Anyone have a new Anaconda?

[SLT223]

I’ve been getting an itch the 4”. Deer Hollow stocks look interesting to replace the Firestones.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

I have three new Anacondas…4.25”, 6” and 8”. All are excellent. You won’t be unhappy with one.

 

[rockquarry]

I have a 6" version; big, heavy revolver, but much more comfortable to shoot with magnum ammo than an S&W 29.

 

[Mike0251]

Yes 6", replaced front and rear sights with Wilson sights. Couple of small sight adjustments and she was spot on. Target distance was 12 yards. As rockquarry said above much more enjoyable than the 29.

 

[Yendor357]

A 4.25 inch Anaconda is heavy. 48.4 ounces. By comparison, a 4 inch 629 weighs in at 42.2 ounces. A 1911 with empty mag weighs 39.7 ounces. The Anaconda was designed from the get to be a 454.

The cylinder on an Anaconda is 1.9 inches long, the cylinder on a 629 is 1.7 inches. So in theory, you could load a longer round into the Colt. By contrast, the cylinder on the Python is very short. Why?

I have 6 of the new Colts. The six inch Anaconda wears a Leupold Delta Point Pro, because why not? It’s so big and heavy anyway. One of the remaining 5 needed a Wilson rear sight. The rest are good.

Double action is good. Single action is not. $275 fixes that. The action of the new Colts are a paradox. On one hand, they’re very simple to disassemble. Watch a YouTube vid. Child’s play almost. BUT, don’t try any home gunsmithing on any of the parts. You will render your gun inoperable. Why doesn’t Colt sell a pair of Paperweights shaped like a hammer, and trigger that have the correct angles and sear depth? They’d sell a lot of those “Paperweights “.

Every one of my new Colts are extremely accurate. Even my 3 inch Python shoot really well. My best target is with the 6 inch Anaconda, red dot, 429421s on top of a bunch of 2400 made one ragged hole at 25 yards off sandbags, 3/4 inch. So they’ll shoot cast bullets. In my case, every bit as well as 240 XTPs, and that saying something.

The going price in my area is about $1400 plus tax. I heard Colt has some sort of promo going on right now. You may be able to save $50-75. But don’t hold me to that.

They’re beautiful guns. They are polished so smooth and bright, it makes the easy to clean all the burnt powder residue off, and make them look unfired.

 

[Alton]

I love mine

 

[Alton]

I have a 6" version; big, heavy revolver, but much more comfortable to shoot with magnum ammo than an S&W 29.

How dare you.
Although I am definitely liking the new Talo 8" with great sights and wood grips

 

[SLT223]

A 4.25 inch Anaconda is heavy. 48.4 ounces. By comparison, a 4 inch 629 weighs in at 42.2 ounces. A 1911 with empty mag weighs 39.7 ounces. The Anaconda was designed from the get to be a 454.

The cylinder on an Anaconda is 1.9 inches long, the cylinder on a 629 is 1.7 inches. So in theory, you could load a longer round into the Colt. By contrast, the cylinder on the Python is very short. Why?

I have 6 of the new Colts. The six inch Anaconda wears a Leupold Delta Point Pro, because why not? It’s so big and heavy anyway. One of the remaining 5 needed a Wilson rear sight. The rest are good.

Double action is good. Single action is not. $275 fixes that. The action of the new Colts are a paradox. On one hand, they’re very simple to disassemble. Watch a YouTube vid. Child’s play almost. BUT, don’t try any home gunsmithing on any of the parts. You will render your gun inoperable. Why doesn’t Colt sell a pair of Paperweights shaped like a hammer, and trigger that have the correct angles and sear depth? They’d sell a lot of those “Paperweights “.

Every one of my new Colts are extremely accurate. Even my 3 inch Python shoot really well. My best target is with the 6 inch Anaconda, red dot, 429421s on top of a bunch of 2400 made one ragged hole at 25 yards off sandbags, 3/4 inch. So they’ll shoot cast bullets. In my case, every bit as well as 240 XTPs, and that saying something.

The going price in my area is about $1400 plus tax. I heard Colt has some sort of promo going on right now. You may be able to save $50-75. But don’t hold me to that.

They’re beautiful guns. They are polished so smooth and bright, it makes the easy to clean all the burnt powder residue off, and make them look unfired.

That’s a whole bunch of good news. Thank you. Funny…I looked at the finish and said to myself “I bet it’s easy to clean.”