KarateHottie93
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Update 03/29:
They're going to repair it for free and I'm super appreciative of that, and the fact that they'd still take care of me three years after purchase. It makes me feel a lot more hopeful about possibly still recommending this gun. With that said unless something has changed in the past year, there's still a glaring quality control issue with the hammer and trigger return spring. As for the mainspring issue that I went through the first time it broke, you can find other occurrences online but I'm not sure that it's common enough to really deter anyone from actually owning and carrying this firearm. I mean every revolver line has certain issues that come up more often then others. The hammer and return spring issues are so commonly seen online though that they almost feel inevitable. I know only a very minute number of gun owners actually post about their experiences online, and that there are millions of happy buyers out there. A lot of these people though buy guns and never go shoot them, or even dry fire them enough to experience any parts breakage. I used to argue that these aren't the types of people to buy a Colt. When I thought about selling mine though after it came back from the first RMA, I had a lot of random non gun people interested in buying it. People recognize the Colt name and associate it with quality and luxury.
Original Post:
I’m so irritated. I got this thing in mid 2020 and the mainspring snapped within two months. They sent me a new one in exchange for my warranty but it didn’t fit right just due to the minor differences between parts and within a day of installing, I heard a loud pop while it was sitting on the table. The damn hammer had snapped off inside where it hooks to the mainspring. I then sent it off for a paid RMA as I’d given up my warranty to get the part. It took 12 weeks but I guess they never took note of the voided warranty cause they did fix it for free so that was cool.
Fast forward over two and a half years later. I was dry firing it just smooth and slow and all of a sudden the trigger wouldn’t return. No rattling happened though so that threw me off. I took it apart and everything looked perfect. Then I noticed the real little coil return spring was napped off on one end. I’m hoping I can just buy this part as it’s a small coil spring that just fits into place…instead of hooking into something like the mainspring.
I’m just disgusted. Like this has been my main carry gun since I got it but this ruins Colt for me. I’ve always said they’re the best of the big three revolver manufacturers but never again. It would be nice if I could just send it in but considering it’s Colt and past the one year mark the price to get a tiny spring put in would have to be at least a couple hundred.
Edit: Forgot to add but when I first bought it, there were also lockup issues. When slow cocked in single action, the cylinder wouldn't reach the stud enough to lock up. Pulling the trigger would knock it in the rest of the way but it still caused a lot of keyholing, even when firing double action. I just lived with this issue but fortunately they caught it on their own during the first RMA and swapped out the hand.
They're going to repair it for free and I'm super appreciative of that, and the fact that they'd still take care of me three years after purchase. It makes me feel a lot more hopeful about possibly still recommending this gun. With that said unless something has changed in the past year, there's still a glaring quality control issue with the hammer and trigger return spring. As for the mainspring issue that I went through the first time it broke, you can find other occurrences online but I'm not sure that it's common enough to really deter anyone from actually owning and carrying this firearm. I mean every revolver line has certain issues that come up more often then others. The hammer and return spring issues are so commonly seen online though that they almost feel inevitable. I know only a very minute number of gun owners actually post about their experiences online, and that there are millions of happy buyers out there. A lot of these people though buy guns and never go shoot them, or even dry fire them enough to experience any parts breakage. I used to argue that these aren't the types of people to buy a Colt. When I thought about selling mine though after it came back from the first RMA, I had a lot of random non gun people interested in buying it. People recognize the Colt name and associate it with quality and luxury.
Original Post:
I’m so irritated. I got this thing in mid 2020 and the mainspring snapped within two months. They sent me a new one in exchange for my warranty but it didn’t fit right just due to the minor differences between parts and within a day of installing, I heard a loud pop while it was sitting on the table. The damn hammer had snapped off inside where it hooks to the mainspring. I then sent it off for a paid RMA as I’d given up my warranty to get the part. It took 12 weeks but I guess they never took note of the voided warranty cause they did fix it for free so that was cool.
Fast forward over two and a half years later. I was dry firing it just smooth and slow and all of a sudden the trigger wouldn’t return. No rattling happened though so that threw me off. I took it apart and everything looked perfect. Then I noticed the real little coil return spring was napped off on one end. I’m hoping I can just buy this part as it’s a small coil spring that just fits into place…instead of hooking into something like the mainspring.
I’m just disgusted. Like this has been my main carry gun since I got it but this ruins Colt for me. I’ve always said they’re the best of the big three revolver manufacturers but never again. It would be nice if I could just send it in but considering it’s Colt and past the one year mark the price to get a tiny spring put in would have to be at least a couple hundred.
Edit: Forgot to add but when I first bought it, there were also lockup issues. When slow cocked in single action, the cylinder wouldn't reach the stud enough to lock up. Pulling the trigger would knock it in the rest of the way but it still caused a lot of keyholing, even when firing double action. I just lived with this issue but fortunately they caught it on their own during the first RMA and swapped out the hand.
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