Colt D Frame snubs

[LKB3rd]

Wonder of they have any 158 gr Hollow-Points..?

It is a very comfortable load. Maybe just use HP for ccw ? - don't know how the speed would be for SD and danger of shot passing through a body.

Anyone know about either question?

They aren't too common, but "FBI load" .38's are a 158 grain lead semi wadcutter hollowpoint, and are said to be a good self defense round.
edited to add:I believe you can find them in non +p, just did some googling and found several +p versions.

 

[Guillermo]

I believe you can find them in non +p

For self-defense I cannot imagine wanting to. While most of us practice with mild rounds I would guess that most of us use some more median rounds too, which "+P" is.

 

[LKB3rd]

Do you shoot it out of older d frames?

 

[Guillermo]

Usually I practice with low pressure cartridges but since I carry medium pressure cartridges (+P) for self-defense I make sure to shoot some so as to stay sharp.

 

[TexasBill]

Seeing that pile of Colt snubs makes me wish that someone would bring the Colt double-action revolvers back into production. It's probably a great way to turn a large fortune into a small one, but there are several companies that do right well making knock-offs of other Colts.

 

[Guillermo]

It's probably a great way to turn a large fortune into a small one

Yes...because if they did come back a Python it would be like the Mustang II version of the Cobra.

It would be like buying a MIM, Internal Lock S&W

 

[TexasBill]

Nothing wrong with MIM parts in the proper application (they are equal or superior to forged components) and I could care less about the lock; I'm buying a gun, not a political statement.

Besides, there's no reason a Python every bit as good as the classics couldn't be made (and sold) today. When you look at the price of a Les Baer 1911, there's plenty of room for the cost of a hand-honed and assembled Python action using machined parts.

While the "Mistake II" might not have been the high watermark of Ford engineering, by any objective performance measure, recent Shelbys are better cars than the original - including the Shelby GT500KR. No reason a modern Python couldn't be the same.

 

[Guillermo]

The problem with the car analogy is that in the 70's all cars sucked. The Kia of today is a better car than the finest Detroit produced. I should have used a better example to illustrate my point.

MIM parts are just fine in the proper application. Unfortunately the way that gun manufactures use them, they are not superior in any way with the exception of hardness. (which one could argue that makes them virtually impossible to polish and is therefore inferior...but I digress)

Note MIM material could be better for gun parts in that they COULD put a harder material over a more flexible material. This would make it a multi step process and therefore eliminate the cost savings.

As to a new Python having a lock, they certainly are not idiotic enough to design anything like S&W did. Since that is the case, you are correct that it would not matter one way or another.

In the end I hope that they never bring it back. It would be a horrible disappointment.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I really don't see a reason to bring back Colt DA's. There are plenty of them out there on the market. If Colt brought started producing the same guns as the "yesterday" models with the same quality, they wouldn't have a cheap price tag...They'd likely cost what all the NIB and LNIB guns are bringing now. There's thousands of them out there for sale right now. I enjoy the hunt of finding nice ones to throw in my pile.

 

[Guillermo]

That sure is a nice stack of D frames

Trying not to be jealous

 

[ColtPythonElite]

Thank you, Guillermo....To illustrate my earlier point about there being plenty of them available, outta that group, three had never been fired when I bought them and 2 of those came in the original box. I paid no more for each one than a new Smith costs...The one on the bottom is actually a MK III. It was NIB...I took it out and shot it the next day.