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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
I appreciate guns for the pure mechanical devices they are, from a machinist's point of view.
With today's CNC capabilities why do you think it'd be cost prohibitive to make such a gun now days?
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The originals were entirely hand assembled and fitted by very skilled craftsmen. The hours they put into doing so, at the labor rates such skilled craftsmen would demand today, would render production very cost prohibitive.
So, yes, I would wager that today's MIM and CNC technologies have rendered that level of hand fitting obsolete.
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Originally Posted by flatbutt
Hand assembly?
I got my Beretta straight from Italy special order with handcrafted assembly, at least that's what I paid for.  |
Yup, that hand fitting and assembly is what used to separate the Python from the rest of the pack. It was why Colt always said "never again". They have obviously found a way around that.
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
So, how long has it for sale and out of stock?
It’s a spoon I’d like to have.
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Colt is notoriously "out of stock" on pretty much anything you would really want. I learned long ago to just place an order anyway. Get in line. That, and place an order with every local gun shop. Sooner or later one will come through. I even had the happy coincidence one time, when I ordered a Single Action Army, of having a couple of orders - one directly with Colt, one from my favorite local gun shop, become available at about the same time. I could have declined either with no penalty. I went ahead and grabbed both - you never know, right? My wife exacted the "penalty"...
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Originally Posted by KC911
I'm not sure why, but I opted for a M27 over a Colt when I purchased my first revolver over 4 decades ago....but my Diamondback (.22lr) soon followed.....
Hmmm...now I don't really NEED one....but....
Damn you Higgins  ! |
Heh heh heh... I love to hear that... my work here is finished...
