Sweet little pistol, for sure! We have used my 79 Dback in our Womens Intro classes in the past and it does better than do the K frames- shorter trigger reach. Are you sure about the specs? It doesnt make sense to market a gun for concealed carry but take the time, effort, and money to put a beautiful, but delicate finish on it. However it is not cheap to refinish my original Detective Special in the royal blue bluing was $600 and they had to fix a small problem in the spring. The original snake guns from Colt were high-polish, hand fitted masterpieces. Just my $0.10 worth. only in 9.mm. If I move the cylinder latch lever a little, the cylinder will rotate on the . Colt 1911 Combat Commander Series 70 Steel Frame c. 9MM LUGER 1911 COMMANDER COLT COMBAT SEMI AUTO PISTOL LIKE NEW IN BOX G PETERS 1500-6. In the mid-1960s, he purchased a Colt Trooper from Massey Hardware in downtown Conway, Arkansas. The Detective Special was closer to what this new Cobra revolver is, and I have no idea why Colt marketing decided to muddy the waters with a name re-assignment like this. Please dont tell me this is what you think people want. By comparison I recently purchased the S&W 638, NIB, $419.00 and Sig 320 sub-compact for $485.00. Stroking the side of the revolver feels less like stroking the slick scales of a cobra and more like a cat licking your hand. And they are RARE. I agree with you that would have been a much better plan of attack. Massey Hardware, what a magical place that was! see fit to give us a longer ejection rod in atleast a 2 1/2 barrel shroud thatll positively shuck out the cases (better even than my K. Cobra)? I own a Diamondback and a detective, both are good quality revolvers. That .357 Magnum, 4-inch barreled gun served as my introduction into shooting IPSC in the late 1970s. The finish on the original Cobra was rather utilitarian by comparison to the Python. Tradition and nostalgia are important for a lot of gun enthusiasts. After I received the gun and had a chance to shoot it for a while, the people at Colt were gracious enough to let me rapid-fire some questions about the new Colt Cobra at them. Im more interested on how this compares to Ruger, S&W and maybe now Kimber than anything else since that is more of where its priced at. Hardly bigger than a S&W 640-1 but has a little more barrel and 6 rounds instead of 5. But if you criticize the company for its perceived poor communication skills, perhaps you should sweep off your own porch before commenting on anothers mess., Im disabled combat veteran that was blinded in Afghanistan by an IED I use voice text and I cant check my spelling very well or my sentence structure and I live in Florida so I think I know about the people in Miami a little bit better than you. It appears that the trigger pin is more centrally located, and the trigger itself is straighter. The original DetSpecs in stainless were a bead-blasted finish, very similar to this Cobra. The blued DSs were pretty nice, but not the Royal Blue of the Python. Buy At Auction. Great way to show reliability and quality of craftsmanship the day they released the gun so that people can get a side at it and actually shoot it one of their seven test guns takes a dump. The design work began where the last generation of Detective Special, the SF-VI, left off. Q. Bean counters were the reason why you went bankrupt the first time dont you think you might want to listen to the people who purchase your products? And this one froze so bad it was rendered a paperweight on one of the brands most important days of the year? I also prefer a .38+P to a .357 for a carry gun this size, and dont fault Colt for the caliber. It was quite a pleasant surprise to open the cardboard box up and see the familiar blue plastic Colt box inside, securing the new Colt Cobra revolver. I recently handled a new Colt King Cobra at my LGS. Yea, the Cobra version of the Mustang II was a cruel joke on wheels, a cartoon car. Add some Icing, Strengthen the cylinder & ream the chambers slightly so we can fire 38 Super +Ps to get a 125 JHP up to 1,000fps! The Anaconda also ships with Hogue rubber grips, which help dampen recoil. Ive done my best to summarize my questions and their answers verbatim, below.Where is the new Colt Cobra produced? And with 7 shots? I have an original Colt Cobra that was made in the 1950s. Accurate? The cylinder revolves clockwise, like a Colt should. I really wish I some of those Colts back todayId be a lot richer. Ive never owned a Colt, but that may change when the initial hype cools down. And the option to load from light .32 S&W and .32 S&W Long all the way up to .32 H&R Magnum and finally .32 Federal Magnum. Colt spent many years carefully planning before re-entering the revolver market with the Cobra. Forums exist so that people may enhance their knowledge with that of others. First, I buy 357 magnums because they are heavier, but most important they will shoot 38s, 38+P, plus 357. Is it produced by Colt 100%, or has Colt partnered with anyone else? Probably get the interest of soldiers, police and home defense and doesnt recoil as strongly as the .357 Magnum and a little more than a .38 Special but they are a hard hitter with ball or JHP bullets. At $699 MSRP, that type of blued finish just isnt possible these days. Direct Stock Entry New Products Hot Sellers Rebate Items Dream Guns . How dare you disparage the trooper mkiii its the poor mans python and I love mine 6 in barrel and adjustable sights its a tac driver. Its just a drag when a company comes out with something new, particularly an icon, and its nothing but complaining for the most part. colt, A. I dont think I ever saw one in a big gun store unless, again, I had no idea I was looking at one. Avoid the temptation to replace everything on your brand-new 1911 just to make it "better". Alberts achieved six-shotgroups within a 2-inch circle at defense distances with no problem in single-action. And Colt still missed the mark with the design. This would never happen if they would have followed the original blueprints of hand fitting the action and the parts that cause the cylinder to rotate such as the Paul and everything else that goes into making a revolver revolve. The rear is a groove milled into the topstrap of the frame. A. Posts: 307. I may take it with me. The problem was that she used jacketed round nose, because that was all she had at the moment. Colt King Cobra - Problems, Malfunctions, and Failures OH MY! The grouping opened up only slightly in double-action. I dont believe all the Colt revolvers were great. And in the event you got a Friday or Monday gun, you better hope it was purchased from Davidson's, or any other outfit that offers a replacement warranty. Third, and here is the big one, why not offer it in .327 Federal Magnum with a 6 round cylinder? The Colt Cobra holds six rounds of .38 Special ammunition, despite its compact dimensions. Muzzle jump and flip, commonly associated with small revolvers, is nonexistent on the Cobra. They are great guns. It may not be the people in Miami who have the communication problem. But theres no comparison. Colt was not happy with their original CNC shop and switched after finding a machine shop with state of the art machines and equipment that could fit their needs better. Colt Cobra TT 38 Special +P Rated Double Action Revolver with Black DLC Cylinder $749.00 $619.99; Notify Me When Available; Brand: Colt; owned by my Uncle Pete, a small- town deputy sheriff in the 1940s. As a wheelgun fan, Im also very interested in an indepth hands on review of the Korth offerings from Nighthawk. The Ruger SP101 was made for a concealment purpose a little brother to the GP100. After a 36-year hiatus, and to much fanfare, Colt brought back the Cobra in 2017. Had my dear ol grey haired Mother ship it to me as soon as I had an firm address. Again keep up the good work. EVEN BETTER THAN THE COLT COBRA is the original DETECTIVE SPECIAL with a 3 barrel Better balance and longer sight radius. With its small frame, 2-inch barrel, an unloaded weight of 25-ounces, it makes for an ideal carry or backup gun. Some of these vintage gems can be found in the, Demand was so strong upon its release, the Cobra was often difficult to find. In any event, I like the DA pull weight, and it is a nice looking gun, but Id like to see it with a bit more barrel, say somewhere between 3 and 4 inches. Looks like a handsome gun to keep in the fishing bag though. Yeah I would suppose they are changing some things I was there the day at Shot Show when they revealed that when it broke at the shooting range there was a bunch of chatter that I overheard people were not impressed. That Cobra was purchased for $220,000 at an auction in 1991. Colt made the right call on the finish, anyway. It was clearly the gun I remembered seeing at the 2017 Shot Show (click this link to see our coverage from SHOT Show 2017). A few days to grind down and re-polish hammer, trigger, cylinder release. Colt also offers a tritium front sight as an upgrade. The finger-tip on that cylinder advance lever looks a bit DAINTY. the blued versions werent especially great. I was thinking .44 spl. Exactly. They should make it again . Just what I thought ,a .38 Really ?? If you're worried about problems with the new Colt Python, be like the rest of us and wait for the bugs to get worked out before you go out and buy one. I just might buy another, just for old time sake. Just received my brand new Colt Cobra. Now we will see if the name can pull them back. Barrel Length: 3 in. To address these problems and to create a stronger and more durable revolver than the original, one of the first things Colt did when it redesigned the .357 Magnum-chambered Python was to beef up the frame. The other snake revolvers had OK-to-nice finishes, but they were not the Royal Blue of the Python. How Much does it weights empty.Is recoil the same than the Glock 17/19? Thank God I Had a Gun: True Accounts of Self-Defense Paperback February 1, 2014 The little Colt Cobra arrived in an innocuous brown cardboard box. There are a number of Colt small-frame .38s in the house here, but in the end, the one that goes for a ride in the big world most often is the Agent, the dull-finish version of the real Cobra. A. Has anyone found any of these for sale online brand new in box? Great triggers arent the only thing that made a Colt Cobra famous, though. I wonder if Colt will decide to sell this in California. Nor anywhere near as light as the Charter Bulldog. As far as Im concerned Night Hawk might as well be make believe. or when cocking to fire? RIP Bill *****. Q. Q. My experience with these parts is that they are a little gritty and not as smooth as solid metal parts. Remington's Nylon 66 semi-automatic .22 LR rifles have grown from 1950s bargain buys to 21st century collectors darlings. That changed this year when Colt reintroduced a newly redesigned Cobra. I cant think of any other gun from any other manufacture that got the level of attention and finish that the Python did in its heyday. I was hoping for better reviews. I was just looking at an Enhanced Internal Diagram of the new Cobra. The Nighthawk, hands down. In 2017 the costs are totally reversed, and hand-fitting would make the new Cobra a $2,000.00+ gun instead of a $699.00 gun. The new Pythons are definitely the sort of guns that will go with you to the range every time you head out this year, and probably also next year and the year after that But they're also serious shooters. As the article says Id love to be wrong about that, but indications seem otherwise. I dont think anyone would assume that a $700 revolver would be better than a $1700 revolver. I have pictures of handgun. Ill probably be investing my money in a kimber k6s. The Cobra features a transfer bar safety that ensures the revolver will only fire when the trigger is pulled. The new Cobra (l.) sports a stainless steel frame whereas the original was aluminum. Colts rotate into the window. The original Cobra wasnt this type of gun it had an aluminum frame and was a five-shot cylinder. Firstly, go to the "Colt" site and select "Customer Service.". In comparison a competitor in the Taurus 38, the Taurus grips resulted in no hand pain at all. All this negativity 38s a weak caliber, why isnt it aluminum, a Python, an Anaconda, a 3, a 4, a 5, a 357, blah, blah, blah. Sort of, I suffer from MD and am slowly loosing the use of my hands (legs, arms, ect.) The latest Cobra also features a redesigned leaf mainspring that . Many times, small-frame revolvers are suggested for new shooters because theyre easy to handle and dependable. I went back and forth between Nighthawk and Colt booths comparing the Cobra and the Skyhawk. The. We worked hard to ensure that if the market wants more Colt DA revolvers, the Cobra design would be flexible enough, and robust enough, to handle future model variations that customers may want. Then re-start the Diamondback and Anaconda. To prepare for my trip to the range, I pulled down that box of holsters that all gun guys tend to have and undertook my best effort to find something that the Colt would fit. I wish I could take apart a trio of S&W, Ruger, Colt DA revolvers side-by-side and show people whats really going on inside a DA revolver, and what is required to get the timing right.. If you criticize the company because you have legitimate concerns about the quality of its product, fine. This weekend I will have my new holster and will switch to the Cobra. Save those semi-hand-made Pythons, the new King Cobra is as good as any of the standard production double action revolvers Colt has made. Photos by Kenda Lenseigne. Even adjusting for age, the finish on the New Cobras (as described in the review) would be better than the Old Cobras (even adjusted for age/wear) I have seen. Its there, but we all know it wont look like polished steel. Fans of Colt revolvers have been clamoring for a new model for years, and the Colt Cobra addresses that desire. I have had the cylinder on a J-frame bind after two or three cylinders. Insert your serial numbers by clicking them. They hold their value better than 38s and are heavier, plus the heavier gun creates a lesser kick.
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