Colt Python Reborn?
BY Herschel Smith4 years, 3 months ago
TTAG.
The Python is back.
Building on Colt’s Snake Gun legacy, the legendary double-action revolver returns in stainless steel in 4.25” and 6” barrel lengths. The 2020 Python features modern stainless steel alloys and a re-designed rear sight. Thirty percent more steel beneath the rear adjustable target sight gives you a stronger revolver and more robust shooting experience. A recessed target crown, user-interchangeable front sight, and Walnut grip with the iconic Colt medallion make this a gun you’ll want to shoot AND show off. The Python is chambered in .357 Magnum and also accommodates 38 Special cartridges.
MSRP = $1499
Something tells me that after laying off all of its revolver mechanics, Colt is going to have a really hard time actually making a Colt Python again.
And does this price really compete with the best Smith & Wesson and Ruger wheel guns out there?
On January 1, 2020 at 11:31 pm, Sanders said:
That’s the price point for old used Pythons – which are a work of art by artisans.
Go home Colt, you’re drunk.
I really, really, really wanted one — but at an affordable price.
On January 2, 2020 at 10:13 am, Badger said:
Concur, they let the hands that could do it slip away. It may look to be a Python-like substance but, having handled the superbly blued & crafted real thing, if it doesn’t run like butter out of the box they are in abject denial of their own history.
On January 2, 2020 at 10:15 am, revjen45 said:
1) “That’s the price point for old used Pythons – which are a work of art by artisans.”
Where do you see Pythons that cheap?
2) “Something tells me that after laying off all of its revolver mechanics, Colt is going to have a really hard time actually making a Colt Python again.”
I worked as a gunsmith (Associate Degree in Professional Gunsmithing) and I concur that fitting the original lockwork in those guns required a LOT of skill. Does the ***NEW IMPROVED PYTHON*** have the same guts as those, or is it the same design as the ***NEW IMPROVED COBRA***?
3) If the new Python really were up to the build quality of the old ones the price would not be out of line, but that’s a big if.
On January 2, 2020 at 12:53 pm, Chris said:
I would consider buying another Colt – right after they step up and offer factory service on the many old Colts they stopped supporting, like my Magnum Carry. Their history of business failures and reorganizations, with no warranty support for prior products, makes me unlikely to buy from them again.
On January 4, 2020 at 3:50 am, Dan said:
Overpriced and almost certainly not as well made as original pythons.