Anyone looking forward to the release of this gun?

http://www.colt.com/Catalog/Revolvers/Cobra

I actually owned one in the 1970's. Great little gun. One of those you wish you hadn't sold.

From what I understand, the only thing that's the same as the original is the name and the name...Colt Cobra. Marketing at work. Internals are supposed to be quite different from the original.

I don't know enough about the new one to say if it's good, bad or indifferent. Nothing wrong with marketing, but it will be nice to hear reports from some actual buyers. Personally, until I had more first-hand info, I'd be reluctant to buy one.

I'm glad to see Colt back into revolvers.

I hope this one turns out to be a good one for them.

Let's say curious. Curious if it'll be as good as the old ones and curious to see if it's priced to compete with offering from Smith and Ruger. I regret selling off my Colt revolvers years ago.

Has anyone seen one of these in the wild?

They look like they are made by Charter Arms. The finish in pics looks terrible. For $6-700 which is what there are selling for I will buy 2 J-frames.

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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
Has anyone seen one of these in the wild?

I shot two of them back in January.

They are not the old alloy framed Cobras

These are full stainless revolvers chambered for 38 Special. Closer to what a DS-III might be but with a relatively unfinished look.







It actually looks better in the photos than in person.

You can't go home again.

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Originally posted by colt_saa:

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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
Has anyone seen one of these in the wild?

I shot two of them back in January.

They are not the old alloy framed Cobras

These are full stainless revolvers chambered for 38 Special. Closer to what a DS-III might be but with a relatively unfinished look.







It actually looks better in the photos than in person.

The trigger guard looks angry like it wangs to cut you!

In my opinion the only thing going for it is 6 shot capacity and no lock.

Looks like someone dropped it on the trigger guard then bead blasted it.

The front sight is ugly. As with the barrel markings.

Why must they try to reinvent the wheel(Gun). Bring back blued steel classic lines with a pinned front sight even.

Imagine what their "improvements" would look like on a new Python. Sacrilege.

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Originally posted by colt_saa:

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Originally posted by Rolan_Kraps:
Has anyone seen one of these in the wild?

I shot two of them back in January.

It actually looks better in the photos than in person.

Yikes
That QR code stamped into the frame isn't doing it any favors.

Yowza, that thing is hideous. As someone who owns no revolvers and is looking to buy/try one, this would scare me off. I guess a J-Frame is still the way to go?

How did it shoot? How was the trigger?

Is Charter Arms building this for Colt????

hehehe ...

Waiting for a blued 4" 357 before I put down my $ on any Colt revolvers.

Pitiful. And some day it will be a "collectible" that people will pay big bucks for, because Colt.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:
How did it shoot? How was the trigger?

The triggers on the two I shot and the others that I handled were spectacular. Dinging the plates was no big deal with the Colt branded ammunition that we had been supplied with (private labeled by DoubleTap)

However, this was a SHOT Show event with a NEW firearm so these may have been production firearms or they may have been hand massaged revolvers specifically for the Media. If I can get a T&E sample sent out I will have a better handle on that

I think I see a way to improve my Bill Drill times.

Why, because it's not shiny blued carbon steel? This looks like a working gun that will hold up. I like that.

There are some things I don't like. Snubby revolvers are concealment guns. This one isn't particularly concealable. It needs a shorter two finger grip, and a bobbed, shrouded, or fully enclosed hammer. That spur is a snag waiting to happen.

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Originally posted by aparoche:
Yowza, that thing is hideous. As someone who owns no revolvers and is looking to buy/try one, this would scare me off. I guess a J-Frame is still the way to go?

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Originally posted by photoman12001:

Yikes
That QR code stamped into the frame isn't doing it any favors.

The QR code isn't bad. Way better than the warnings that are roll marked into a slide in big bold letters.