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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