Anybody ever try a Colt New Frontier .22 SA?
When I was a kid I loved Colts. The advertisements really set me on fire. The replica eagle grips, plastic not rubber, and case colored frames really looked the part. Plus an extra Magnum cylinder and adjustable sights!
Did they shoot to any count?
I was later suspicious if Colt actually made them or they were Italian contracted. If not complete manufacture, manufacture of parts then assembled in country. That might get around some European proofing. The truck loads of "Commemorative" models looked just like my Italian FIE only cosmetically finished to much higher standards. It's been a bitter pill in many ways, having my childhood dreams pissed upon by late realization of reality. First Santa, then Capstick..., the moon shot. The list gets longer.
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Got one of these, but never fired it
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My impression
Way back, like 1970-something, a friend bought one of those. He went in to buy a Single-Six like mine but fell under the spell of the Colt. It was a quite nice little gun, well-fitted and deeply polished/blued. Had the extra magnum cylinder.
It shot as well as my Ruger for both of us, considering that neither of us what you’d call an expert marksman back then. All I can tell you is that my impression of the Colt was that it felt somehow “smaller” than the Ruger, and the action sounded and felt somehow more “delicate”. Granted the extra nice Colt finish.
I would not have traded guns with him. 
ORG