Colt and snake guns

I just wonder if revolvers can compete in today's market with all the automatics out there. There seems to be fewer and fewer of us old dogs that still hold on to them

This rumor has been around for a long time. In todays world Colt could NOT produce the revolvers in question at anything remotely close to an affordable price.

I just wonder if revolvers can compete in today's market with all the automatics out there. There seems to be fewer and fewer of us old dogs that still hold on to them

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I haven't seen any evidence of people trying to get rid of them.

Pythons and Diamondbacks start around $2000 and up these days.

I know but not seeing anyone buying revolvers either. Maybe I'm out of touch, but all my friends have chosen autos over revolvers for the pas several years.

Very, very, very definitely NO PYTHON!

A new DA revolver?
Wait & watch.
Denis

Even if Colt decided to get back into the revolver market what you would see would be a new design (and made of new materials), which would bear little resemblance to the Snake series of guns of years past. They would be Pythons, King Cobras, Boas, Diamondbacks, and Anacondas in name only.

DPris said:

Very, very, very definitely NO PYTHON!

A new DA revolver?
Wait & watch.
Denis

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Will it have a "snake" name?

I remember getting all excited a couple of years ago when it was heavily rumored that Colt was getting back into revolver production. And then again last year.

Turns out I should have been waiting for new entrants, like Kimber. They seem to think there's a future in revolvers, even if Colt doesn't.

Colt's had a number of problems that affected new project development.
Things like $200 million in debt, bankruptcy, and so on.
Some things got delayed.

I have no idea what it'll be named.
Believe or not.
Wait'n C.
Denis

If it happens it will most likely be more like a Cobra.

Last I know, S&W is doing pretty well with their revolvers, and Ruger is not far behind. Colt's problem was not with lack of interest in revolvers as such, but with the high cost of Colts which were an ancient design that required expensive hand fitting.

Jim

We do this every year...

Cheap hobby.
Denis

bannockburn said:

Even if Colt decided to get back into the revolver market what you would see would be a new design (and made of new materials), which would bear little resemblance to the Snake series of guns of years past. They would be Pythons, King Cobras, Boas, Diamondbacks, and Anacondas in name only.

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I have always felt this way as well, however the Dan Wesson 715 that they brought back from the dead is made today just like it was in the past. Maybe the big difference is that the 715/15-2 was a design way ahead of its time and the Python was already a dinosaur when it was first released.

If Colt introduced anything look towards the likeness of the new Kimber revolver.......with a vent rib of course.

If they're that short of funds they could do a 2-shot derringer and call it the Garter Snake.

rimshot/cymbal....

or Polymer and call it a Plastic Snake

I know but not seeing anyone buying revolvers either. Maybe I'm out of touch, but all my friends have chosen autos over revolvers for the pas several years.

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Kind of funny 3 of my non "gun" friends have bought revolvers recently.

joem1945 said:

I have a "King Cobra" unfired. Every time I open the safe I'm tempted to go shoot it.

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man i dunno how you have the restraint to do that ;-)
i dont think id have that control
Gene

Fla_dogman said:

I know but not seeing anyone buying revolvers either. Maybe I'm out of touch, but all my friends have chosen autos over revolvers for the pas several years.

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With respect, I think you are in fact a bit out of touch. Revolvers are still in high enough demand that S&W produces and sells a lot them, Ruger is constantly coming out with a new model or rerelease of an old gun, Dan Wesson just rereleased the 715, and Kimber has just entered the market.

ColtPythonElite said:

We do this every year...

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Yes we do

joem1945 said:

I have a "King Cobra" unfired. Every time I open the safe I'm tempted to go shoot it.

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I have several unfired Colts. The skyrocketing prices have been enough to keep me from shooting them....Fortunately for every unfired one, I have a fired one just like it to keep me happy. However, I have often said if a shooter lays down on me, I will break out an unfired one and go to shooting.