What happened one week later, on a small creek about fifty miles away, would dramatically change the nature of frontier ... it took six months, not three. He dubbed the new gun the Colt Walker ...

The gun, a Colt Frontier Six Shooter Revolver, was passed down through Cody's family until it was sold at auction in 1988 to the current vendor, a collector from the US. Another pistol belonging ...

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.

This six-shooter, in the collection of the National ... and “lawmen on the nation’s western frontier.” But though Colt’s patented revolver was a historically important invention, writes ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - A Colt Frontier six-shooter revolver and grizzly bear claw necklace that once belonged to legendary Wild West figure Buffalo Bill Cody sold at auction in Dallas for $40,625 each ...

Slater says Cody bought the 1873 Colt model 1873 Frontier Six-Shooter Revolver from the New York City firearms dealer Hartley & Graham in January 1883. He expects the bids to top $30,000.

The appeal of this mythology extends to the present day. In August 2021, a Colt Frontier Six Shooter became the world’s most expensive firearm when the auction house Bonhams sold “the gun that ...

This 1873 Colt Frontier Six Shooter Revolver was one he used and was passed down through his family before going under the hammer in 1988 with a starting price of $37,500 (£22,000) at Heritage ...

When people think of cowboy weapons, the image of a Colt revolver immediately comes to mind – and for good reason. However, while the classic six-shooter ... the dangers of frontier life.

The ad also touted the Scout's "full formed" loading gate, a subtle dig at Ruger's early flat gate Single-Six. Moreover, the Frontier Scout was a genuine Colt, which made it the hands-down choice ...

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.