Aguila Blanca
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I hope wood grips for the old Detective Special will fit, or that the wood grip makers come out with similar grips for this new gun. The rubber grips in the photo look nicely ergonomic, but I like wood grips.
The real key is how they polish the finish.Colt uses pristine steels made of iron ore mined from Mount Olympus
Too many unrealistic expectations by some Colt fans, I think.
Denis
Colt uses pristine steels made of iron ore mined from Mount Olympus
They must use something really abrasive, maybe Hilary Clinton's breast milk? That stuff can't come cheap either.The real key is how they polish the finish.
It's like DPris said earlier in this thread: People are going to be comparing this to older Colt's back when they were made with hand-fitting. That's not going to happen today because that costs a lot of money and the parts are going to be made similarly to the way Smith and Ruger do it now.Those touches and with such a low entry price causes one to lack optimism about the true quality of design and materials or finish.
They could have had quality better than Taurus if they had just rebadged the Armscor M200/M206 revolvers and given them a nice, blued finish. That level of quality wasn't good enough for them, so I expect the quality of these new guns to be above average, and far better than Taurus.TruthTellers said:If you want my guess on the quality Colt will deliver, I expect it to be on par with that of good Taurus with a price tag more than a S&W.