WHAT A BEAUTY OF A FIREARM.
FIREARM COMES WITH 2 CYLINDERS 1 BEING .22 LONG RIFLE AND THE SECOND THE .22MAGNUM.
FIREARM COMES WITH ORGINAL BOX.
BARREL LENGTH IS 9.5"
FIREARM HARDLY HAS ANY WEAR ON IT AND IT STILL IN WONDERFUL CONDITION!

Inspired by the popularity of TV westerns such as Gunsmoke and Maverick coupled with the burgeoning sport of fast draw, and no doubt spurred on by the success of Ruger’s Single Six, in 1957, Colt Industries brought out a .22-caliber version of its famed Single Action Army, which they had reintroduced two years earlier. This new, scaled-down sixgun was appropriately christened the Colt Frontier Scout.

Initially, the Scout was offered with a polished aluminum “duo-tone” frame that contrasted nicely with the rest of the blued gun, somewhat akin to the aluminum-framed Lightweight Single Six that Ruger had brought out in 1955. Also like the Ruger, the Scout featured a one-piece backstrap and trigger guard, which made production less costly than hand fitting a two-piece trigger guard and backstrap to the frame.

Actually, the Scout was machined to such close tolerances and so well finished, very little hand fitting was necessary. Each gun went through a five-man team of inspectors and assemblers. Moreover, according to the late Don Wilkerson in his excellent and now out-of-print book Scouts, Peacemakers and New Frontiers, the same machinery used for the top-of-the-line Colt Python was used to machine and polish the barrels of the Scout, which justifiably became known for its accuracy.

Initially, the Scout was fitted with black composition grips similar to those on the Model P, but walnut grips were offered as an extra-cost option a year later. Barrel length was 43/4 inches, but, due to its smaller size, this gave the little .22 the same look as its big brother with a 51/2-inch barrel, as the muzzle poked slightly past the ejector rod housing.

Even though the Frontier Scout resembled the Model P externally, internally it was a different gun. The post-war spring-loaded push pin that held the cylinder base pin was replaced by a lookalike screw, which required a screwdriver (included with each gun), for removal. The action was simplified by having only two screws—one for the hammer, the other for the bolt and trigger—instead of the Peacemaker’s three. Finally, the firing pin was inset into the frame, rather than allowed to protrude from the hammer.