For those that haven't been paying attention, the new King Cobra has been on the market for quite a few months now, averaging pretty sterling reviews both in the firearms media and from the consumers. My Cobras (up to three now, with another on the way) are flawless, and of note, the triggers are spectacular.
It seems reasonable to me that the new guns would drop the demand for the old ones to some degree. Many of us want the experience of shooting a Colt revolver and are more concerned with that than having a collector's piece. So ,many shooters may have shifted their eye to the new guns. The good news is it's good for a collector who is looking to pick up some of the old guns. I have no kids and only a niece and nephew being raised by very liberal parents. Most of my friends are older than me too. So I doubt very much I'll have anyone to leave my guns to. So for me, everything I buy is a shooter. I have no interest in paying extra cost unless the older models offer some differing experience over current guns. And maybe they do.
I concur (especially when I see old Smiths going for more than new models -- case in point, the 2.5" Model 66 -- last pre-MIM no-dash through dash-4 in 95% or better condition always go for one or two hundred more than the $749 I see the new one priced at).
