2017: Colt's re-entry into the revolver market

[shawn mccarver]

I see that the M&P M2.0 is just around the corner.

I will go out on a limb and predict a Colt re-entry into the DA revolver market with a 2 inch, 6 shot, Cobra 38 Special +P (D Frame) in a combination alloy/stainless model.

If you are one who believes Colt will never re-enter the revolver market, then you probably thought Mr. Trump wouldn't win either. . . .

I hope the SHOT Show provides answers.

 

[xb40]

Colt sold all of the parts, no longer want anything to do with repairing revolvers, no blueing. Yea, I think you must have a family member who is on the board of directors, or the Army is going back to revolvers. Without a government contract they are lost.

 

[moosedog]

I believe that there are enough revolver shooters out there to warrant a new DA revolver from Colt.

 

[Peak53]

They may want to see the reaction to the new Kimber revolver. I can't believe Colt could produce one for any less.

 

[les.b]

Well, I would certainly be in the market for one, but if they insisted on putting in something like the Smith IL, I would never buy one, just as I will buy no new Smith with an IL. I have three modern Smiths, a 640-1 Pro Series .357, a M&P 340, and a 340 PD...all recent production, and all sans IL. I would buy more modern Smiths if they would drop the IL. I won't buy other brands with similar gadgets either, and that would extend to Colt.

I have a bunch of Colt revolvers, and next to my Smiths, they are my favorites....but No Locks!!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Laketime]

They may want to see the reaction to the new Kimber revolver. I can't believe Colt could produce one for any less.

That may not be so crazy.Kimber did get them off their duff forcing them to improve quality on their 1911.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

If they put that loose as a goose mk v action in it.......It will rate right up there with taurus......

 

[jimmyj]

Well, I would certainly be in the market for one, but if they insisted on putting in something like the Smith IL, I would never buy one, just as I will buy no new Smith with an IL. I have three modern Smiths, a 640-1 Pro Series .357, a M&P 340, and a 340 PD...all recent production, and all sans IL. I would buy more modern Smiths if they would drop the IL. I won't buy other brands with similar gadgets either, and that would extend to

I have a bunch of Colt revolvers, and next to my Smiths, they are my favorites....but No Locks!!!

Best Regards, Les

WHY is the "IL" still with us ?

 

[DWalt]

I'm in the "Highly Doubtful" camp concerning new production Colt DA revolvers. I just don't see the market being there.

 

[NYlakesider]

It would be nice, but not about to start clearing out a shelf in the safe for NEW Colt revolvers.

Of course to appeal to me, it cannot have a lock device.

 

[gregintenn]

Ain't happening.

 

[Texas Star]

Why does the OP think this might happen? I think he needs to change astrologers.

 

[shawn mccarver]

Why does the OP think this might happen? I think he needs to change astrologers.

Now that's funny!

Merry Christmas!

 

[StakeOut]

Why does the OP think this might happen? I think he needs to change astrologers.

Nah,I think his Ouija Board needs a firmware update.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

If Colt does reenter the revolver market. I am not taking out a mortgage one.

 

[CATI1835]

I don't see it happening. I believe Colt has ceded (lost) the revolver market to S&W, Ruger, Charter Arms, Taurus, Rossi, Chiappa, North American Arms, Uberti and probably a dozen more that escape me right now. I see no money in it for Colt.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I wish they were making new ones again, but I'll stick with the blue worn classic oldtimers. Like this '51 Cobra and chopped 1917. They still serve their intended purposes. A retired cop actually carried that 1917 occasionally, according to the guy I bought it from.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I will believe it when it happens. Hope clouds reason.

 

[Texas Star]

I wish they were making new ones again, but I'll stick with the blue worn classic oldtimers. Like this '51 Cobra and chopped 1917. They still serve their intended purposes. A retired cop actually carried that 1917 occasionally, according to the guy I bought it from.

Wyatt--


In Chic Gaylord's, Handgunner's Guide, 1960, there's a pic of a very similar gun made for a Detective Gano in NYC. But I think his was for .45 Colt ammo.


Your poor Cobra reminds me of a pair of shoes that badly need polish. Which brings us to Abraham Lincoln, who was discovered to be shining his boots one day in the White House.


The man who saw this exclaimed, "Mr. Lincoln, gentlemen don't black their own boots!"


Abe replied, "Really? Whose boots do they black?"

 

[cowboy4evr]

Colt back in the revolver business again? Well gentlemen, this question reminds me what my departed mother would say , " Hope Springs Eternal " .

 

[reddog81]

Hmmm, I thought that already happened in 2013, 2014, 2015, or maybe 2016.

I hope it happens but I'm not holding my breath. Give that Kimber has entered the market and most large manufacturers are expanding their offerings it would seem to be feasible.

 

[senecaap]

It would be nice, but no. Colt is struggling right now on every front. Colt ceded the DA revolver market to Smith and Ruger while the police market was still a revolver only proposition, and real money was to be made. They can't get the numbers Ruger can and their attempt to compete with the Vaquero with the economy Cowboy (the price of which you could buy two Vaqueros)was a dud....and that is a market they had a 100 year head start on. I still buy their 1911s but that hill is long lost.

Right now, at the cost of new machinery and tooling and new training and labor, their DA revolver pricing would have to pick up at current crazy collector level to be anywhere near break even. The same people who are amazed by Kimber's new revolver would snarl in revolt at a similar offering from under the blue dome. Whatever was released would immediately be compared to a Python (as opposed to current competition), be panned as inferior (and it would be), and wind out costing Colt millions or perhaps even putting the last nail in.

I could be wrong, and wish I was, but as Silly Wizard sang "the old days will ne'er come again."

 

[John Fugate]

2016- I couldn't believe it either, here are few new models that just rolled off the assembly line. They are making them in .22 .32 and .38, who knows whats next.










Heres one they are working on for next year,,






Even a big bore in the works,,





Who knows maybe a few small frame .22 target models might show up.



SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP IM DREAMING ,,,

 

[retiredbadge8091]

I doubt it, but then again S&W is bringing back a Model 66 snubbie allegedly so anything's possible.

 

[Faulkner]

I love Colt's revolvers...the cylinder rotates in the RIGHT direction, and the cylinder unlocks in the correct direction!

I also think Colt's design has always had something over the S&W...especially the Python, and Trooper models, as well as the Agent.

I'd love to see a reintroduction of COLT branded revolvers - even if they simply bring back the models they once produced, but what I and I am sure no others want to see is the reintroduction of Colt stratospheric pricing!

I mean, in case nobody else ever noticed, I actually OWN Uberti and "genuine" modern production COLT BP revolvers that are CLEAR "litter mates" in terms of build, with the Colt branded version having received specific markings and finish to match originals from way back. I have long had my suspicion that Colt SAA revolvers are basic Uberti contract pieces that are then shipped to Colt for the proprietary final finishing, and this is exactly how Colt could LEAP right back into the DA revo market! The RIA M206 uses the Colt pattern already...crudely done, but if NICELY done, and updated with an alloy frame, maybe alloy barrel shroud with steel insert, such a gun could come in at a more modern, more "saleable" weight and IF priced right...somewhere close at least to the S&W competition, yet with "COLT" stamped on the barrel, it would indeed sell like hotcakes.

I often wonder about the greedy mindset of whatever bean-counter CEO is running any given gun company that seems oblivious to the REALITY of gun positioning and pricing! I mean, sure, you CAN Charge $2K for a "COLT" SAA, and you'll sell about 50 a year, or you can charge $600 for a "COLT" SAA and sell AS MANY AS YOU CAN MAKE per year!!!!!!!

I love Colt's design, but, being a "user" of guns, I don't love them so much that I would buy one just to look at for a premium.

Colt's always seemed to be smoother, that's for sure. But for real duty use a S&W 586/686 or even a Ruger GP100 was more robust than a Python any day of the week.

 

[tndrfttom]

Pietta Python Replica?

Not to change the subject but whatever happened to the Python replica that Pietta said they were going to make? It got some discussion in 2015/16 and I thought that a prototype had been shown at the 2016 Shot Show. Just curious.

 

[Tom K]

2016- I couldn't believe it either, here are few new models that just rolled off the assembly line. They are making them in .22 .32 and .38, who knows whats next.
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Colt needs to go to Sparta, TN and get some shiny brand new boxes. Some of those look decades old.

 

[dmar]

2016- I couldn't believe it either, here are few new models that just rolled off the assembly line. They are making them in .22 .32 and .38, who knows whats next.










Heres one they are working on for next year,,






Even a big bore in the works,,





Who knows maybe a few small frame .22 target models might show up.



SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP IM DREAMING ,,,

I know that's just the tip of the iceberg, John, but that's an awesome collection!

 

[dmar]

2016- I couldn't believe it either, here are few new models that just rolled off the assembly line. They are making them in .22 .32 and .38, who knows whats next.










Heres one they are working on for next year,,






Even a big bore in the works,,





Who knows maybe a few small frame .22 target models might show up.



SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP IM DREAMING ,,,

I know that's just the tip of the iceberg, John, but that's an awesome collection; beautiful Colts!

 

[les.b]

John:

Thanks with sharing some of the finest Colts I have ever seen with us!! What a shame that the world will never see revolvers of that quality again. And I include the Smiths from that era as well. I have a lot of Colts, many from the era of your collection, but none in the pristine condition that yours exhibit.

Best Regards, Les