I am also credited as weapons master on a few independent films.Category: Handguns Tags. Continuing to improve my firearms skills and knowledge is a never ending journey in which we should all be committed. I began reviewing firearms for publications in the mid 2000s and have been fortunate to make many friends in the industry. Around that time my father and I became involved with IDPA and competed together up until he passed away. In the late 1990s I became a life member to the National Rifle Association and worked with the Friends of the NRA. After being honorably discharged I continued teaching firearm safety, rifle and pistol marksmanship, and began teaching metallic cartridge reloading. Just after high school I enlisted and felt most at home on the rifle range, where I qualified expert with several firearms and spent some time as a rifle coach to my fellow Marines. I spent much of my youth involved with firearms and felt the call early on to the United States Marine Corps, following in my father's and his brother's footsteps. 44 Magnum for hunting or woods carry the new Anaconda has plenty of versatility in a gun that was built to take the punishment.
44 Magnum for range use but the ability to go to scorching. While I love the new Python, there is just something romantic about the. I am thankful to see Colt continue to reintroduce updated versions of their double-action revolver line, and this may be my new favorite. This revolver would be a superb option as a hunting sidearm or woods carry, especially where dangerous animals may be present.
The trigger pull was quite nice and predictable, just a touch heavier than the 2020 Python but equally as smooth. No doubt, the weight and overmolded stocks aided in taming heavy recoil. 44 Magnum, such as the Doubletap, it was controllable but took a bit of effort and preparedness.
44 Special was a dream to shoot out of the Anaconda with little recoil even with mild. Accuracy was on par with about as good as I can shoot, averaging two-inch three-shot groups at twenty-five yards. Over the past month, we ran about 150 rounds through the test gun without issue. The new Anaconda averaged about two-inch groups from twenty-five yards from a rest. The new Anaconda uses the same leaf spring technology found in the Python hammer/trigger, giving it a more consistent trigger pull from shot to shot.Īccuracy. Note the widened trigger pad, adding comfort to the smooth trigger pull.Īs for the trigger, the double-action trigger pull was under twelve pounds, and the single action was just under five pounds. Factory Houge overmolded stocks are standard, but any stocks that fit the Python will fit the new Anaconda. The cylinder release is serrated for the straight pull back to release the cylinder, tradition on Colt double-action revolvers. The top strap is drilled and tapped for optics or scope mount. Colt updated the Python.Įxceptional target sights adorn the top of the revolver, with a rear adjustable for windage and elevation and an interchangeable orange/red insert for the front ramp. With traditional lines, the new 2021 Colt Anaconda is very reminiscent of the original but was updated in a similar fashion. My test sample was a six-inch barrel but it is also be available in an eight-inch barrel. My test sample arrived just about a month ago, and in that time, we have run about 150 rounds through the double-action revolver, with about twenty of those being. 44 Magnum, essentially scaling up the 2020 Python. Now for 2021, Colt introduces the new Anaconda in.
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You can see that by following this link and the full review by following this link. 357 Magnum Python debuted in 2020 at Colt Media Day held at Gunsite.
You can read my review of the King Cobra Target by following this link. In 2019 Colt reintroduces the King Cobra and King Cobra Target. You can see the review of the Colt Cobra by following this link. I was told the Cobra was engineered to be scalable, which gave me hope for future reintroductions. I remember talking to my friends at Colt and asking them about other double-action revolvers that were slated for reintroduction to the market. 38 Special Colt Cobra at Gunsite this was Colt’s initial effort to wade back into double-action revolvers.
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