Good luck, I tried bending the tip of the hand over to compensate the slack to the rachet. Which is what I assume you mean by easy fix. If it does work, it won't last long, most likely it won't work just like it didn't for me. The stock hand is a soft almost aluminum feeling material, not very sturdy.
That's not what I ment. Here's a link to a discussion I found some time ago and, after some research, the machining issue described in message #11 seems to be a fairly common one with Anacondas. Some were indeed produced in a hurry.
http://pistolsmith.com/colt-revolvers/22555-anaconda-timing.html
I'll be first to admit that Anaconda is definitely not a gun you need but one you want, and when you do, there will be some detective work to be done to have all the quirks ironed out. As a non-US-resident I don't even have an option to ship the gun back to Colt for adjustment, but fortunately there are quite a few competent revolver gunsmiths around and many of them are used to manufacturing custom parts when spares aren't available.
Still, if I was limited to having just one .44, I'd probably get the S&W.
EDIT: I just spent half an hour working on the Anaconda. There WAS a slight bend in the sideplate just like described in the link. Four-five careful taps with a small punch, checking the timing after each one and now the timing is textbook perfect. Lockup happens exactly at the point when DA trigger pull releases the hammer. Probably the easiest timing fix ever.
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