![]() ![]() ![]() The six-shooter has a replaceable brass front bead front and an MSRP of $899.īy comparison, Smith & Wesson’s Model 60 stainless 2-inch in the same caliber has a retail of $729 but only has a five-shot capacity. The cylinder accepts the old Colt Detective Special pattern speedloaders. 357 with a bobbed hammer and 6-shot cylinder (Photo: Colt)Ĭolt’s new magnum-caliber snub weighs 26-ounces and features a stainless steel barrel and frame mated to Hogue over-molded grips. By 1988, stainless versions in both a matte and bright finish were introduced as was a short-lived 2-inch model. 38Spl/.357Mag and available in 4- or 6-inch formats. Introduced first in a blued metal finish with black neoprene round butt grips, the King Cobra was only chambered in. Likewise, the price point made more competitive with other full-lug magnums of the time, namely Ruger’s then-new GP-100, S&W’s Model 586, and Dan Wesson’s 15HB. This made it appealing to budding target shooters, law enforcement, and personal protection. 38.īorrowing the solid rib heavy barrel/full underlug profile of Colt’s Python series but coming in at a more affordable $400 smackers at the time, it was half the price of the iconic serpent. 357 Magnum Colt King Cobra, a snake gun now in at least its third generation.īased on the company’s Mark V system shared by the medium-frame Trooper series of double-action six-shooters, the King Cobra got its name as an ode to smaller Colt Cobra wheelguns which dated back to the 1950s but were only chambered in. In honor of the Colt’s 150th Anniversary in 1986 a new revolver hit the market, the. The stylized barrel rollmarks, complete with a cobra head, make the Colt King Cobra unmistakable.
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