WestKentucky
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Curiousity strikes. We lost Colt revolvers decades ago. There was still a clear market for them though, but over time the horde of Colt revolver fans slowly either transitioned over to other brands, or bought up older Colt guns. Then seemingly out of nowhere we have a copy of an agent come o to the market from the Phillipines. It sold like crazy, and showed just how much of a market there still was/is for a Colt style revolver. Without that knowledge or without that market share being in play, would Colt have ever bothered to reintroduce their double actions? To me it seems like the thought was that there was enough interest which RIA/Armscorp proved to dabble, and a quick dabble led quickly to a bellyflop into the market with the Cobra and now the Python with people discussing Anaconda and Diamondback guns as hopeful additions. In my book, the RIA revolver helped clear the path by showing a market existed and the collectors showed where it could be profitable.