I believe I am now in the possesion of actual .45 colt rounds loaded with silver bullets. An endshake of 0.003″ in a factory-new Colt used to be considered the upper limit of the endshake specification. Thank you for the wonderful review! Shop Now. No other commercial round scored better than 2-inch groups. It’s also easy to use when held against a body, either mine or my assailant’s, another key advantage of a revolver. On my KC the final lockup does not occur after after the hammer falls/as it falls. Recoil was not bad at all. This is, once again, due to the market segment Colt is going after. Manufacturers have been making them for a lot of years. It was noted well before the internet became sentient. The King Cobra has a transfer safety bar, making it completely safe to carry with the hammer down on a live round. Sans hearing protection. Capacity: 6 rounds Of course, since they are immediately all sold out the second Colt offers them, they actually go online for $2.500. Retro Toys Mrs. Peacock With The Knife Vinyl Figure Hot Topic Exclusive, Funko Tasty Peach Pop! Human Torch Vinyl Bobble-Head Hot Topic Exclusive, Cobra Kai Logo Strike First Long-Sleeve T-Shirt Reviews - page 2, loc_en_US, sid_14608484, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)]. I can find them for about $830 online for the few places that say they are in stock. I can see no reasons against it, and so far, after six months of shooting, so good. A knife with a upswept point, especially with a sharpened false edge, is too likely to prick a gut. The lockup is then significantly tighter than any other revolver I own (and that includes a S&w 627 pro). They are, however, reasonably cheap and easy to work on. But that’s for the older Colt revolvers. Library Card Number or EZ Username PIN or EZ Password. Cover story. On the ever-popular Smith & Wesson frame scale, the King Cobra sits right in the middle between the J-frame and the K-frame guns. TaylorMade M5 3-15* Fairway Wood RH Speeder 661 Stiff Flex Graphite # 110889. Bigger deeper holes. I’ll keep checking back. That extra inch wouldn’t give up much of anything in carryability, especially in an already light revolver, but it would gain in accuracy, power, and controllability.  I hope the new King Cobra does well enough to warrant future models with longer barrels. Another with a 12 gauge rifled slug. Those of you unfamiliar with revolvers may have an issue with this, but anyone who’s worked with the wheel gun will find this perfectly acceptable. I picked up a post WWII Smith M&P revolver in April for only $250 bucks not the outrageous 900 bucks of this new model Colt and yes I know its not a .357 but I know something most people do not know, I do not need a .357 especially when Pistolero Magazine shot pigs with both the .38 special and .357 Magnum and noticed no difference in killing power at all when used at point blank range which is were almost all gun fights take place and if you blast away at someone at long range you had better have a damn good lawyer or your going to be in more legal jeopardy than the person who broke into your house or attacked you on the street. It’s a bit big but he won’t give it back to me to exchange. Sadly, the best Python & Colt ‘smiths (gentlemen like Looking at your picture of the internals of this revolver, it is nothing like the innards of the E&I’,s Pythons or other classic Colt revolvers. It would take only one mistake to turn some other revolvers (especially those lighter carry revolvers) into hand grenades. The challenge is getting them to write reviews. You have entered an incorrect email address! Although I like a shiny brass bead, I like a tritium front sight a whole lot more, and would very much like to replace my brass bead with a Tritium or fiber optic insert. I don’t have a plug gauge long enough to find out. Saw a guy decapitated by a contract wound with a 7-08. Religiously. Even, gasp, 6.5 Creedmoore. The wrong ammo can make any gun shoot poorly. MIM is best used on parts that are small in size/volume, with complicated features, a need to be hardened and with tolerances under 0.005″. Only four things matter: 1. King Cobra ! If your going to make junk then your going to have to be competitive with all the other junk that is currently being made today and the Colt is not competitive. Anyway, the 586 and 686 were developed in response to the Security Six which would take as many of those hot (but not +p) loads as you could stand to put through them. Lets face facts if you want a quality revolver there are still a ton of the older used quality made Smiths and Colts still floating around for sale. Gun Review: Cobra CA380 – The Cheapest Handgun in America! Most of you folks howl like a ruptured duck when a gun’s price goes over about $600. There simply is no comparison to the old fashion quality of yesteryear and today’s modern made cast iron garbage. Thixotropic DOES NOT know what the f**k he’s talking about. Sounds like the guy did get it to work, with special tools. When reading honest reviews by “real” people who actually got stuck with this turkey they have been highly dissatisfied with the gun. To learn more, visit our Privacy Policy. I have. Small knives are nice and handy, but dull quickly and just can’t do some of the boning and butchering as easily as a big knife. I hate the way those stinking bastards smell. My local gun shop owner sent this gun back to Colt but told me not to hold my breath for any great revelations from Colt ! The big distinction between a “modern” revolver design and the “classic Colt DA” design is the rebound lever/bar in the lockwork. Cobra Kai season four 'has begun filming in Atlanta' as cast member confirms start date in now-deleted tweet. I am 67 and just bought my first Colt… Python…Feels great…going to shoot it this week. Now I’m a young paratrooper. Actually I’m surprised it’s not the other way around since the longer cylinder will result in more free-bore (longer leade). I had the opportunity to compare this side-by-side with a K6 3”. The fit and finish I find to be phenomenal. That makes sense, the melting point is much higher. Carry guns are certainly the most popular market segment these days. It was, of course, a BBQ and shooting event. Not that I’m always right. No so much with the new 3-inch gun. Reset isn’t an issue. It was not a production model though. When I got the King Cobra, I noticed a bit of cylinder end shake. Lots of rain and water in Florida. .357 mag is just a loud .38 in short barrels. Their philosophy is that the U.S. is such a big gun market that they could not care less if they never have any repeat customers. Damn you! My grandson loves it! So, what kind of benefit package does kapo bloomberg give you? I own the new KC. Thanks for writing it. The 3″ revolver seems like a good IWB gun (similar to G19). Beyond a little more end shake than I was expecting, my Colt King Cobra also has some play in the rotation of the cylinder during lock-up. I get a loin, or maybe a little sausage in return. Since I got the King Cobra early this year, I have at least 500 full pressure .38 Special rounds through it, and another couple hundred .357 Magnums. I don’t know what their spec is on this gun. Please turn it on so that you can experience the full capabilities of this site. The King Cobra has three distinct clicks before the trigger is fully reset and ready to turn the cylinder and cock the hammer again. I couldnt tell if this one has a double hand like the Colts of old. Even though Colt should be out of business. Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P380 SHIELD EZ – Take 2, http://www.patriciabriggs.com/articles/silver/silverbullets.shtml. Did you have a rough childhood, cupcake? (3) The bullet in a .38 Special cartridge is therefore in the cylinder for a slightly longer period of time than the bullet in a .357 Magnum cartridge. can’t tell the difference and I sure as shit couldn’t. From what I’ve heard they’re pretty robust, so how does that fundamentally compare with the classic Colt V-spring system? Handles full FULL house H110 loads like a tank. Once the order is placed with pickup option and it's ready, you’ll get instructions on how to let us know when you arrive at store. Handled a complaint for him shortly before I retired. MSRP: $899 (retail about the same). Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I like the gun, a lot. If the barrel was an inch shorter I would have one on order already, but I get that Colt doesn’t want to cannibalize sales from their .38 line. But the piece has to thicker because it not as strong as forged metal. I’ve had a new shooter try it with a 125 gr starting load in .38 Spl, which is so light you’d think it was a blank round. I have not been able to find any major holster maker that offers either leather or Kydex (the horror!) Reading Cooper On Handguns in the ’70s played no small part in my carrying a 1911 my entire career. C $242.67. This, from a bone stock 5 1/2″ gun. Hear you. I’ve shot it two-handed and one-handed, right and left. Of course that renown was for their blued guns, especially the “royal blue” high polish of the early Pythons. There was one other spring, and that was the bolt lift spring, a little coil spring under the head of the bolt. I saw a 2.5 inch stainless NIB a while back for $3200. Lastly the outrageous price is a complete joke compared to the crude piece of machinery you are getting stuck with. Lets face facts if you want a more affordable revolver then why not just get the crudely made cast iron Ruger, yes they are crude but you expect that at the lower price and they were engineered to be very durable. The GP100 with a 3″ barrel weighs 36 ounces. Volumes of hard evidence now prove an irrefutable fact about the 2020 POTUS election: that Joe Biden’s so-called victory was the direct result of massive vote fraud and transparent election theft via multiple cyber-crimes. Revolvers, even the older ones, stay timed and wear predictably with surprisingly light and smooth pull in DA or SA. I believe a lot of older revolvers (you know, the ones everyone says are better than today’s guns) have them. Part of that is because of the history of the company, but no doubt the bigger part is because my dad kept a stainless Colt Python by the bedside. For those of you who’ve never read Skeeter Skelton, get your life right. Like the GLOCK 19, the King Cobra strikes a Goldilocks-like balance of a gun that’s easy to carry, easy to handle, and easy to shoot. Just most of the time. Strong enough? Interesting. To each his own, but I prefer nothing longer than 5″ for a knife to use on game. I happen to wear a Simply Rugged belt every day and I have a couple of their large frame revolver holsters. I’ll just buy one for each hand. You’ll see them slapping the inside front of the trigger guard with their trigger finger when they’re shooting fast. His role in Magnum Force only reinforced it. Or, maybe it was the other way around. In those days if you wanted a 1911 it was a Series 70 Colt Government Model. Caliber: .357 Magnum, .38 Spl, .38 Spl +P His favorite knife to skin elk is a #10 5″ micarta that Mark gave him. No matter how careful you are. My guess is that had to do with how each company bored their cylinders. Taylormade M1 460 9.5 Degree Driver Stiff Flex Tensei Graphite 0880510. It’s in my safe today. ‘The GP is half a pound heavier than the Colt.’, In a revolver, 8oz isn’t a big difference, there IS a big difference between the SP101 and the GP100, the GP100 being a much more robust handgun…nothing wrong with the SP101, except the GP100 is a better choice…. For P.O. I suspect (but this is only suspicion, and not a fact) I would guess this particular Colt mechanism isn’t anywhere near as difficult to work on as the classic DA revolver mechanisms are. There are many holster options for the old King Cobras. Coincidentally, the GP and 686 also have identical MSRPs, so my guess is that heat treated cast steel isn’t that much cheaper than forging. Otherwise, you can go choose an old model leather holster that’s either too big or too small. Opening the gun up, you’ll find no chattering or rough parts hiding in the lock work. It was initially offered with leaf spring suspension and an anemic straight-six. Yes. As a back woods gun, hiking companion, or truck general purpose handgun, I’m sold on the King Cobra. Grips: Hogue OverMolded The hand is pushing the cylinder “into the window” (ie, clockwise from your perspective while holding the gun), and this pushes the cylinder into full engagement with the bolt. Averaged over the entire 20-round box, it scored at 1 1/4″. Welcome to where revolvers rule. I’ve spent the last six months putting it through its paces. Rugers and Uberti’s. Totally fair. Ruger and now others have done amazing things with cast metal. One thing about cast metal…it doesnt stretch very well. JWT for TTAG. Gun Review: Colt King Cobra .357 Revolver. I love both Colts and S&Ws, but for either fanbase to throw shade at the other company is just silly. People like to say that the advantage is that Ruger is somehow better suited to handling by being overbuilt but them being overbuilt is due to the way they manufacture rather than some brilliant design. This gun seems to be a good size. you might learn something. There’s a significant difference in energy levels, 10-15% between 3″-4″. Local guy, though a transplant from Miami. (By the way, after shooting 700 rounds, I cleaned the gun and measured the end shake and found no discernible difference than when I pulled it out of the box.). As for the machine marks on the underside of the top strap: that’s disappointing. But how the bolt tail fell off the rebound lever controlled how the bolt rose/fell in the timing cycle. I’ll let you know if it finally comes back in the condition I expected when I layed out the $900.00 for this POS. Specialist38, you had to make do with a 624? Odds apparently show that getting a good Colt are relatively good. Note: Curbside Pickup hours are limited between 3pm - 7pm (Mon-Sat) and 2pm - 5pm (Sun). Now that’s what I’m talking about. Skeeter crimped his 158gr bullet to the bottom groove and ran the bullet up to 1,200 feet per second. Once the hammer is released from the trigger, it rotates forward striking the transfer bar transferring energy to the firing pin to ignite the cartridge in the chamber. I too, have skinned hundreds, thousands. “The average, old time gun owner…” Yep, Vlad, that’s you. I called both of those companies and their reps told me there were no plans to stock a holster for the new King Cobra at that time. Kinda my point. Just make sure to leave California in California, and don’t Californicate your new state. Remember forged metal is heat treated as well to prevent brittleness. There were six 3 in barrel versions made for a Canadian police dept. Here is a 15 part essay on trying to make a silver bullet. Trigger pulls. As an aside, read your reply to my comment on RMK. The MIM cast part used in this crudely made revolver are not even made by Colt. You don’t know that they have the new King Cobra carry? 1.4″ 5 round groups at 25 yards. With most rounds, the .357 Magnum takes a pretty steep dive in the velocity and corresponding energy department in short barrels. Like my kids, I’m toughest on the guns I like. Let me relieve you of that burden. Any idea why the change? Having a 6 shot 357 in a SP101 weight is pretty nice. Action: Double-action God bless Lew Horton and John Jovino. Unless I’m just out of commercial rounds to complete the review, I don’t usually use my own hand loads in review guns. By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com. When I let him work on my hoopty’s he did a good job. It seems weird to me to have a revolver in a 3 inch configuration. return of the king of wheel guns… The Colt Python!! The K6 oozed quality (and that’s no small feat, given my torrid love-hate relationship with that company’s QA over the decades), was silky smooth in DA mode (concealed hammer so it better damn well be smooth), and had a slightly smaller footprint for concealed carry.
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