Posted on 12/07/2014 8:24:06 AM PST by Kaslin
Maybe someone will buy them out and actually DO something. Or maybe not.
Oh well.
Sad.
A Colt revolver was the first gun I ever fired, the first one I reloaded for , my first handgun, and the one at my side (well, my wife’s, she’s the lighter sleeper and better shot, and it’s shiny and big, two things she appreciates, 6” King Cobra in stainless).
They really need to re-establish themselves in the civilian market. Re-issue the anaconda, python, 10mm Delta, maybe a 45 colt snubbie with the quality they used to put into their products.
There is a lot of competition in the three fire arms that colt made famous. The M1911, the AR style and of course the venerable SAA.
Correction: Actually DO something that your typical “making a good living” person can financially justify.
Colt has cast it’s lot with it’s own enemy.
Colt made their bed with the US Government. They hung their hats on selling M4’s to DOD and police agencies while mocking the civilian market.
Lie with dogs, get up with fleas.
The large pin AR-15 lowers that weren’t compatible with other uppers was the stupidest decision ever made by a gun mfgr.
High end builders like LaRue, Daniel Defense, LMT, Knights Tactical saw their opening and went for the jugular.
H und K is in the same boat. Who buys their overpriced crap? Only fanboys that buy into the stupid marketing and outrageous pricing.
“The company’s decision to whittle their civilian division down to a few obligatory 1911s wasn’t really doing them any favors, given that their competitors were rushing to fill the demand of a gun-hungry republic.”
Never understood that decision.
I always felt the gun suppressor rules were stupid. Suppressed guns sound nothing like the movies. Even if a .308 rifle had a suppressor, it’s still effing loud!
Used to fire a Colt 45 while in the USAF (Early 1960’s Air Police). These were WW11 vintage.
Accurate range of these puppies was about 10 feet. If your target was further away your best bet was to throw the pistol at him.
And there was a time when the only car I would buy was the Chevrolet.
I want an H und K just for the eye candy.
I’d pop a Bender & Schmidt on it for gun jewelry.
It’s your money to waste.
WW 11. Heck I missed 9 world wars in my public education. :) Unless they have been accurized, old Model 1911’s sound make good maracas when you shake them.
(Not that the rest of them haven't done likewise, but Colt had less padding for such faceplants and pratfalls.).
Mr. niteowl77
I used a Colt 1911A1 .45 while in the USSF in Vietnam. The only time I ever drew it in anger was when, in the middle of a firefight, my Colt XM-16E1 jammed with a spent cartridge frozen in its chamber. Fortunately, the VC withdrew and I didn't have to use my .45, but I knew it would always be there for me when I needed it. The loose tolerances were designed into the 1911A1 so you could roll around in the mud with it and it would still function when you needed it. It might not have been very accurate at long range, but it would reliably be there for you when you needed it.
LOL
I get that all the time when people look at my collection of Kimbers, M1A Springfield’s and other arms mounted with Luepold MK IV’s.
But, they love playing with em
Python owner since the early 70s.
Since then, I’ve bought Glocks, some old S&Ws and a few others.
At a gun auction yesterday, a beautiful .38 stainless S&W stamped Los Angles Police Department plus a presentation box sold for $2,300.
There is a considerable pent up market for a new production Python, if used prices are any sort of indicator.
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