New anaconda in 45? I want. I love the 44mag.
So it is your opinion that the Anaconda is stronger than the Smith & Wesson N frames?
Far stronger in 45 Colt than an N Frame. The web between cylinder bores in the N frame is thin in the 45 models. . The Anacondas are up there with the Ruger Redhawks and Blackhawks and
early Vaqueros. Ive got N frame Smiths and 700 lb/ft is about it for the 45's. The Anacondas and big Ruger's will push mid 1200's no problem.
Even for the real high pressure 44 mags the ammo manufacturers like underwood and buffalo bore do not recommend N frame smiths. Run of the mill 44 mag no problem but the modern hot ridded SAAMI be damned stuff not so much.
That's really easy to believe. I thought I wanted a Colt Anaconda in .44 Mag, but when I saw one in the display case at Cascade Farm and Outdoor - that thing was HUGE. I ended up getting a S&W 629 Classic 5" and have been very happy with it. But then I have zero interest in high pressure Underwood or Buffalo Bore ammunition. In fact, I shoot more .44 Special than anything else. I've never had the opportunity to compare the 629 and the Anaconda side by side, but that Anaconda definitely looked like it had a lot more steel in it to me. I had the opportunity to shoot @oremike's (RIP) Redhawk in .44 Mag and owned a Super Redhawk in .480 Ruger. They both were stouter looking revolvers than the S&W 629, but from my memory of that Anaconda, didn't look like they had as much steel as it did either. Again, I didn't have the chance to compare them side by side.
I carry one during the rut. It is huge. It isn't comfy, but if an angry bull ell decides to get testy...
The Anaconda and Redhawk in 45 Colt are perfectly capable of shooting creampuff cowboy action 255 grain loads falling out of the barrel at 650 FPS which is kind of lame seeing that original 1870's 45 Colt loads were 1000 FPS. Same load Custer got rammed up his @ss at Little Bighorn. When you feel like it you can put the barnburner 325 grain 1350 FPS loads in there and hurt your wrist no problem. . Myself, I'm a wrist hurting masochist and I like my heavy 45 colt loads.
Dang! That's gorgeous. I would hate to be walking through Cascade Farm and spy a Colt Python with those grips on it. My frugal wife would hate it even more.
I would tell her that @wired assured me that the new Colts are worth the money. 
