[mikegs430]

All they need do is bring back the Python, Diamondback, and a few other long defunct DA revolvers, and the sales surge would bring them out of debt in a couple of months.....

The market for a revolver such as the colt Python is most likely very small. Especially at what it would cost to manufacture something as precision and polished as a Python. In today's dollars it would have to retail for $1500 - $2000 dollars. In a world where everyone wants 15 round plastic guns the python would be a niche market player at best.

 

[mikegs430]

I think you are underestimating the cost. New Pythons and Diamondbacks could easily be in the $2k to $4k range and even then, they may not be equivalent to the originals.

I agree. I was trying to be conservative in my estimate. The real obstacle to recreating the Python is recreating the skilled workforce and craftsman that took Colt 150 years to develop. I am in the business of developing and engineering ways to build precision things. I can tell you that the skill set that is needed retired a long time ago. The generation that has replaced them grew up playing XBOX, not tinkering with things mechanical. In short the training and salaries needed to produce the Python would make it untouchable to all but the well heeled. Of course we could just ask the Chinese to make it for us.