I will always be a revolver guy-simply because that is the handgun I learned to shoot first, and the one I carried on and off duty as a law enforcement officer for the first twelve years of my law enforcement career. Hopefully a new alloy frame Colt revolver is on the horizon since lightweight carry guns are all the rage, and rightfully so-who wants to lug around a heavyweight handgun all day long. While I am thrilled that Colt has reintroduced a D-Frame revolver, I wish they had called the new one a Detective Special. Toward the end of their production they were offered in stainless steel and. 38 Special snubs which featured all steel construction.
Today's Cobra is actually a modern Detective Special, which was one of the first "modern" Colt. The Colt Cobra was manufactured for 21 years with an aluminum, and only an aluminum frame. The new gun offered as a "Cobra" isn't a Cobra-any Colt fan will tell you that. Any of the aluminum D-frame snubbies would do-a Parkerized Agent which was the type I carried as an undercover narcotics officer, a blued Agent with checkered walnut grips which was the type that I carried as an off-duty/backup gun with the City of Reynoldsburg Police, or a Cobra, which I had never owned before.īefore I go any further talking about the gun I ended up finding and purchasing at the Cleveland Avenue Vance Outdoors location, let me make a few brief comments about the new Colt Cobra snub, which was introduced in 2017 and why I didn't purchase one of those. 38 Special Revolver with aluminum frame as a working, carry gun for a long time. I had been wanting to pick up a used, D-Frame Colt Snubnose.
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