helitack32f1
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I have been a fan of the Colt ever since my first Colt Woodsman. I have hated to see the once great Colt constantly teetering on the edge of extinction and I have always wondered, why do they not revive some of their most revered models of the past? Colt seems as though it is attempting to survive solely off the sales of the AR platform and the 1911.
I cannot even think of anything new Colt has introduced since the failed Colt All American 2000 and the Colt Cadet .22. What I do not understand is, why do they not offer a continuation of the Colt Woodsman, the Colt Anaconda and the Colt Python? The claim, at least about the Woodsman is that it would be too expensive to make but i believe they could charge a premium for it, if it was as well made as the originals. I do not understand how it is not possible for Colt to make these in a cost effective manner given how much manufacturing and technology has changed since they quit making them. This could be sold as a premium .22 and people would pay for it.
I believe the same could be said for the Python and Anaconda. Colt already makes the SAA and has an MSRP for around $1,800 for that so why not fire up the production lines for these fine and sought after firearms and charge a premium for them?
The only real negative I see is that maybe production of these guns could detract from the worth of originals. However, people will always put a higher worth on originals.
If Colt could figure out how to do this in a competent manner in which they actually see a profit, maybe they then could hire some of the best engineers in the industry and make an all new gun that can take on the world.
A man can dream can't he?
I cannot even think of anything new Colt has introduced since the failed Colt All American 2000 and the Colt Cadet .22. What I do not understand is, why do they not offer a continuation of the Colt Woodsman, the Colt Anaconda and the Colt Python? The claim, at least about the Woodsman is that it would be too expensive to make but i believe they could charge a premium for it, if it was as well made as the originals. I do not understand how it is not possible for Colt to make these in a cost effective manner given how much manufacturing and technology has changed since they quit making them. This could be sold as a premium .22 and people would pay for it.
I believe the same could be said for the Python and Anaconda. Colt already makes the SAA and has an MSRP for around $1,800 for that so why not fire up the production lines for these fine and sought after firearms and charge a premium for them?
The only real negative I see is that maybe production of these guns could detract from the worth of originals. However, people will always put a higher worth on originals.
If Colt could figure out how to do this in a competent manner in which they actually see a profit, maybe they then could hire some of the best engineers in the industry and make an all new gun that can take on the world.
A man can dream can't he?