I read that they will be coming at some point. Not sure if true.Why can't Colt reissue the Python? To me, this is the most iconic of their snake guns. The marketing and sales team at COLT appears to be a bunch of blithering morons.
I read that they will be coming at some point. Not sure if true.Why can't Colt reissue the Python? To me, this is the most iconic of their snake guns. The marketing and sales team at COLT appears to be a bunch of blithering morons.
Who knows maybe after the third or fourth bankruptcy someone at Colt actually realized they might want to start listening to customers, because I don't think anyone really wanted tbe Cobra, now the King Cobra might be a totally different story all together.
https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2019/01/357-magnum-colt-king-cobra/
I also think it looks nice and I think it will sell decently and even raise the prices of the originals. I also think it would look much better with a rounded trigger guard, but I know the slightly slanted one serves a purpose, but It looks bent to me, like it was bashed over someones melon.
Holding out for the version with actual sights to be released. Then i will consider.
Why can't Colt reissue the Python? To me, this is the most iconic of their snake guns. The marketing and sales team at COLT appears to be a bunch of blithering morons.
When looking at the pic, my very first thought was, where is the rear sight.
Like a lot of other firearms that have passed through my hands, I once owned a King Cobra. Bought it from Bradis in the late 80's.
I ended up selling it to buy a GP 100 that Ruger had just come out with. At the time I was heavy into reloading and wanting to run some rounds with some "heat" and didn't think the Colt would hold up.
I also did not have the income I have today, so I had "to sell one to buy one".
More likely it will de-value the originals, much like the cheaper entry level AR's have saturated the market and de-valued the high end AR's.
The mindset will be "why would I pay X for yours when I can get a brand new one for Y", the same mindset that thinks their Smith Sport II is on par with a BCM.
I doubt it will de-value the originals since it is not really like the King Cobra I almost bought in the late 1980s. The original KC was more similar to Smith 686 or GP100 with real sights. Even the intro of the Smith & Wesson Classic series has not resulted in older pre-lock , pre MIM Smiths to drop in value from what I have seen in online auctions.
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Why can't Colt reissue the Python? To me, this is the most iconic of their snake guns. The marketing and sales team at COLT appears to be a bunch of blithering morons.