Got it in a trade. Reminds me of snubby Mod 12. Unsure if I'll keep or trade away. First Colt revolver I've owned. Not a safe queen that's for sure!

Excellent every day carry gun. Compact 6-shot, rated, according to Colt, for +p .38 Specials.

That's it! You're outta here!

But seriously, you're among just a couple Colt fans. I'm guessing that's a Cobra? Good looking gun, and you don't have to baby it.

My EDC is a DS, 4th Issue, pictured at the top. My most unique is my NS.

They are as habit forming as S&W any day!

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Nothing wrong with it except the cylinder rotates backwards.

And the cylinder release pushes the wrong way.

And it will do as much damage as a S&W in the same caliber...

So what's the point?

That's my biggest issue with Colt. Pushing seems normal. Pulling just seems weird and unnatural.

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It's okay to talk about other brands. Really, it is.

Not if you are used to it. I probably fire my Colts more than my S&Ws, and I don't even think about it. I would personally choose a Colt DS/Agent/Cobra as a carry gun over any S&W snubby. Preferably the DS. I like steel.

I have a old style Dick special and Cobra (Both .38 -2'') Very nice guns and as there very close to the size of a J frame but gives you one more shot over the Smith.

FWIW many but not all holsters that will fit a J frame will also carry the Colt!

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14 S&W Revs none with locks!

Yes it's an Agent and no none of my J-frame holsters fit it. I'll find someone who has to have it.

I've expressed my puzzlement here before over how quickly the J-frames managed to marginalize the Colts in terms of market share and popularity. I am not a fan of either the unsupported ejector rod of the pre-1970 Colts nor the counter-intuitive cylinder release, which does require a significantly larger shift of the gun in the shooting hand than the S&W push release, but had I been a professional carrier of a concealed sidearm back then, the sixth round would have put a DS in my duty holster. "Tactical reloads" tended to happen more in gun magazine articles; in gunfights, what's in the gun was what you had, especially before speed loaders. And a DS with a Tyler perfectly fits size-wise; more substantial and with better sights than a Chiefs Special, but more compact and less chunky on the belt than a snub-nosed K-frame.

The main reason I got to grow up a S&W guy was that by the time I got into snubbies, the Colts were priced out of my reach, and now I'm too comfortable with my Model 36 that I carry every day, even though I do also have a nice DS.

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I have two Agents, a '64 and a '75. I carry the '75 pretty frequently. Both have the factory hammer shroud.