Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. Although the 6″ model was also described as a “service weapon” from the earliest catalogs, the 4″ model would be described in advertisements as the “Police Python” when it was released in 1961. Colt certainly sent out guns that were defective. Adjusting for inflation, the prices on the old production guns and these cost about the same. While I appreciated the build of a Python, I was never a fan. I tested the new Python next to the original Python. Colt released a few different versions, The Hunter, Silhouette, and 10 Pointer in that barrel length. Reliability? Hey, I’m ordering a couple, but I would not advise you to spend that particular check until it is not only received and deposited, but confirmed to have *cleared*! I find it on the castellated nuts on AR’s. It’s the best! Ah yeah,No. I know a lot of people have been waiting on this since the first of this year. Fired a customer’s Colt Python once while I was an RSO. I much preferred the S&W Model 27 for looks, and the Ruger Redhawk for pure brute strength. As a person who has worked in very high-end and state of the art modern manufacturing, that ALONE is a huge problem. I was not able to find a four inch gun and grabbed the first six inch gun I saw. This is the same system that has worked so well with the King Cobra and is now a well-proven and welcome change. And this Python just might be the one gun I need to add to the herd. Folks who buy this will buy Guncrafter 1911 pistols and the SIG P210. Look at simply rugged, frontier gunleather and Purdy gear . I shot a few Pythons back in the day, but couldn’t afford one myself. This isn’t just an accurate, good looking gun, it’s a fun one, too. How does the new Python affect the value of the old Pythons? I put in 200 rounds of reloaded .357 Magnum through that new 6″ Python. You won’t be changing springs in a revolver very often if at all. Got my 686 as an OSP color guard trade in. Back in the late 1970’s I was toying with the idea of buying a Python, but when I saw the Dan Wesson .357 pistol pac, I emptied my wallet right away. Oh, 686? The original Colt Python revolver was issued in one single barrel length, 6″. i left vietnam in jan of 72 and at the end of jan i bought my first 6″ blue python and still have to today and i can only say the the python is the greatest handgun ive ever had. I dearly hope we see a blued Python, and I’d fight a big man or a small old lady to be first in line for one, but I don’t think we will see them in significant numbers anytime soon. Same for Garands. After the initial release of the Pythons, a few reviewers pointed out some serious reliability issues with the Pythons they received from Colt. I owned 2 6″ originals, never liked them, sold one to a pal for what I paid for it ($160) and sent the other back for a 4″ barrel. Every photo you see in this review of the shorter barrel Python is after all of the shooting, and after it was cleaned. And no, the Cobra and Kimg Cobra are not that gun. New Colt Python Accuracy Testing Part 1. When I got the gun back from the factory the gouges and tool marks were down to scratches and it fired consistently, not accurately. Grips: Walnut Target Stocks More than an homage, the checkered walnut scales are so close to the originals that they can be interchanged with many of the older model Pythons. My only gripe is a personal styling preference: I don’t like full underlugs that extend all the way to the very tip/end of the barrel (muzzle). It is possible to blue stainless steel because it is possible to corrode stainless steel. This is not a fault of the gun, but poor training for which I was once also a victim. Yeah, done it. The main thing here is that Colt is back in the DA wheelgun game. I got an old k frame that would lock up after a couple of rounds. Colt Python Waiting Room Thread (Page 1 of 2) Handguns » Colt. It isn’t like blueing 4140 steel, where you just clean all oil off a polished gun, rinse off the de-greasing bath, and dunk it into the blueing salts for 20+ minutes. Once the hammer is released from the trigger, it rotates forward striking the transfer bar transferring energy to the firing pin to ignite the cartridge in the chamber. A stainless GP100 is one of the guns that I just can’t seem to keep. Never enough. They come highly recommended and I'm anxiously waiting… Width: 1.55 in. They put the hand in a perfect position to both manage recoil as well as get a proper finger position on the trigger. Worth scouring the net for though. At a guess I wouldn’t think it moves the needle. Hey guys, there really isn’t much at all to say on this one. A bad combination and an expensive one at that. Even if it was mechanically sound, it looks like a plastic version of a Python rather than a real thing. You’re looking for a company run by God. It never failed. I have to say I was surprised to see Colt bringing the Python back. They were one of the reason I picked an Anaconda back in the early 90’s for my first wheel gun, over a S&W or Ruger. Quality control now is heavily in the engineering and proactive assembly staging. The new Python took a pretty big change in the trigger mechanism from the original models. The second gun shoots much better but the trigger pull is DA 10lb and the SA is 6lb. I’m one of the lucky ones with an original blued piece. 4. Once I determined that I had removed enough material from the hammer, I polished it and re-blued it. The average worker in the US would shell out nine days wages to pay for a Python in 1956. I’ve only had it to the range once. Colt took less than perfect functioning examples to their big roll out at shot show, what manufacturing company doesn’t check out examples before a event like Shot for their premiere. Kracker, I love me a S&W 686. Victim blame all you want (like “they didn’t release the trigger all the way” in this review), this release is a mess and the problems were (are?) How is it that Mauser made millions of bolt action rifles that went to hell and back for use and conditions, and they never needed thread locker? Well-written and thorough. This gun looks fantastic and your review was one of the best I’ve read at TTAG in quite awhile. Ha. Prior to the development of modern hollow-points even the good old .45 AARP had issues when compared against the monster cartridges you can load into a revolver frame. Blue or brushed stainless. Took about 10seconds with a stone to fix. The new model’s mainspring is a departure, but not a huge one. Please do call them back and let us know what they said. The single action trigger on that gun measured at 4lbs 8.2oz and the double action measured at 9lb 2.7oz. I just hope Colt makes them for a while so all the fan boys can get their fix leaving the rest of us guns we can buy without waiting on a list for months. Capacity: 6 rds. Thank you very much. Stainless/Walnut 6rd. But the ability to interchange the front sights, as well as backwards compatibility with the old Python grips gives this revolver a leg up on the competition. In this case Colt stepped up and made it right. pweserge, I’m speaking practically. Getting to handle those old beauties would be cool. I told him I wanted a blue 8″ in .357 magnum. 6″ gun makes fast double action follow-up shots feel natural. Beautifully finished, great trigger, accurate–and broken. The Colt Python is intended for the premium revolver market segment. Yeah that was a huge fuk up and hopefully massive changes have been made since then. Pythons have always included a wide, deeply serrated hammer spur as standard. I just hope Colt makes them for a while so all the fan boys can get their fix leaving the rest of us guns we can buy without waiting on a list for months. It’s a pain in the neck, but it can be done. There’s always a couple turds in the swimming pool. What brand dial indicator is that you’re using? The same feeler gauge that measured .003″ wouldn’t quite fit in the new Python. But how many of those turds floating in swimming pools are actually just Baby Ruth chocolate bars? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Check one out! Colt Python The finest production revolver ever made. Every other round fell either on or between those two extremes. Capacity: 6 rds. At no point during any of the shooting did I feel like I was slogging through rounds to check off boxes. That they came out with “improper assembly” itself is a joke. They could be made to be “the” target pistol in the US market unless S&W brought back the Model 41. As with the King Cobra review, I can’t do better justice to the operation of the transfer bar system than the Colt manual itself. About AR15.COM. I had Ted Blocker leather make an appropriate holster for it. Have you looked into what could be causing it? I’ll read a few more reviews and decide if that government check should go to Colt. That number can be increased now that Colt is using a method of less hand fitting and more advanced manufacturing. Finally, our impatience was rewarded when, earlier this year, Colt released the 6″ and 4.25″ Pythons. It isn’t until shooting the full pressure .357 Magnum loads that I can tell much of a difference between the recoil management of the 6″ and 4.25″ barrels. Fixed trench rear. I contacted Colt and asked for an explanation of these failures. Pythons produced from 1955 to 1969 have no letter in the serial number and are the most desirable to collectors. I own many guns now, but the Python is the centerpiece of my handgun collection. The subject comes up sometimes when re-finishing post-64 Winchester 94’s…. This was going to be my first revolver. It will probably be very nice, but not the same. Never liked Colt’s trigger action or grip design as much as Smith & Wesson. I’ll have to pass, thank you very much. Mine is a stainless 6″ model with full size grips. I got my carry license in 1976 and bought a used Trooper MKIII blue 6″. Lanyard loop. You have to do all the polishing and cleaning you would on steel, and then your fun starts. You asked about holsters; both Galco and DeSantis have holsters for the Python. I have ran a 178 grain hard cast SWC at just over 1340 fps with excellent accuracy to 100 yards. They haven’t. Colt got back in the double action revolver game with the Cobra. Don’t care to hear about 10mm. Nice review. We are back to the famed “bank-vault” lockup of old. The cylinder never failed to cycle in single or double action. Not saying they’ll be inexpensive; the Python is definitely a premium wheelgun. Rather, I like a full underlug that extends toward the muzzle and stops just short, angling up to the muzzle, like Ruger GP100 and Taurus revolvers. Best review I’ve seen here in a LONG time. Over a single long session of shooting, I put 300 rounds of reloaded .38 SPL and 200 rounds of .357 Magnum reloaded rounds through that 4.25″ gun prior to doing some brief accuracy testing. Absolutely not. As a gunsmith, I find thread locker in more and more and more places on modern firearms. Only one 4″. Screw or pin replacable front sight. Comparatively, semi-autos with effective loadings are a fairly new thing. Some of the time, I have to take a propane torch to parts to get them to come apart (eg, red Loctite). Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. It’s beautiful and they’ve improved on the original design. Colt says that if you have a problem with your Python, call them and they will send you a pre-paid shipping label. Once the trigger is released, the trigger will rotate back to its at rest position, pulling the transfer bar down from behind the firing pin, leaving a gap between the firing pin and hammer. I was NOT surprised, however, at the way the gun press and Python addicts from the old days over reacted. Mostly we shoot .38 Spl and .357M, because that’s what the wife and I happen to reload most (she prefers .38 Spl for its ease of shooting). Midway Has the Federal 5.56x45mm M855 Bulk Ammunition You Need Now, National Level Trainers Offering Free Beginning Gun Handling Videos, Two of Smith & Wesson’s ’90s Stainless Metallic Fantastics, Heads-Up Comparison: P365 vs. Hellcat vs. MAX-9 vs. M&P9 Shield Plus, Gun Review: The Aero Precision EPC Pistol Caliber Carbine. Facebook. That kind that rushes a product to completion, and that includes a lot of them, including my own. A slight change in grip and trigger guard geometry allows better control firing heavy loads. Not my thing or budget but fwiw American Rifleman gave it a good review too. Proved to be very accurate, and fun to shoot–until it wasn’t. They owned up to that and said that it was their fault. Reliability * * * * * That was almost three months ago. It’s going back to Colt. it was beyond me how somebody could screw that up.