I saw my first new Colt Cobra today

[DWalt]

At the local gun show this morning, for the first time I saw a new Colt Cobra. At least it looked like it was NIB. It was under glass, and I didn't ask to pick it up. The seller had a $660 price tag on it. I can say that I didn't particularly like its appearance, at least not enough to pay $660 for it. What's the going "street" price on these at present?

 

[Lonestar57]

They've been slowly coming down from the $699 MSRP but I've seen some priced at $800 recently.

 

[moralem]

Best price I have seen was 649. Grabagun has them at 699 when they come in. I picked up two of them. Here are mine.....one was sent out to he prettied up.

 

[moosedog]

I like the polished one. Looks just like nickel.
How's the trigger on those?

 

[Scorpion520AZ]

If the new Cobra came from the factory in "Colt Bright Stainless" and "Colt Royal Blue", I'd buy one of each.

 

[surfgun]

Love the buffed out Cobra.

 

[DWalt]

Yes, that sure does make a difference in appearance.

 

[ralph7]

If the new Cobra came from the factory in "Colt Bright Stainless" and "Colt Royal Blue", I'd buy one of each.

MSRP would be considerably higher.
Bet those choices would put it up around a grand, if not more for the Royal Blue.

 

[moralem]

I like the polished one. Looks just like nickel.
How's the trigger on those?

Trigger on the brushed stainless is nice for a DA, it is no SW. The polished one has not been shot, but will. One of them is going off to Frank Glenn to see if he can do something for the trigger. Many of you may know him for his work on Colt DA revolvers like the python.

 

[captainjohnsofd]

You can buy 2 brand new J frames for that price...and it is NOT a true Cobra, i.e. no aluminum frame so not lightweight- i will pass

 

[Scorpion520AZ]

MSRP would be considerably higher.
Bet those choices would put it up around a grand, if not more for the Royal Blue.

Yes, very true I know. I'm just not liking that dull, matte finish paired with the Colt Rollmark.

 

[moralem]

You can buy 2 brand new J frames for that price...and it is NOT a true Cobra, i.e. no aluminum frame so not lightweight- i will pass

Yeah, you can but I have enough j frames and I am not partial to a lock. And I did not buy the Cobras to be like the original Cobra but to participate in the experience of buying brand new in the box guns that will probably not happen again for Colt. I missed out on those days once before and wanted to esperience it firsthand and it was everything I hoped for, the experience. I was buying memories.......two j frames don't do it for me and I did buy brand new smiths just never Colt DAs. And I am old enough now, some may say too old to buy what I want when I want to. Yes others would make different choices but I am ok with that.

 

[Lonestar57]

You can buy 2 brand new J frames for that price...and it is NOT a true Cobra, i.e. no aluminum frame so not lightweight- i will pass

Yep newbies to Colt have not a problem with that. Oldies, like myself do. Why not name it a new snake name, maybe "Colt Copperhead" or something like that. Trying to work off an established Colt model name IMHO was a cheesy intro at best. I collect both: S&W and Colt's. I don't think Colt brought their A-team to the re-revolver game on this one. On the flip side; Kimber did with a brand new design! But remember my friends. S&W has always remained loyal to revolver fans. Don't ever forget that!

 

[Macinaw]

I fondled one at my LGS. It felt very "tinny" and "cheap" compared to my Colt Lawman MKIII. The cylinder release was wobbly and felt light and not well made.

 

[moralem]

I fondled one at my LGS. It felt very "tinny" and "cheap" compared to my Colt Lawman MKIII. The cylinder release was wobbly and felt light and not well made.

Totally agree.....it is a different kind of gun than the python or MK III. One has to accept and approach it as what it is, a modern designed, engineered and manufactured gun. It was not intended to be a new version of those guns from Colt's glory days but a gun that could be reasonably manufactured today. I accept it for what it is, but funny how I will not accept new Smiths and only gather older guns and don't dabble in modern Smiths with locks, I will have to rethink that bias. Here is a picture of my MK III trooper and Python.....

 

[malph]

Yep newbies to Colt have not a problem with that. Oldies, like myself do. Why not name it a new snake name, maybe "Colt Copperhead" or something like that. Trying to work off an established Colt model name IMHO was a cheesy intro at best. I collect both: S&W and Colt's. I don't think Colt brought their A-team to the re-revolver game on this one. On the flip side; Kimber did with a brand new design! But remember my friends. S&W has always remained loyal to revolver fans. Don't ever forget that!

It's sort of like Smith calling their plastic pistols and knock off AR15s M&Ps trying to leverage the name. It's marketing.

The semiauto business has been in a race to the bottom for a while now with most manufacturers trying to produce a good-enough gun for the cheapest amount possible.
Maybe I'm old but something about that just seems wrong when applied to revolvers.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

We all know the real reason Colt called it the Cobra!
Shell Scott!
Geoff
Who remembers $0.35 paperback novels!