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March 8th, 2007, 10:59 PM #1
Colt
Time for a Supid Question: Does Colt make DA revolvers anymore???
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March 8th, 2007, 11:19 PM #2
Re: Colt
Yes sir they do.
The Colt Python and Anaconda are still in production as part of Colt's "Custom Shop".
Each gun goes over $1,000.
Standard production of the Anaconda, Python, Magnum Carry, Detective Spl, and King Cobra was cancelled in 1997 with the last guns going out in 1998.
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Re: Colt
Sadly, I'm not sure that's correct.
Several months ago I read a feature in American Handgunner or Shooting Times. It was about the last Colt Python ever to be made by the Custom Shop. Gold inlay, fully engraved, valued at some $100k+ price and sent to the NRA for display or something like that. I'll see if I can dig it up and post some excerpts. They interviewed the two guys left at Colt who were allowed to make Pythons -- both sounded pretty distraught, given that they'd just made their (last)masterpiece.
I'm pretty sure Custom Shop production stopped in 2003-2004 (after regular producted ended in 97 or 98). The Colt website was out of date for a long time. The Python is no longer listed, in any case.
They're still making 1911s, ARs, and SAAs, though.
Very sad, even to a die hard S&W revolver fan. I really liked the Python. Accurate, sturdy, good trigger, certainly beautiful looking. The only problem with the Python was that it cost so damn much to get the cylinder rotating in the proper direction after you bought it!
Edit to add: You can still see the Python on the site, but only if you google for it. The direct link on the Coltsmfg site has been removed.Last edited by Rule10b5; March 9th, 2007 at 09:16 AM.
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March 9th, 2007, 11:16 AM #4
Re: Colt
Thanks for the update - - - - It's a shame that they stoped producing them
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