60 GUNSOFTHEOLDWEST FALL 2019
Frontieris withintheoriginalS&Wdesigns
exceptfortheslightlylongercylinderand
frametoaccommodate.45Coltcartridges.
I testedtheTaylor’sFrontierin.45Colt
byshootingatsilhouettetargets 15 yards
awayinone-secondintervals.I fireda total
of 10 roundspertargetusingFreedom
Munitions’200-grainLeadvilleround-nose
flat-point(RNFP)cartridges.
TheTaylor’sgunhasa smooth,short,
two-stagehammerdraw(onlytwoclicks
insteadofa Colt’sfour)anda lighttrigger
that,onmytestsample,weighedinat4.2
poundson average.Forcomparison,the
original S&W New Model No. 3 Frontier
pictured has an average trigger pull of 4.46
pounds.ThetargetrearsightontheTaylor’s
gunis obviouslyeasiertousethanthestan-
dardModelNo.3’s smallnotchat thefront
ofthelatch.Whichitselfisstilleasiertouse
thana ColtSingleAction,withthesimple
topstrapchannel.Allinall,theTaylor’s
Frontierfeltwellbalancedandhandled
smoothlyfromloadingtofiringtoreload-
ing—asauthenticasanoriginalS&Wmodel.
MyaccuracytestwiththeLeadville
roundsput 10 shotsinsideof3.13inches,
withthebestfiveshotsclusteringinthe
10-andX-ringsat1.13inches.Theaverage
ve locitycameinat 756fps.The Frontieris
fasttogetintoactionandputsshotspretty
closetothepointofaim.
Inoneofthemostimportantbookswrit-
tenonthehistoryofS&Whandguns,The
StandardCatalogofSmith&WessonbyJim
SupicaandRichardNahas,theauthorssum-
marizedtheNewModelNo.3 as the“pinna-
cleofS&Wlarge-framesingle-actionrevolver
design.”Thesamecanbesaidforthelatest
UbertimodelfromTaylor’s&Company
Firearms.Formoreinformation,visit
taylorsfirearms.comorcall540-722-2017.✪
FRONTIER FIREPOWER
Uberti’s current Schofield model follows
the original S&W Second Model design.
The Uberti Russian follows
the Third Model design, which is
partially carried over into the new Frontier.
The same cylinder retaining screw from
the Russian is used for the barrel on the Frontier.
(Above)WiththeTaylor’sreplicainhand and
anoriginalNewModelNo.3 ina holster, the
authoris readyforwhatevercomesalong.
(Left) The Taylor’s Frontier created this tight
10-shot group with the Leadville ammo.
