The handgun horsepower wars around the turn of the century may have given us previously unheard of power levels due to the introduction of the 480 Ruger Mag, 460 and 500 S&W mags, and the mainstreaming of the 454 Casull, but for most applications, they’re little more than ballistic dick-measuring competitions. However, fingerprints will always show up. The Anaconda was never produced in a blued finish, but the polished stainless surface works well to hide inevitable scratches. For those who want to experience the challenge of handgun hunting, without feeling like they should’ve hired a sherpa, the Colt Anaconda sits nicely between the Redhawk and behemoths like the S&W Model 500.

Sure, you could plink away to your heart’s content with reduced loads and 44 Specials, but the big snake really wakes up when you offer it full-house ammo. Occupying the same niche as the Smith & Wesson N frame and Ruger Redhawk, the Colt Anaconda is a large-frame, double-action/single-action, six-shot revolver, aimed squarely at those who want the power of a 44 Magnum hunting handgun. Advances in CNC machining and manufacturing made the Python commercially viable once more - and now, back to the fold comes the biggest of the snake guns and one which was previously discontinued in 2003. Then came its bigger brother, followed by the gun they said would never be made again, due to the amount of hand-finishing it had required. In 2017, Colt returned to the revolver market, testing the waters in the snubby pool with their current iteration of the Cobra.

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