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The Python always had (and still has) a reputation for a smooth double-action trigger. Not immediately visible but at least as important as any other feature on the new Colt is the use of the “V” style mainspring offered in the smaller Python rather than the old coil spring system used in the original Anaconda. Once it’s adjusted and locked in place by the set screw, it’s set! Third, there are three detents on the rear sight housing and one on the base of the moveable blade that will help you return to a previous setting. Second, the blade is dovetail-mounted in the housing of the rear sight base. First, there is a set screw that must be loosened before (and tightened after) adjusting the location of the blade for windage.

The adjustable rear sight has three unique features for a factory revolver. Insert a taller or shorter front sight blade as necessary to bring the rear sight’s adjustment range back into play.

There’s an additional advantage to the replaceable front blade you may not need unless you change ammo to a specialty load that is outside the adjustment range of your rear sight. Don’t like orange? Remove and replace the blade. The front sight blade has an orange insert for increased visibility, especially in reduced light conditions. The big snake’s iron sights have some serious upgrades built in. Colt didn’t stop thinking about maximizing the Anaconda’s visual capabilities with just drilling and tapping. I was a dedicated iron sight guy in my youth, but fading vision brought me around to accepting and using optics on handguns. If you’re not planning to mount some optics on your Anaconda, the factory drilled and tapped top strap may not thrill you much. I have rather short fingers, so by being thin and not covering the frame’s backstrap, the panels assist me in reaching the trigger and allow me to exert more control during trigger press regardless of whether I’m firing single or double action. The rubber panels aren’t soft enough to effectively dampen felt recoil, but the their dimpled surface does help maintain your shooting hand’s grip. The grooves help me maintain a grip that both “tames” recoil and allows quicker recovery for a second shot.

This is particularly true when hunting in inclement weather or wearing gloves.įor big-bore handguns, I’m a big fan of open-back, rubber Hogue grip panels with finger grooves. The wide hammer spur with serrations on its top surface makes it easier to manipulate the hammer when preparing for a first single-action shot or returning the hammer to rest when the shot doesn’t materialize and you need to continue the stalk. The cylinder’s extra length can prove extremely helpful when using ammo with heavyweight bullets, the kind most useful for hunting large critters with big bones and thick skin. 2 inch longer and slightly larger in diameter. 44 Magnum revolvers, the Anaconda’s cylinder also provides additional weight by virtue of being. The full-length lug does offer serious value in this kind of gun not just by adding weight to absorb recoil, but by adding a couple ounces where they will do the most good: up front at the muzzle.

Perhaps of equal satisfaction would be the pleasure derived in flaunting the gun in front of envious friends! Regular snakes have scales large Colt “reptiles” have ventilated ribs! Case closed.Īs a handgun hunter I might categorize the bright stainless-steel finish as unnecessary, but since the Anaconda isn’t being offered with the Python’s original blue finish, why not go high polish? When not hunting, the Anaconda’s size and quality of fit and finish qualify it as a coffee table gun suitable for proud display to your shooting buddies. The ventilated rib is simply branding it screams “ Colt” to anyone who knows anything about revolvers. All these features have a purpose, some more useful than others. A little closer look reveals the fully adjustable rear sight, wide hammer spur, open-back rubber Hogue grips, replaceable front sight with orange insert, and a top strap already drilled and tapped to facilitate the mounting of optics. Yes, the Anaconda does remind you of its smaller relative, the new Python, with its world-famous ventilated rib, full-length lug and highly polished stainless-steel finish.