Colt Working to Bring New DA Revolver(s) to Market

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But the core question is how many other folks think like you do, and have the financial means to carry it out?
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It would be an issue indeed. A new, expensive .38 target revolver would be a tough sell when there are so many fantastic K38s and other older .38 target revolvers around.

I, for one, would not bother with a new production Shooting Master. But I'm also not a die-hard Colt guy. My question is that much like politicians, gun companies have to sway people who are not just already in their camp, but the fence sitters.
How many people who are not "colt guys" are going to flock to this type of revolver?

I'd expect something more like the Mountain Gun would sell better. Something just like the .45Colt Vern mentioned. Good for HD, hiking, camping and even hunting.
 
The Shooting Master I have in mind is the Colt New Service in .45 Colt, with target sights.

I have a New Service that has been reblued and is not a collector's gun. One of these days, I will have the barrel cut to 5 1/2" and target sights mounted.
 
I don't know how many others would buy, but I suspect a retro-revolver without the Ugly Hole (a la the modern Smith and Wesson) would sell well.
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I suspect you might be right in the short term following introduction, but longer sustained sales would be more questionable. Looking at today's handgun market I don't see substantial demand for anybody's big-bore revolvers, and that is what Colt would need to keep the price where buyers in large numbers would pay it. It is the manufacturers of small snub-nose "pocketable" revolvers that are doing well.

Understand that given the opportunity to obtain a Shooting Master in .45 Colt would bring me great delight, but I am looking at the market as it is, rather then what I wish it was. This is an area where Colt can't afford to make a mistake.
 
Plastic revolvers have been the rage and it seems like they're holding up AND appeal to the CCW market. I don't see them going retro when the future is light weight and plastic. It must be cheaper to make as well. Why appeal to the old time Colt buyers when there are millions of new shooters looking to buy plastic.
 
"The Shooting Master I have in mind is the Colt New Service in .45 Colt, with target sights."

The Shooting Master was built on the New Service frame, and is a BIG gun. The tendency today is toward smaller and lighter (even "plastic") handguns, and I don't see a new SM having much appeal. Plus, handgun target shooting is becoming a dying sport; most handgun shooting today, for better or worse, is the "defense" type of shooting, with emphasis on concealed carry, something for which a Shooting Master would be less than ideal, IMHO.

Jim
 
Yeah, but I carry a New Service in the woods or on horseback, and it will do about anything a .44 Magnum will do. A modern Shooting Master would beat the S&W M629 all hollow.
 
Yeah, but I carry a New Service in the woods or on horseback, and it will do about anything a .44 Magnum will do. A modern Shooting Master would beat the S&W M629 all hollow.
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Understood. But exactly how large of a market demand do you represent? Obviously they're others who feel as you do, but if Colt did introduce such a revolver and filled up the demand with one or two years production - then what?

These days horse-backers and woodsmen are relatively scares, and not all are united when it comes to any particular revolver, or platform/cartridge combination.
 
I've got all my revolver needs filled (but not nearly all my wants). I'd really like for Colt to reintroduce the Woodsman .22lr. I wouldn't get my hopes up too high about a new Colt revolvers fit and finish. I would bet the skilled people are about gone.
 
I've got a Woodsman, made in 1938 -- it's the most accurate handgun I've ever owned, and it's death on squirrels.

I suspect if Colt did it right, they'd have a quality product. Look at how Kimber went into the M1911 market and knocked everyone on their ear.
 
I've got a Woodsman, made in 1938 -- it's the most accurate handgun I've ever owned, and it's death on squirrels.
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Again I agree, but they don't make them now like they did in 1938... :banghead:
 
Unfortunately, far as I know, USFA owns the rights to the name now.
I don't know how far that'd extend toward the actual design (probably wouldn't have any effect), but Colt would have to re-name such a re-intro.

I'm not sure CNC could make it anywhere near as affordably competitive as it'd need to be to take on Ruger & Browning.
CNC is not a guaranteed magic solution to outdated manufacturing methods. :)
Denis
 
if colt "bought out" usfa, there would be no problem. since usfa is no longer in business, it's doable. that, on the surface, would be an excellent idea for colt.

some say usfa made better colt saas than colt did.

murf
 
That might (or might not) come about, but it will be much different then what you remember if it does show up.
 
I've watched threads like this off & on for a year or so.
While I'd love to see Colt make a nice DA revolver especially if they could not drill all the holes in it for locks, but I don't think it's going to happen.

They already make the best six-gun to ever come down the pike,,,, why the Colt Single Action Army of course!!!!! ;):D:D
 
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