I don't like snakes

[UncleEd]

Python, Diamondback, Viper, Anaconda, Cobra, King Cobra

Never liked snakes and always thought it was dumb for
Colt to name its revolvers after deadly snakes.

Are their owners supposed to be deadly to anyone.

Dumb marketing ploy.

Doesn't mean I dislike the guns. Actually do like some of them.

 

[357 Terms]

I like it better than Smiths numerical model numbers.

Sometimes it makes no sense, the model 357 is a 41 magnum for crying out loud!!!

 

[UncleEd]

I like it better than Smiths numerical model numbers.

Sometimes it makes no sense, the model 357 is a 41 magnum for crying out loud!!!

But Albert Einstein would approve.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I like it better than Smiths numerical model numbers.

Sometimes it makes no sense, the model 357 is a 41 magnum for crying out loud!!!

This Smith is name Cartwright

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

My wife's hobby is snakes. She has over 2 dozen of them.

 

[Vonderek]

Seems like a pretty darn good marketing ploy after decades of sales and values going through the roof.

 

[NorthBorder]

My wife's hobby is snakes. She has over 2 dozen of them.

The shootin' kind or the shoot at kind?

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

LOL the shoot at kind.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

For such a dumb marketing ploy, they sure caught on and have a cult following.

Everyone likes different things, and that's okay. Be a hell of a boring world if we all liked the same things.

 

[Mark_Mark]

For such a dumb marketing ploy, they sure caught on and have a cult following.

Everyone likes different things, and that's okay. Be a hell of a boring world if we all liked the same things.

30 years later and I want 1 !

 

[Riomouse911]

In high school I worked at a reptile-centric pet store for several years. The store had all sorts of stuff, from Rhinoceros Iguanas to Anacondas to Caiman to rat-eating South African Burrowing Bullfrogs to super rare Geckos and Madagascan boa constrictors selling for a thousand bucks each.

Lots of memories working there.

No snake guns in my larder, though. Someday I will rectify that issue.

Stay safe.

 

[Targa]

To each their own but I like what Colt did.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Best Snake gun I ever owned! (LONG STORY)

 

[CajunBass]

Never occurred to me to like or dislike a name. It's just what they're called.

I will say I think "Combat Masterpiece" is the best gun name ever, followed closely by Colt's "Peacemaker."

 

[InTheSwamp]

Never occurred to me to like or dislike a name. It's just what they're called.

I will say I think "Combat Masterpiece" is the best gun name ever, followed closely by Colt's "Peacemaker."

Agree. Names don't bother me; I just care about reliability. Yet, I prefer those two -- as well as "Trooper" -- over the reptilian ones.
To wit, people's dislike of snakes is well documented from Time immemorial.

 

[Offhand McFlan]

Python, Diamondback, Viper, Anaconda, Cobra, King Cobra

Never liked snakes and always thought it was dumb for
Colt to name its revolvers after deadly snakes.

Are their owners supposed to be deadly to anyone.

Dumb marketing ploy.

Doesn't mean I dislike the guns. Actually do like some of them.

Once I saw a ballistic chart of values for certain cartridges and loads through various guns. I think it was the Python that was POOR compared to all other test platforms. It was surprising considering the legendary popularity of the model.

 

[Pat Riot]

I never understood the snake names for revolvers.
Back in the 80’s I had a friend that got me into Bullseye shooting. We used 1911s, but there were a few police officers that shot with revolvers. One day I commented on why Colt used snake names for their guns. One of the officers, who loved razzing his fellow officers about their Smith & Wessons, said “Because when you draw your Colt you can strike fast and strike hard!” Of course that elicited groans from all the guys,

Besides two 1911s I used to own the only Colt I own now is a Detective Special. That’s not a snake gun…unless I am using it on a poisonous snake.

 

[Jeff olson]

Python, Diamondback, Viper, Anaconda, Cobra, King Cobra

Never liked snakes and always thought it was dumb for
Colt to name its revolvers after deadly snakes.

Are their owners supposed to be deadly to anyone.

Dumb marketing ploy.

Doesn't mean I dislike the guns. Actually do like some of them.

You don't like them, but don't dislike them? Do you own any?

 

[.308 Norma]

Sometimes it makes no sense, the model 357 is a 41 magnum for crying out loud!!!

LOL!
My Glock G44 is a 22LR.

 

[UncleEd]

You don't like them, but don't dislike them? Do you own any?

Presently no but I have owned numerous Colt revolvers.

 

[hemiram]

There was a guy on a forum someplace said he would never buy a Charger or Challenger because "The name is too aggressive". He admitted he did like the cars themselves though. I can't say I understand thinking like that at all.

 

[Jeff olson]

Presently no but I have owned numerous Colt revolvers.

Oh. Then by all means your opinion is concrete and all serpent colts are to be avoided because you don't like them. Got it.

 

[UncleEd]

Oh. Then by all means your opinion is concrete and all serpent colts are to be avoided because you don't like them. Got it.

See last sentence in my original post.

 

[Old Dog]

I just figured out why I like Colt revolvers. In my youth, I collected snakes every summer. Kept 'em in numerous aquariums in my bedroom (kept my mom and sisters out of my room). At any given time (until I got heavy into sports in high school), I might've had two, three, four or five pet snakes, garter snakes, green snakes, king snakes, gopher snakes, pine snakes, copper bellies, corn snakes... Every week I was at my local pet shop buying up crickets and baby mice to feed the snake of the week.

Now all my snakes are blue or stainless steel. Love 'em.

This Smith is name Cartwright

Ah, must have been owned by Chad Cartwright, Ben's grandson, Little Joe's youngest son...

 

[Mark_Mark]

I just figured out why I like Colt revolvers. In my youth, I collected snakes every summer. Kept 'em in numerous aquariums in my bedroom (kept my mom and sisters out of my room). At any given time (until I got heavy into sports in high school), I might've had two, three, four or five pet snakes, garter snakes, green snakes, king snakes, gopher snakes, pine snakes, copper bellies, corn snakes... Every week I was at my local pet shop buying up crickets and baby mice to feed the snake of the week.

Now all my snakes are blue or stainless steel. Love 'em.


Ah, must have been owned by Chad Cartwright, Ben's grandson, Little Joe's youngest son...

Chad Cartwright? are you just talking? We been trying to figure the history of C Cartwright