I've always been surprised that Colt's New Frontier, which is supposed to be their premium SA revolver, often has such plain and dull finished wood grips. A few examples from GB auctions..
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johngross
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Hi John;
I got to thinking about this and here's my thoughts on the matter.
Perhaps in the beginning, Colt understood that the need (military use), for the Colt Single Action Army wasn't to win a beauty contest. It was a gun that would be used hard and put away wet so to speak and so they didn't waste money buying fancy woods for their grips. After all, American Walnut is a very strong, robust wood and they knew full well that any Colt SAA's that were to go into the public domain, were only going to be swapped out for better looking grips in a hurry anyway. Or, since they were going into the hands of working cowboys, they too wouldn't waste their hard earned $10.00 a month on fancy grips either.
What do you think? A possible answer to why such poor looking grips on the Colt Single Action Army?
Bud
I got to thinking about this and here's my thoughts on the matter.
Perhaps in the beginning, Colt understood that the need (military use), for the Colt Single Action Army wasn't to win a beauty contest. It was a gun that would be used hard and put away wet so to speak and so they didn't waste money buying fancy woods for their grips. After all, American Walnut is a very strong, robust wood and they knew full well that any Colt SAA's that were to go into the public domain, were only going to be swapped out for better looking grips in a hurry anyway. Or, since they were going into the hands of working cowboys, they too wouldn't waste their hard earned $10.00 a month on fancy grips either.
What do you think? A possible answer to why such poor looking grips on the Colt Single Action Army?
Bud
I've always been surprised that Colt's New Frontier, which is supposed to be their premium SA revolver, often has such plain and dull finished wood grips. A few examples from GB auctions..
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