Does Anyone Out There Take Colt Revolvers Seriously?

[Irishlad]

Sometimes I carry my old Colt Police Positive in the chest pocket of my overalls. This is usually when I'm doing an hour hike through the woods. Its a very accurate old pistol. I load it with 98 grain wadcutters.
And although I usually carry "more" gun in the winter, at times I load the old Colt with Fiocchi FMJ's for winter walks.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[Coltman 77]

The Colt DA revolvers are interesting and valuable from a collector standpoint, but they are not in the same league with a equivalent Smith & Wesson or Ruger revolver. I learned to shoot a DA revolver double action and therefore prefer the S&W and a good Ruger will do. But a Colt will just not deliver a constant and smooth trigger pull all through the stroke. Not to mention the inner design has a geometry that goes out of time on a fairly regular basis.

So, do I take them seriously? As investments and trading material, yes. As defense guns, no.

That's a very bold inaccurate, statement my friend.

The Python has the most perfect trigger ever devised and has proven itself since it's introduction in 1955. It's generally considered the Holy Grail of revolvers and deserves that title.

The Colt SAA has been a tough warhorse pistol since 1873 without issues, hell it won the west.

Obviously, you are a Ruger/S&W fan but give credit where credit is due and put aside your bias.

[got2hav1]

I never posted my DS so here she is. 1975 Series lll Nickel..



Big brother MKlll Trooper in Nickel..

[bmcgilvray]

I hate to have to admit this but I'm going to have to agree with Archie. I love owning and using Colt revolvers of all types but can't get really warmed up to their double-action triggers. This includes the much vaunted Python which has a double-action trigger in a peculiar flavor of "yuck" by comparison with a good classic K-Frame or N-Frame Smith & Wesson. As a target arm used in single-action mode for extreme accuracy, the Python trigger is joyously wonderful.

To me, the double-action triggers of any Official Police, Officer's Model, or Army Special equals the Python. They are all four the same basic frame size with action parts and geometry the same size. Of course the Python was suppose to have better fitting and finishing but this is debatable. A well-broken-in Official Police will have a fine trigger for a Colt. The best Colt trigger in the house here is in a 1925 vintage Colt Army Special .41 Long Colt, a model made back when fine fit and finish was still applied to all models across the board. This old Army Special's double-action trigger beats the double-action trigger of the Python here.

Despite this I do favor the Colt Detective Special as the premier snub of all times, barring none, for serious self defense. It's DA trigger may not be what I consider ideal but I can live with it at most reasonable distances and make good hits.

Now I have to part ways with Archie on the Ruger double-action triggers which also do not make my trigger finger glad.

[RAC55]

I own four S&W revolvers, a model 29, a model 629, a model 625 of 1989. and a model 17 full target...all great guns, but the triggers still don't match the smoothness and crispness of my Python. In double action, close, but in single action, my Python breaks far cleaner. These are all factory guns bought brand new with no modifications. Maybe I just happened to get an unusually good Python? I also have an original Colt 1877 DA 'Lightning'. I've only put 6 rounds through it to make sure it functioned, but being it's a fragile action, I don't want to push my luck!

[got2hav1]

I have owned and shot several nice S&Ws, but none equalled the SA of the Python or the OMM that I shoot. Maybe I had some sub par Smihs. YMMV.