![]() This turned out to be less trouble than expected. I was interested in seeing how an MRD sight would work on the Anaconda, so I removed the factory rear sight and installed the Colt Picatinny rail. The Colt-made rail has a gutter in the upper center that can serve as a rear sight if all else fails. The CTS-1400 red-dot has a unique side-mounted, sliding battery compartment just below the CT logo. I felt these would do the job on two-legged predators, and I was later surprised by the velocity of the CorBon load. 44 Special, I chose some vintage CorBon 165-grain JHP rounds that have an impressive hollow-nose cavity, and some newer DoubleTap Ammunition loads that have what looks like a 200-grain Gold-Dot-style cup-shaped hollow point. For putting down four-legged game or predators, I chose American Eagle (by Federal) with conventional 240-grain JHP bullets, Sig Sauer V-Crown 240-grain JHPs and Remington’s hard-charging, 275- grain Core-Lokt JHP. 44 Special cartridges suitable for self-defense. 44 Magnum “hunting” ammo and some high-performance. An inch or so ahead of that is a QR code-something to baffle us old-timers.įor testing, I wanted to use both. Above the trigger, on the right side of the frame, is the serial number. You’ll note that the chambers in the cylinder aren’t rebated, as this is unnecessary with modern ammunition.īesides the Rampant Colt stamping on the frame below the cylinder latch, the left side of the barrel has the Anaconda lettering and below it “.44 Magnum.” The right side of the barrel has a small Colt’s Manufacturing logo. The ejector rod is pushed rearward to extract spent cartridge cases and is of sufficient length to do this handily. Typical of Colt DA revolvers, the cylinder release latch is on the left side of the frame and is pulled rearward to unlock the cylinder, so it may be swung out on its crane for loading. Removal is easy, but mind that coil spring! With the rear sight removed, an optional Colt Picatinny rail can be fitted to the Anaconda,Īllowing the use of optical sights. Interestingly, this rail has a center “gutter,” which, with the optical sight removed, could act as a rudimentary fixed rear sight. Beneath the rear sight, the top-strap is drilled and tapped for a Picatinny rail available from Colt as an option. The blue steel rear sight is fully adjustable for windage and elevation. The sight is replaceable using Allen key and front sight base tapers down from the muzzle to the juncture of the barrel and frame. In this image you can see the sloping front sight base atop the vent rib the rear sight is fully adjustable The muzzle of the vent-rib barrel has a recessed target crown, and the ramp front sight has a red insert. 44 Russian ammunition for reduced recoil. It’s forged from stainless steel with a “semi-bright” finish, and, according to Colt, the frame has been “bulked up” to allow continuous use of. Barrel lengths of 6 and 8 inches are available, and my 6-inch version has an overall length of 13 inches, with an empty weight of 59 ounces. Using a U-shaped, dual-action leaf spring, the Anaconda-like the Python-has a smooth 9.5-pound DA pull and a single-action (SA) pull weight on my example of 5.1 pounds. The new 2021 Anaconda actually has the same action as the 2020 Python (it has just been enlarged). While the original Anaconda resembled the Python externally, it had a completely different action. The Anaconda is a descendant of the large-frame Colt New Service revolver (bottom) this version is the Model 1909, made for the U.S. It stayed in the catalog until 1999, was dropped, then reemerged in 2001, only to be dropped again in 2003. 45 Colt, it looked like an enlarged Python, with its vent-rib, full-underlug barrel. Other than the Single Action Army revolver, Colt didn’t have a large-bore revolver until 1990, when production began on the Anaconda. The New Service was dropped from the Colt catalog in 1944. ![]() Border Patrol and the NY State Police among other law enforcement agencies. This big wheelgun became the platform for the Colt Model 1909 and Model 1917-both used in wartime by the U.S. This large-frame revolver is the great-grandson of the Colt New Service, a large-frame swing-out cylinder, double-action (DA) revolver first introduced in 1898. The biggest news, however, is that after an 18-year absence, 2021 has seen the reintroduction of the Anaconda. More big news came in 2020 when the Python was reintroduced and again became a bestseller. Since then, the Cobra line has been expanded to include several versions in. New “Snake Guns” have been rolling out of Colt Manufacturing since the Cobra came out in 2017. The Colt Anaconda was reintroduced in 2021. This sight is made for hard-recoiling rifles and shotguns. With the rail installed, the author mounted a Crimson Trace CTS-1400 MRD optical sight on the Anaconda.
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