by Jager, and in Switzerland, by Hammerli. Hammerli-built Dakotas were numbered within the existing Jager serial range, indicating an aligned, if not joint, venture by the two companies to furnish the Dakota to American importers.
Hammerli already owned a stellar reputation for target pistols. New Hammerli-built six guns and made an immediate splash for attractiveness and a precise build. By 1972, Hammerli was signed by Interarms to make their Virginian revolver. Hammerli then ceased building the Dakota, leaving that to Jager as before. Demand for the Dakota replica generally remained, though importers came and went amid roiling 1970s economics. Inter Continental ceased business in about 1975. EMF picked up the Dakota trademark and became Jager’s highest-volume importer. The Dakota revolver was also imported stateside in lesser numbers by Kassnar and Navy Arms. These guns are the same but go by the “1873" or "Frontier” model name. Odd models with “IGI” and “Italguns” importer markings (Kansas model label generally) are also Jager revolvers. By this time, all guns will have “ARMI JAGER – ITALY” markings.
Sales of the Jager pattern six-gun were robust for the next decade but ultimately petered out. Cowboy action shooting was established in the 80’s. As it grew, single-action shooters favored replicas with more authentic appearances. EMF dropped the Jager as its flagship revolver in favor of models by Armi San Marco and Uberti, some of which they labeled "New Dakota." Armi Jager stopped building its Peacemaker clone in about 1993, and then soon after exited firearms manufacturing altogether.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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