RUGER has brought out the Match Champions in GP-100 and SP-101. S&W now makes the model 19 again!ĬOLT also brought out the new Cobra, King Cobra and King Cobra Target. 357 magnums over 20 years to make a comeback. S&W nearly went out of business and pretty much was saved by its dominance in the small (read J-frame) market. When COLT dropped revolver production, it was not because the guns were bad designs or overpriced, I think that COLT brought them out at exactly the worst possible time.
Same thing with Diamondbacks and Single Actions, it is not shooters who are driving these prices, but collectors. I have a COLT Viper and I have seen them going for $4000.00, not the $400.00 I paid. The prices of original Pythons are driven by collectors who buy them and may never even shoot them. It is less likely to have timing problems as the action is a 30 year old design, not a 120 year old design. The new COLT Python appears to be equal or better than the old Python. Your arguments are logical, but overlook the fact the COLT, RUGER and S&W are all selling limited edition or retro models for a premium price. It served me for quite a few years as an off-duty weapon, before finally seeing "retirement" to the safe. I also had the regular Service grip frame filed to a Round Butt. I had it Duty-Tuned and ported by MagNaPort (but I replaced the lighter spring with a factory spring after the action job, being leery of an occasional hard primer). The only one left in my safe is a 4" Service-Six stainless heavy barrel. I still regret letting a blued 2 3/4" Speed-Six slip away, as well as a couple of the blued & stainless 2 3/4" Security-Six snubs I owned. My first one was a stainless 4" Security-Six, back in the first year they were available, if I remember correctly. Maybe not quite so durable as the GP series, which was made to compete with the L-frame, but sufficiently durable for my handloading and shooting needs. They were great handling and shooting, robust revolvers. All barrel lengths except for the elusive 3" (made for some Gov contracts). I owned quite a few iterations of the Ruger Security-Six line, going back to when they were first released. Just add adjustable sights and the CHAMPION MATCH trigger and you have a "NEW SECURITY SIX"! I have an old GP-100 fixed sight model which has the half lugged barrel and it balances better for me and is closer to the weight I want. They only will if we, the gun buyers tell them we would buy it.
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If RUGER wanted to, they could come up with a lighter barrel than the Champion Match, maybe an aluminum alloy full lugged barrel with a stainless steel insert (ala DAN WESSON) and keep all the other features. The real question is there a market for a lighter gun than the GP-100? I think their is. How different is the new Cobra from my old DS VI?
Besides the ventilated rib, how much different is the new Python from the mid-size King Cobra or Mk V Trooper ? 357 in the original COLT King Cobra and Trooper MK V.
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COLT is getting a premium penny for every new Python, but what if they re-introduced a working gun like the Trooper MK V? Would it not sell even better than the Python?ĬOLT had the MK V series in production. The COLT Trooper MK V, COLT Boa ( a MK V action with a Pythonesqe ventilated rib barrel and is the spitting image of the new Python) were designed for modern production and they are back. The original Python had the 19th century designed action. The Python is really just a re-introduction of the guns they discontinued back in the 1990's. The Wrangler, Security 9 and their new 5.7 pistol should prove that.Ĭonsider your example of the new COLT Python. They are pretty consistent at doing exactly that and not just more variations on a theme like a 5 inch GP-100 or Match Champion SP-101. I disagree with your idea that RUGER could not add a new model.