When did the Colt Anaconda become a $2,000+ gun?

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What your seeing is the result of a couple of generations of people who grew up dreaming of fine Smith and Wesson and Colt revolvers reaching their absolute peak expendable income years. Men sacrifice and put their kids through school, pay off the mortgage, then inevitably start buying the cool things they always wanted when they were young ,whatever the price.

In 20-25 years many of these folks will start selling off those collections to pay for final expenses, or leave them to a smaller generation with far fewer people ever interested in revolvers to begin with. So likely prices will fall or at the very least stabilize, but likely not for some time.

Agree 100%. I think there are other factors involved as well, including the prepper movement, pop culture, Colt production numbers, general Colt quality and name brand being desirable, ect., other things I'm forgetting. There are many factors that have set the price off on D/A Colts recently way above what IMO they should be, judging by availability (which is good) and the state of the economy (which is bad). I know the supply and demand gurus will want to jump all over me for that statement, but I have no stated interest in paying more for a firearm than I have to, unlike the business interests that wish to drive them as high as possible.

Colt stopped making double action revolvers. Single action revolvers never went away and they even reintroduced the New Frontier.

That's what I meant to say, thanks for the correction.

And thank you C&L!

This Anaconda thread needs a picture.