De,
Of course the cheaper single-actions will far outsell the Peacemaker, but that's irrelevant.
There remains an unsatisfied market for the Colt, and there are those of us who are simply willing to pay for one.
Even at $1500.
It's kinda like Freedom Arms, their single-actions are an expensive niche gun, but they're still crankin' 'em out.
Not to sound snobby (I have Rugers too), but there ARE people who will cheerfully pay a couple thousand for a gun that goes beyond a $500 Ruger or a $400 Uberti.
My three Peacemakers, between original purchase & later refining, ran three grand each.
No brag, and they're not fancy, just saying....
Just because you're not one of those, doesn't mean the demand's not there.
Re the V-Springs- my comment was in response to two specific Colt models that RI could produce, both of which were V-Spring DAs.
If the guts are re-designed, they wouldn't be those two Colt models.
And no revolver from RI has ever equaled a Colt DA in quality.
No reason to believe any future RI DA revolvers ever will.
Denis