22LR with 2 1/2 inch or 6 inch barrels were limited production and are rare. The 6 inch barrel has a separate, pinned-in front sight of the same type as used on the Python, only with a single pin to retain it.ĭiamondback's with bright nickel finish in. The 2 1/2 inch and 4 inch barrels have front sights that are machined as part of the barrel. The 2 1/2 inch version was fitted with Service type grips, the 4 inch and 6 inch were fitted with Target grips. 22 Magnum chambering ever shipped by Colt, and the Colt Archive personnel deny any were made or shipped by Colt. In any case, Colt factory archive data doesn't show any Colt Diamondbacks in. 22 Magnum were apparently re-chambered by owners and are not legitimate Colt guns. Possibly as many as 20 Diamondbacks with these mis-marked barrels may have been shipped by mistake.
22 Magnum markings, and that these barrels were mistakenly assembled to frames with. They had already made up a few barrels with. The story is that Colt intended to offer the Diamondback in. 22 Magnum marked barrel but the cylinders were chambered in. 22 Magnum, but these were prototype guns with a. Some sources say Colt did make a very few. There is considerable disagreement about Diamondbacks in. The Diamondback was available in bright blue, bright nickel, and later a few in satin Electroless nickel, also known as "Coltguard".īarrel lengths were 2 1/2 inches, 4 inches, and 6 inches. Production of the Diamondback was from 1966 to 1991. The Diamondback is really a Detective Special level gun with adjustable sights and a barrel that closely resembles a Python barrel. The action wasn't tuned to Python standards and the blue job was not the Royal Blue as used on the Python. While the new Diamondback looked like a miniature Python, it isn't the same quality and wasn't fitted or finished to the same level. It had a wide, long, grooved Target hammer, Target type walnut grips, Colt Accro adjustable sight, and a barrel that looked like a Python barrel and was in fact built on Python machinery. The new Diamondback was built on the Colt "D" frame as used for the Detective Special, Police Positive Special, etc. The Diamondback was intended to be a premium quality adjustable sighted small framed revolver that would resemble the popular Python. In 1966 Colt introduced the Colt Diamondback revolver.
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