New Revolver from Colt coming!!!

[Robenstein]

Colt is dipping its toes back into the DA/SA revolver game.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/12/daniel-zimmerman/new-colt-cobra-38-revolver/

 

[nwjones18]

This is good news! in a world where used detective specials are bringing $500 and Pythons are bringing $2k+ I figured it was only a matter of time before they got back in the game.

 

[Robenstein]

Originally Posted By: nwjones18
This is good news! in a world where used detective specials are bringing $500 and Pythons are bringing $2k+ I figured it was only a matter of time before they got back in the game.


If they can keep the prices competitive (within 100 bucks) with S&W, they should be able to sell them as long as the quality and consistency is there.

 

[Chris142]

What are your thoughts about the external hammer? Looks like it could get caught on clothing.

 

[Robenstein]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
What are your thoughts about the external hammer? Looks like it could get caught on clothing.


If you carry one properly (technique and equipment matter), it should not be a big issue. Metric tons of S&W, Colt, Ruger, Taurus, etc wheel guns have been sold and carried with exposed hammers.

I carried an old Ruger Speed Six when I first got my license and it was not a problem.

 

[hatt]

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted By: Robenstein
Originally Posted By: nwjones18
This is good news! in a world where used detective specials are bringing $500 and Pythons are bringing $2k+ I figured it was only a matter of time before they got back in the game.


If they can keep the prices competitive (within 100 bucks) with S&W, they should be able to sell them as long as the quality and consistency is there.
MSRP is suppose to be $699. If the street price can get to $600 or less that's not too bad for a steel revolver.

 

[Robenstein]

A S&W Model 36 is running at almost 750 for MSRP and a Ruger SP101 in 38 is running at almost 720. So the price seems to be competitive as long as it holds.

 

[KCJeep]

Sweet! I bet they go for over retail for a while, as I'd wager demand will out pace supply for at least a year or so.

 

[ZeeOSix]

One of my old favorites is the Colt King Cobra, 357 Mag w/4" barrel. Worth a lot these days ... probably worth 8 times more than I paid when new.

 

[bunnspecial]

Sign me up!

They tout the "best double action trigger available" in the ad. I wonder what the lockwork is going to look like. I can shoot V springs very well but tend to stage the trigger which is actually a somewhat frowned upon technique. The later Colt coil spring action is not one of my favorites.

With that said, if the Cobra is successful, I wonder how long it will take to get the Magnum Carry back.

I'm also going to be a bit of a stickler and say that I wish they'd called it a Detective Special. Back when Colt was still making DAs, the Cobra ALWAYS was an alloy framed version of the Detective Special. A steel frame Cobra seems wrong to me.

Still, though, I'll likely buy the first I see.

 

[Robenstein]

I think the choice of name, while historically inaccurate, is sort of smart. When people, especially younger people think of Colt revolvers they think of the Single Action Army and the "Snake Guns".

 

[billt460]

I only wish if Colt was going to reintroduce the Cobra Revolver, they would have done it in the same manner it was made when it was discontinued. With the Colt Royal Blue Finish and steel sights. Bead blasting has been done to death, and makes any gun it's applied to look cheap, because it is.

 

[hatt]

I think the snake gun name is smart. Detective special doesn't have the ring these days.

 

[Robenstein]

Originally Posted By: billt460
I only wish if Colt was going to reintroduce the Cobra Revolver, they would have done it in the same manner it was made when it was discontinued. With the Colt Royal Blue Finish and steel sights. Bead blasting has been done to death, and makes any gun it's applied to look cheap, because it is.


I think a nice QPQ finish would have been a good idea. The whole flat black oxide look is an appeal to the modern tacticool crowd. The only nice thing I like about satin bead blasted bluing is the texture tends to hold oil on the surface better, helping to twart rust a bit better han a highly polished royal blue. I certainly think it helps keep the price competitive. Having a high polish option would be nice though, although it would raise the price.

 

[billt460]

It would no doubt be a bit more costly, but would be worth it. Browning offers both matte with plastic grips, as well as high polished blue with checkered Walnut grips, on their Hi-Power Model. The polished models are almost always out of stock because of demand. They're only about $90.00 more, and worth every cent.

 

[totegoat]

I hope they bring the Python back.

 

[bunnspecial]

Originally Posted By: Robenstein
I think the choice of name, while historically inaccurate, is sort of smart. When people, especially younger people think of Colt revolvers they think of the Single Action Army and the "Snake Guns".


Even if I don't like it, commercial success and more revolvers ultimately make the name something I can overlook

That's true even if I do spend a while looking at it in my safe.

With all of that said, Colt does need to put some effort into promoting some of the classic things that they used to sell their snubs. One of the selling points of the DS was the "6th shot." The DS frame is similar in size to the SP101(although the cylinder is larger) and given the popularity of that gun and the competitive price point it's a really easy argument. Let's face it-6 shots in a snub was an anomaly in the 1950s(when the Chief's Special dominated) and it's an anomaly now.

 

[DuckRyder]