Shooting Colt's Diamondback DA revolver

[duelist1954]

I'm a big fan of Colt's wheel guns. I have wanted a Python for many years, but I've been unwilling to pay the inflated prices that Pythons command.

A few years ago I decided to compromise and get a Diamondback...Python looks without the Python price. I'm glad I got it. It has become one of my favorite plinking guns.

This video shows my little DB in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfZ70O_gCs

 

[03fatboy]

Very good video and very good information got to love the wheel guns and the snake guns.
Good job shooting.

 

[Dframe]

The D-Back is one of my beloved D Frames and I greatly enjoy shooting mine. They are ALL more accurate than I am.

 

[Jim K]

The Diamondback is one of the nicest revolvers Colt ever put out, and many of them rival the Python in fit and finish. It is a sad situation that the name is now being used by another company on a very much inferior product.

Jim

 

[bannockburn]

I always wanted a Diamondback in .22LR as a stablemate for a vintage S&W K-22. I think both guns are the benchmark of classic double action rimfire revolvers,

 

[22-rimfire]

Nice job on the video. I should mention that they stopped production in 1986 (vs 1988).

Added: A few hundred were assembled from parts circa 1991. They came in the blue plastic boxes.

Colt Diamondbacks are my favorite revolvers.

 

[Jaymo]

If I could afford it, I would buy a Pristine Python, in Royal Blue.
I cannot afford it. So, I do not have one.
Diamondbacks are sweet shooters.

 

[J-Bar]

Sweet! Mike, we have similar tastes.

Time to watch Steve McQueen in "Bullitt" and John Wayne in "Brannigan" exercise their Diamondbacks...

 

[hariph creek]

Jim K, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one lamenting this.

 

[dgroff85]

Great video, I've always wanted a Diamondback 22, but my pythons eat up most of my play money.