22-rimfire
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I like Colt revolvers. I used to love their revolvers... maybe I still do.
This is pretty much where I am at with regard to Colt. I really like the D-frame Colt revolvers. A Det Special was the last Colt I have purchased. Fine gun!
I am not a huge Python fan. A 6" Python was my first DA centerfire revolver which I kept and shot occasionally for years. Sold it off to buy Colts that I prefer. I really like the Trooper Mark III in 357 mag and that is my target 357 that I shoot the most at the range or for fun.
The Colt DA revolver design just could not last in this manufacturing enviroment. Too expensive and too much hand fitting involved as I understand it. Colt's woes came to light as the civilian shooting public shifted to the wonder 9's and there was little market for DA revolvers for about 15 years.
Colt's management tended to be reactive rather than proactive starting in the 1960's.
You can still buy Colt DA revolvers. For those that want them, most appreciate them for what they are. As the price of Colts rose starting around 2000, I shifted to buying S&W revolvers as I saw them as more cost effective. But from a collector standpoint, speaking in generalities, nothin beats a Colt revolver!
DPris said ...I can admire the workmanship & the historical importance while recognizing that the older Colt DAs have simply obsoleted themselves.
Working DA revolvers come from other companies.
I can appreciate Colt's history without worshipping it.
This is pretty much where I am at with regard to Colt. I really like the D-frame Colt revolvers. A Det Special was the last Colt I have purchased. Fine gun!
I am not a huge Python fan. A 6" Python was my first DA centerfire revolver which I kept and shot occasionally for years. Sold it off to buy Colts that I prefer. I really like the Trooper Mark III in 357 mag and that is my target 357 that I shoot the most at the range or for fun.
The Colt DA revolver design just could not last in this manufacturing enviroment. Too expensive and too much hand fitting involved as I understand it. Colt's woes came to light as the civilian shooting public shifted to the wonder 9's and there was little market for DA revolvers for about 15 years.
Colt's management tended to be reactive rather than proactive starting in the 1960's.
You can still buy Colt DA revolvers. For those that want them, most appreciate them for what they are. As the price of Colts rose starting around 2000, I shifted to buying S&W revolvers as I saw them as more cost effective. But from a collector standpoint, speaking in generalities, nothin beats a Colt revolver!