Caught a Cobra FINALY!

[pocketman]

FOLKS,finaly picked up a colt cobra, I had been on the fence for about a month over another one that was in not so great shape, I was in a different shop and spotted a cobra in the corner of case,blue with orig.plastic/look like wood grips and a silver tyler T-grip that contrasts nicely with the wood and blue, talk to me about this pistol, RR had some great info when I was on the fence over the other cobra, When was this one made, ser.# 1324xx, did i pay a fair price $225.00, I would call it 90% condition,The lockwork is very tight,crisp & clean, finish shows some wear at end of barrel and it has 2 small nicks on the bottom of the butt.Also can it handle some +P'S?

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[Bongos]

Sounds like a fair price!! I not sure which Colt but the price is fair for both the cobra 38 snub nose or a 357 King Cobra; anyways, you did good. If the action id tight, you got a great gun.

 

[VictorLouis]

Yes, the Colt's can handle +P. IIRC, the alloy frames were supposed to be checked by Colt after about 3K rounds of it. The steel frames at 5K. I think you did OK too.

 

[Rocky Road]

Pocketman--Your "new" Cobra was made in 1962 according to my production lists in R. L. Wilson's COLT--An American Legend.

I'm glad for you that you found your little snake gun. Speaking of which, that was the first of the Colt products named for the scaly critters--
Followed by Python, Diamondback, and then I lose track of the order--Anaconda, Boa, and Viper. Did I miss any?

Best regards,
RR

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[jimmy]

Congrats! The Cobra is a fine gun. I recently purchased one myself. It belonged to an elderly lady and was her dresser-drawer gun until she went into a nursing home and asked her daughter to sell it for her. (This little bit of history makes the gun sound like the proverbial car that belonged to the "little old lady from Pasadena who only drove it on Sundays"!) Anyway, it's almost like new, and I'm proud to give it a new home.

Colt's is more agreeable than S&W to the use of +P in their small-frame revolvers. Personally, though, I don't shoot +Ps in my Cobra, because it seems to be getting harder to find someone who knows how to "tighten" Colt .38 revolvers if they loosen up around the cylinder due to extensive +P use.

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[JackNKoch]

I believe I have read that the D-frames are +P but not +P+ rated. My memory is 1000 rounds for the aluminum and 3000 rounds for the steel framed guns before having the gun checked for timing problems, frame stretching, or whatever else could cause a problem. Regardless, your Colt Cobra should handle a few high pressure loads just fine. You bought a great gun. I regret selling the two I once owned.

 

[beemerb]

And I thought this thread was about snakes!
Sad


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I'm old and deceitful.

 

[Ala Dan]

Congrat's pocketman, the Colt Cobra has always been a well respected firearm.
You got a good, fair market price on
that gem.

Regards,
Ala Dan, Life Member N.R.A.

 

[Al Thompson]

I had a Cobra until my Mom bogarted it. Then she snagged my Dick Special.. Oh well, she did raise me.

Price looks OK from South Carolina.

I found that non-plus P 158 SWC's hit to the same POI as my carry load of 158 +P LSWCHPs. So - I practice with the non-+ Ps and carry the + P loads.

Giz

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[Rusty S]

Don't know about the new production rubber grips, but I was trying to decide which two guns to put on the ccw, and put some old Pachmayer rubber grips on my cobra and the trigger started returning slowly. That particular set of grips could be overtightened to inhibit the V shaped mainspring's function. Never noticed that before.