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Originally Posted by oddshooter
I like the way several posters suggested getting something unusual and special. Maybe a lifetime kind of purchase.
If so, I can not recommend the Colt Diamondback 22 lr highly enough.
I have several and I can say that they equal or exceed my Colt Pythons. The bluing is the very best. A deep blue that almost looks wet.
The fit and finish is the finest Colt produced. The triggers are clean and break like a glass rod. The grips are beautiful. Accuracy is outstanding !
If you handle one, you will fall in love.
This will become your show and tell; as well as your fondle gun.
You get what you pay for. This gun will go from $1500 to $2000 for a nice example. It will only increase in value. But you will never sell it.
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I'm a Colt guy through and through. If I thought a Diamondback 22 was worth $1500-$2000 I would have one. But I don't, and instead I own a 17-4. Besides the obvious action difference, which by the way I absolutely love the V spring actions, I highly doubt the DB's performance or build quality is any better than the 17.
If Diamondback prices were realistic, then I wouldn't stop recommending them, but the prices of "snakes" nowadays is simply not worth what they are, at least to me. Colt's quality wasn't that exceptional, as I could probably guess when your DB was made by the "wet" bluing comment.
To each their own though and enjoy your DBs. They are a good option but many will avoid them just like me due to price.