Colt Anaconda 2021 Re-Issue

[HCM]

Colt has re-issued the Anaconda 44 magnum. The new gun appears to be patterned on the new pythons.

6” and 8” versions will be available.


https://youtu.be/4cFlP1l0K_s

[Matt Helm]

The answer to many shooters’ wishes.
About the same number of folks ... also hope for a better trigger than the Newer PYTHON.

[Stephanie B]

*Yawn*

I suspect that this gun will mainly be vaporware for years.

[Duelist]

That’s really cool, and an attractive piece, but shooting a bunch of .44 Magnums through a DA revolver isn’t on my list of things to do to myself in the near or distant future.

[Wondering Beard]

4 inch barrel in 45 Colt and I'll be interested.

[Totem Polar]

Very cool that they brought it out. I’m not the target market, but very cool nonetheless.

[HCM]

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/colt-brings-back-the-44-magnum-anaconda-revolver/?fbclid=IwAR0W1blcstavFsl9Qse8npI-Sz7DumOLfipNDA9UkzWYveOvRTiCn0NYcsM

https://soldiersystems.net/2021/03/22/colt-reintroduces-the-anaconda-revolver/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=colt-reintroduces-the-anaconda-revolver

[Rex G]

Availability in .45 Colt would get my attention.

[jh9]

This thing is going to look awesome when it's perpetually out of stock next to the 2020 Python, which is also perpetually out of stock.

[Dave T]

I was wrong about Colt bringing back the Python and I'm wrong about Colt bringing back the Anaconda. I'm on record on another forum for saying Colt has about killed off the Single Action Army and it would be gone soon. Secretly I'm hoping this works the same as for the first two.

Down side to all my bad predictions is, I never seen a Python in a gun shop and probably will never see the Anaconda either. No harm, no foul. I'm not one of the people who will buy either one. Now if CZ ramps up production of the SAA and makes it the quality gun it once was (pre 3rd Gen) I might could see my way to become a Colt buyer...well the SAA anyway. It will be a CZ by the time that happens! (smile)

Dave

[okie john]

I was wrong about Colt bringing back the Python and I'm wrong about Colt bringing back the Anaconda.

I saw a new Python in a gunshop a month or so after it was announced, so I know they're around.

I'd like to see the Anaconda in 45 ACP with fixed sights and a 5.5" barrel without the ventilated rib. Call it the New New Service.


Okie John

[03RN]

I saw a new Python in a gunshop a month or so after it was announced, so I know they're around.

I'd like to see the Anaconda in 45 ACP with fixed sights and a 5.5" barrel without the ventilated rib. Call it the New New Service.


Okie John

Yes please

[bofe954]

I'd probably buy it before the python just because I don't have a DA .44 and I don't need another .357.

Probably slightly less expensive than a pre lock 629. 4 or 5 inch would be nice though.

[Stephanie B]

$1,500 MSRP isn't too hateful (https://www.colt.com/series/ANACONDA_SERIES), if you could find a gun at that price. Maybe by 2025...

A 5" barrel would be pisser. So would a .45 version; make some of them as convertibles for $2,100 and they'll sell out for years.

[farscott]

4 inch barrel in 45 Colt and I'll be interested.

Five-inch barrel in either .44 Magnum or .45 Colt will get my attention. For some reason, five-inch barrels on large DA revolvers hit my sweet spot.

[revchuck38]

4 inch barrel in 45 Colt and I'll be interested.

Me too, though I have no idea where I'd get that money. A half lug would push me harder, or maybe a New Service-esque barrel profile but with an ejector rod shroud. I ain't holding my breath.

[Inkwell 41]

Colt revolvers, especially the Python, are quite appealing to me. Until I pick one up and go to open the cylinder. Pulling back on the latch, with my strong hand, is impossible for me. Is that how one is supposed to open it? My only significant revolver experience is with Smith and Wesson M10s which, at least for opening the cylinder, seem intuitive. My thumb is also too short to reach the latch on a GP100.

Our academy had bright stainless Pythons, kept stacked in milk crates, for force on force exercises. Several of the cadre carried them for duty as did the director, at the time. I was very happy to be issued a 92FS, but I remember lusting for a Python. I often think I’d still like one. The Anaconda, not so much.

But good for CZolt bringing this back. Perhaps increased production capacity with no corresponding reduction in quality, will be something that the new Czech masters will provide.

[Half Moon]

Colt revolvers, especially the Python, are quite appealing to me. Until I pick one up and go to open the cylinder. Pulling back on the latch, with my strong hand, is impossible for me. Is that how one is supposed to open it? My only significant revolver experience is with Smith and Wesson M10s which, at least for opening the cylinder, seem intuitive. My thumb is also too short to reach the latch on a GP100.

Our academy had bright stainless Pythons, kept stacked in milk crates, for force on force exercises. Several of the cadre carried them for duty as did the director, at the time. I was very happy to be issued a 92FS, but I remember lusting for a Python. I often think I’d still like one. The Anaconda, not so much.

But good for CZolt bringing this back. Perhaps increased production capacity with no corresponding reduction in quality, will be something that the new Czech masters will provide.

You might want to try the weak hand reload method. Use the thumb of the weak hand flagged upward to manipulate the cylinder release latch while the weak hand index finger supports the cylinder and the strong hand index finger pushes the cylinder out of the window. Not sure if that makes any sense but works for me with either Colt or S&W. Granted that I never really had issue manipulating the cylinder latch of a Colt when using the more typical strong hand reload either. On the other hand :-) weak hand reload works much better for me with Rugers where traditional strong hand reload typically required me to break grip to manipulate the cylinder latch.

[Pol]

... I don't need another .357.
.

Que?

Everybody needs another 357. ;)

[Pol]

I’m a buyer

[Inkwell 41]

You might want to try the weak hand reload method. Use the thumb of the weak hand flagged upward to manipulate the cylinder release latch while the weak hand index finger supports the cylinder and the strong hand index finger pushes the cylinder out of the window. Not sure if that makes any sense but works for me with either Colt or S&W. Granted that I never really had issue manipulating the cylinder latch of a Colt when using the more typical strong hand reload either. On the other hand :-) weak hand reload works much better for me with Rugers where traditional strong hand reload typically required me to break grip to manipulate the cylinder latch.

Thank you. You’re a bit of an enabler. But I think I understand what you are saying here.

[Half Moon]

Thank you. You’re a bit of an enabler. But I think I understand what you are saying here.

Not quite exactly the way I do it but close enough for the idea:


https://youtu.be/sjRTdXvjBmE

[Inkwell 41]

Ironically, I was searching youtube for videos when you replied. This is very helpful.

[RAM Engineer]

4" .44 Special

[Stephanie B]

4" .44 Special

A 4" non-lock six-shot revolver would be a "Shaddup and Take My Money" gun.

[awp_101]

What lock work did the original Anaconda use? Was it a Python derivative as well?

[jh9]

What lock work did the original Anaconda use? Was it a Python derivative as well?

No. I'm 99% sure it's a derivative of the mk3 or mk5 revolver action, same as the old King Cobra.

I don't have vol 2 of the kuhnhausen manual to confirm.

[JTMcC]

It's a useful option for folks who want to shoot .44 RM +P+ (or .45 Colt +P+) from a double action, but don't want a Ruger or Taurus.
A small group I'm guessing, but I'm in it.
And I don't mind Colts cylinder release.

[jtcarm]

It would have to be super-accurate and super-smooth for me to get past the vent rib.

[jtcarm]

It's a useful option for folks who want to shoot .44 RM +P+ (or .45 Colt +P+) from a double action, but don't want a Ruger or Taurus.
A small group I'm guessing, but I'm in it.
And I don't mind Colts cylinder release.

What’s a .44 RM +P+ ?

[jtcarm]

A 4" non-lock six-shot revolver would be a "Shaddup and Take My Money" gun.

I once held in my two young hands a .41 Magnum Python. A local gunsmith shop built 125 of them back in the late 80s. I don’t recall the price, but it didn’t matter. I had a new, somewhat customized 24-3 and bouncing baby girl, so my gun budget for that decade was gone.

Now if the moon would go to the seventh house and Jupiter aligned with Mars, causing Colt to produce such a gun, I could get over my loathing of vent-ribbed revolvers and become one of those limburger & sardine sandwich eaters otherwise known as .41 magnum owners.

[farscott]

What’s a .44 RM +P+ ?

My guess is insanely overpressure (like Ruger-only, FA 83-only, or T/C Contender-only) .44 Magnum aka .44 Remington Magnum. If I need 340-grain JFP at 1425 fps, I will opt for .454 Casull in an FA 83.

[JTMcC]

What’s a .44 RM +P+ ?

Remington Magnum

[HCM]

Anyone have info or experience with optics mounts for the new Anaconda ?


https://youtu.be/2SM8iJI6fdc


https://youtu.be/L2XwZyShvLc


https://youtu.be/20MsUEK2VPE

Grip options:


https://youtu.be/Hz0AnA1CjMc