45 Talk

Another one of the pre-SHOT Show stories was Colt’s return to the revolver market with the NEW Colt Cobra

While it is called a Cobra this is not developed from the old alloy framed Cobra of yesteryear.

After the discontinuance of the Detective Special, Colt released a revolver called the SF-IV. Shortly thereafter the SF-IV was renamed the DS-II. The new name gave the revolver much better market recognition and sales.

The Cobra was developed out of where this development path left off. Like the DS-II the new Cobra is chambered for 38 Special and rated at +P levels. The ammunition on hand was the Colt branded ammunition that is being manufactured by DoubleTap. It is definitely at the bleeding edge of the pressure and performance limits of the cartridge

I handled three of the new Cobras and shot two of them. Both the single and double action pull on these revolvers was fantastic. Accuracy was great. I was tapping the 25 yard gongs with little trouble.

The only downside is the finish. They actually look better in these photographs than in person. It is of low quality, much like the last run of 38 special Colt Agents or the Colt 1991s. Since the construction is stainless, it would not cost too much to do a mid level final polish. That would really round out what many of us expect from a revolver with this kind of heritage

Prior to the SHOT Show there were rumors that Kimber was releasing some NEW revolvers

Well this is sort of true and sort of not

All the new releases are variations on the K6

The first one is a three dot sight system with a red Fiber Optic front sight

The second one is pretty much the original model with a matte finish and rubber grips. The rear sight has been redesigned and soon a Tritium sight version will be offered

The third one is equipped with Crimson Trace laser grips and also sports the new taller sights

Sorry for the blue cast on the pictures, we were under a blue canopy tent. I will shoot some more inside the Sands Expo Center

While I shot the K6 last year, those were pre production revovlers. I am pleased to say that the actions on these production guns is just as good.

I did express a concern that the MSRP of these revolvers was a bit on the high side, unfortunately the range staff are the wrong people to be talking to about this issue