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No real details, but apparently there are new Colt Pythons at distributors as we speak. Take with a grain of salt?
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No real details, but apparently there are new Colt Pythons at distributors as we speak.
Seriously doubt that. The Python was the flagship of the Colt line and even the current management of the company can't be that stupid to mess with such an iconic revolver (the King Cobra was not an icon). Even so, the new King Cobra is still worthy and one of the best new production revolvers being sold in my opinion.More than likely they’ll go the same route as with the new so-called King Cobra and slap the Python name on a different design altogether.
The tooling may be worn, but it didnt just disappear. They may well still have the production capability, if not the experienced craftsmen, to produce legacy Pythons. We shall see.Let's see where this one goes after 14 pages of speculation about a new (yawn) Glock.
I personally don't see it happening as there don't seem to be any secrets in the gun industry. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Anaconda resurrected, as the company had new machinery for that model, but they'd be starting over from scratch on a Python.
I've no experience with any of the relatively few Pythons produced by the custom shop between '96 and '05 (after regular production stopped) so I can't speak to the assertion that those weren't any good, but that doesn't seem to be a good reason to have low expectations. Certainly Colt stepped up its game in the 1911 arena over the past few years, as it did with the new Cobra line.
Seriously doubt that. The Python was the flagship of the Colt line and even the current management of the company can't be that stupid to mess with such an iconic revolver (the King Cobra was not an icon). Even so, the new King Cobra is still worthy and one of the best new production revolvers being sold in my opinion.
Add this statement to things I thought I'd never see posted in this forum (calling a new Glock "exciting" on the revolver forum -- another sign that the apocalypse is upon us).As it was said earlier...”Yawn”.
The new Glock 44 is more exciting and I can’t even buy one in California.
Might I ask what your particular experience is with these "new Colts" is? Because I own some of these new colts (as well as a couple of the "old" Colts), and they're superior to what S&W is putting out these days. And I just happen to be a huge S&W revolver fan.hat I think is funny and sad, is all this hubbub and hype over these new Colts made with MIM parts and inferior appearances
Add this statement to things I thought I'd never see posted in this forum (calling a new Glock "exciting" on the revolver forum -- another sign that the apocalypse is upon us).
Might I ask what your particular experience is with these "new Colts" is? Because I own some of these new colts (as well as a couple of the "old" Colts), and they're superior to what S&W is putting out these days. And I just happen to be a huge S&W revolver fan.
Newsflash: MIM is here to stay, not going anywhere soon, used in the car(s) you drive, the airliners you fly on, the computer you're perusing the forum on, and even the space shuttle ...
It's because the pony sells. I couldn't agree more with you btw.I do not gripe about MIM. I am a big fan of S&W revolvers. I just think it’s really silly that people kicked S&W in the teeth over the same practices Colt’s now uses and everyone seems to be falling all over themselves regarding these new Colts.
Speaking of fake news......
Exactly. There would be no benefit what so ever to quietly distributing a firearm that Colt fans have been craving for years. Marketing sells guns. A lack of marketing does not sell guns.I'm with you. It is hard to believe that Pythons are at distributors and only one person had said something to the public. The odds of keeping that news off the internet would be about like Miss America showing up at my door and taking me out to dinner with a Registered Magnum as a keepsake of the date.
The Python was the flagship of the Colt line and even the current management of the company can't be that stupid to mess with such an iconic revolver...
Yeah, I seem to recall Denis mentioning a few times that to make a new Python the way they were made back in the day would lead to an MSRP of something like $4000. The majority of folks interested in these guns aren't going to be willing to pay anywhere near that.I wouldn't hold my breath. We've had industry insiders like the late Denis Prisbrey tell us for years that there is no chance whatsoever the Python even 'could' return and be anything even remotely resembling "affordable".
Yeah, I seem to recall Denis mentioning a few times that to make a new Python the way they were made back in the day would lead to an MSRP of something like $4000. The majority of folks interested in these guns aren't going to be willing to pay anywhere near that.
Me too.460Shooter
If I was in the market for a Colt Python (which I'm not and never really have been), and a new one cost $4000, I would certainly be looking for a used one that was in decent shape and at a comparable price!
Not to further take this thread off track, but no, I haven't forgotten. I could bore you with my knowledge (much of which was acquired on the internet anyway) of the Peacemaker's evolution, but I won't. Colt was not "re-introducing" an entire line of revolvers; yes, there were changes made between the generations of SAA production, but retirements of the older Colt workers and quality control slippage were some major factors in the problems with the 3rd gen revolvers. There was more to it than that, of course, and the turnover and mismanagement of the company at the top has become legendary. Let's just wait and see how things turn out, shall we? -- before deciding to write off one of the truly great firearms manufacturers in our country's history. It seems to have become the new normal in America these days to not honor and respect institutions and traditions simply because the humans involved have made mistakes or we don't like their decisions.You seem to have forgotten the third generation Single Action Army. Colt management was more than willing to mess with that "iconic revolver".
I call that smart marketing. The AR market has been totally glutted, and for the first time in a while, Colt management makes a good decision and incurs nothing but derision, with everyone taking this personally because Colt stops making ARs for civilians? Sheesh.Colt’s quit selling ARs to “civilians” and they get a pass.
Love this post.I hope they do introduce a new gun. I don't care if they call it a Python, or a garter snake. I just like seeing manufacturers introducing new revolvers, be it Colt, Kimber or Rock Island Arms. New revolvers mean the market hasn't completely been surrendered to black plastic semi-auto's.