However, by the time the Anaconda ... it was for Colt in that it was largely constructed of stainless steel. It was never offered in carbon steel like the original Ruger Redhawk.

Half a century later, Colt’s first-issue Anaconda seemed not to sell well against the N-frame S&W Model 29 and the Ruger Redhawk, but cost may have been a factor. That first Anaconda was an ...