I have never had cause to call customer service for a repair for a Colt gun, but I did call them about the marks on the underside of the King Cobra for that review. Once I determined that I had removed enough material from the hammer, I polished it and re-blued it. I was really wondering about the new generation. As of this writing, Colt says they have produced about 5,000 Pythons and they are split about evenly in barrel lengths. Advertisement Initially, only a blued finish was offered, but, befitting the gun, it wasn't just any blued finish. If you dont own revolvers you have a serious hole in your handgun battery. Really wanted the 4.25 inch barrel gun but then I realized- I have a four and a six inch Python now, not a bad place to be. Ill let that sink in for a moment. (Photo: Colt) The hand-filling 8-inch Colt Anaconda for 2021 has an. I like it well enough that once all this beer virus crap settles down Im going to start looking for a lever gun in .357. You covered the bases. I have an unabashed love for revolvers, and while I admit it is nice looking gun, i cant justify an MSRP thats double the cost of its competition. The second gun shoots much better but the trigger pull is DA 10lb and the SA is 6lb. You just have to work at it. The front sights on all of the current Pythons are a complete break from the original pinned styles, and include the same interchangeable front sight setup as the Cobra series. My only gripe is a personal styling preference: I dont like full underlugs that extend all the way to the very tip/end of the barrel (muzzle). Keep blowing the customer service, communication part of the job. Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC Colt Speaks Justin Baldini,. After all, it was decades before Colt released a stainless version of the originals. I am looking forward to seeing more posts by you as soon as possible! Ah yeah,No. On the 4.25 gun, I found the screw a little too loose. Colt has changed from a manufacturing company to a brand marketing company, sadly the prancing pony isnt what it used to be and made its name on, pass. New wood grips that you modified to fit you . Theres lots more available travel for the firing pin without the transfer bar in the way. Im betting weve all been there. The screws measured between 9 and 10 inch-pounds of torque required to loosen the plates. After the initial release of the Pythons, a few reviewers pointed out some serious reliability issues with the Pythons they received from Colt. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Mine is a safe queen, and will remain that way while I beat the snot out of the rugers. I got on the order train as fast as I could, asking for both a 6 and 4.25 gun from my distributor. I dont care for the difficulty I read about getting in touch with them. Colt didnt screw it up. All groups were shot in single-action, seated off a bag at 25 yards, and the listed groups are averages of five rounds shot over four shot strings. A lot more.and then the Viper. My dad, like many of his generation, would be right to depend on this new Python as much or more than he ever did the older models. Width: 1.55 in. The average worker in the US would shell out nine days wages to pay for a Python in 1956. This review gives me a little more confidence in the new version. Its not blued, but its the best brushed stainless on the market. Now, if Colt would make the Anaconda 2021, that would just be the bees knees, wouldnt it? posted on February 24, 2020. As much as I bristle at that (I shoot the heck out of finely finished guns all the time), Im afraid theyre right. 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. When I look at those Pythons or say something like a Colt Walker I see a freakin canon. I have to say I was surprised to see Colt bringing the Python back. I owned a 6 inch blue and 4 inch nickle and willfully parted with both. But ultimately, results matter most. I tested the new Python next to the original Python. I pulled the side plates from each of the new guns I had access to. That would explain the extreme prices they are going for in the resale market. When the hammer is approximately halfway to its cocked position the bolt is released from the trigger and rides on the outside of the cylinder. No free cheese. I was ready to be angry. I removed an additional 0.010 inches of material from the surface of the hammer that rests against the receiver and voila! But, I just dont like to pull on the cylinder release. In CA we have to have a 4 inch tube to legally carry while hunting. Across three guns and 1,700 plus rounds, perfect performance. (That's $1,134 in today's . Proved to be very accurate, and fun to shootuntil it wasnt. 15 18 comments We are back to the famed bank-vault lockup of old. Hoping they fix the thing. Theres no doubt the new trigger is better in every way. The reintroduced 2020 model continues the great legacy. New-in-box 2020 Pythons, in either barrel length, are being sold for about twice the MSRP. real. Colt Python The finest production revolver ever made. When I started this review, I hoped to have both the 6 and 4.25 guns on hand. The only way to get a double action gun back in the game is to get that trigger forward as fast as possible. Most buyers will go out and shoot their stainless guns, but many folks would relegate a blued Python to safe queen status like too many do with the Single Action Army. Happy out of the army to me! Go back far enough and you can find damn near anything to support your argument. Boy, I dont know. A slight change in grip and trigger guard geometry allows better control firing heavy loads. The gun wasnt cooperating. Well-written and thorough. These days, high performance JHPs mean that while semi-autos still cant keep up with enormous hunting cartridge revolvers, they are more than good enough to compete against .38 SPL self-defense revolvers. 9mm Pistol. I still have photos from the first gun and all the correspondence from throughout the ordeal. I havent been here in a while due to health issues. Colt Python 3-Inch Specifications: Caliber: 357 Mag Capacity: 6 round Barrel: 3-inch Overall Length: 8.5-inches Overall Height: 5.5-inches Overall Width: 1.55-inches Barrel Technical: 1:14 LH, 6 Groove Frame: Stainless Steel Finish: Semi-bright Grip: Walnut Sights: Rear, adjustable (windage and elevation); Front, red ramped The Python is back! Did you read, or even glance at, the review? Colt last week issued an update to clarify some reported questions with their rebooted Python series of .357 Magnum revolvers. They would continue to make the 6 Python, in some number, all the way to 2006. Of the guns Ive looked at, none of them have it. . Thanks a lot for sharing this excellent info! Snarky comment aside, thanks for the review. During this review, I shot the guns in the rain and I shot them in weird Texas 85-degree winter muggy heat. I assigned that King Cobra to one of my older kids to learn to shoot with and between he and I, it now has thousands of rounds through it., Jon, have I told you how much I thing of you as my dad? News, Extras, Handguns, Revolvers. . The hundreds of rounds of my own reloaded .357 Magnum rounds were all 158gr Speer Gold Dot HPs pushed by 15.3 grains of H110 powder. At the time published MSRP was $505. No one got a brick. A whole lot of people are starting to fire up their keyboards, telling me Im wrong, yadda, yadda. I find it on the castellated nuts on ARs. We were allowing the trigger to fully return, are aware that trigger reset wont happen unless thats done. No doubt about that. Double action revolvers and semi-auto pistols were developed at about the same time. The new Python took a pretty big change in the trigger mechanism from the original models. I have ran a 178 grain hard cast SWC at just over 1340 fps with excellent accuracy to 100 yards. Please keep us informed like this. Python trigger is smoother by a very very large margin. When push comes to shove though, Ive never been a big fan of the .357 either. Customization * * * * * And a great shooter. I dont recognize those markings. This isnt just an accurate, good looking gun, its a fun one, too. Add to Wish List. The Pythons barrel is marked simply with the snake styled C in Colt and the location of manufacture on one side and Python .357 Magnum on the other. The same feeler gauge that measured .003 wouldnt quite fit in the new Python. Pushing is a far more natural action. They had instead stopped the forward travel right before the last click of the mechanism. As a person who has worked in very high-end and state of the art modern manufacturing, that ALONE is a huge problem. I really enjoyed this review. New-in-box 2020 Pythons, in either barrel length, are being sold for about twice the MSRP. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Grouping straight out of the box is excellent as expected. After all, the older Pythons were bringing in $2-3,000 each. The vents do look pretty cool. None of us were experiencing any issues at all. In this case Colt stepped up and made it right. The enthusiasm was so high that eager buyers joined a Colt Python waiting list or even paid a premium to get the desirable revolver early. Thank you. I'm going to be contacting Colt tomorrow. And the focus is always on the problem but never the resolution, or the manufacturers response. Watch some of the revolver masters, like Patrick Sweeney, and youll see their trigger finger actually slap the inside of the trigger guard. Now it looks fantastic and it functions properly. The current 2020 Python is closer to the Ultimate Stainless finish, and far more polished than the base stainless version. I got an old k frame that would lock up after a couple of rounds. We are of accord. What I saw was a whole lot of people referring to the same malfunctioning guns over and over again. Style and Appearance * * * * * Of all the things that should have been an absolute gimme for them, they couldnt even get the profile right. Not saying theyll be inexpensive; the Python is definitely a premium wheelgun. It is possible to blue stainless steel because it is possible to corrode stainless steel. Semi Autos are cheap, practical and suitable. This is a stout and very capable load, with muzzle velocities in the 6 gun over 1,200fps. Colt tells us the Pythons have been in production since November in order to fill the supply chain before the announcement. The original Pythons were expensive and genuinely premium pieces, this is just overpriced average (and thats assuming they really have fixed the reliability issues). But aint nothin wrong with some .45 ACP in a good 1911 or a Glock-style pistol (e. g. Ruger SR45). kinks have been revealed and fixed. This could be a nice money-maker for them, and they need that right now. The Python. Bullet molds. Every other round fell either on or between those two extremes. It isnt the right thing to do but it is reality. I find it in screws. The downside of blueing stainless is that you have to fiddle with it. Id trust this gun with my life any day of the week, even if that day was decades away. For my 6"-barrelled Python, the overall length is 11.5." Even though quite a few were issued as police department service weapons, the Colt Python has always been a target revolver at its heart. Fantastic handling dynamics. LoL. New Smith & Wesson revolvers at the time cost considerably less. 3/4 underlug. Stainless steel is not as pretty as blued. Im happy that you simply shared this useful info with us. Alas, all is not sweetness and light. It isnt 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. This gun looks fantastic and your review was one of the best Ive read at TTAG in quite awhile. That they came out with improper assembly itself is a joke. I put a teeny tiny bit of tacky silicon calk on the threads. 5 1/2 barrel. Every photo you see in this review of the shorter barrel Python is after all of the shooting, and after it was cleaned. June 30, 2020 By Keith Wood. Ill pester and pine away for a blued model, but Im overjoyed this new stainless snake gun turned out to be everything I hoped it would. Brand new 2020 Python 4.25 inch. Colt should have stuck to the original. There is, IMHO, an intimidation factor involved with large frame revolvers. Which is it? I take a different view than many people. The Colt Python has retained its popularity even after remaining out of production for decades. Nice gun-nice review. In a fascinating little bit of arithmetic, he would pay the same amount for the new Python in 2020. Considering my experience with the King Cobra, and how well Id see the Pythons hold up during this review, I have no concern about the end-shake growing to an unacceptable level anytime soon. Best review Ive seen here in a LONG time. This is not the hand-fitted gun of the original models, and do I hope everyone can appreciate the level of work that goes into something like that. I am more sad than angry over the outcome. I have fond memories of my youth shooting several Pythons. for all of those who have to have it now folks to buy them, so they In front of the sight, just above the muzzle, there is a very small screw. Manufacturers, retailersif your actual, physical product does not include actual sincere and genuine customer serviceyoure wasting the customers time and money. And no, the Cobra and Kimg Cobra are not that gun. I contacted Colt and asked for an explanation of these failures. As I said in my King Cobra review, my dad carried a stainless Python, so the Python wasnt just some other gun to me. At that time you could still handle the gun without a trigger lock. The .002 seemed a little loose. JW thanks for a very informative review. But in no way am I saying I dislike Colts, I just couldnt afford both. Effective semi-autos (aka semi-autos in a useful caliber without performance issues) by a little more than that. Colt redesigned the Python in order to reinforce the frame at the top where it gets stressed the most under fire to make it even more durable. Id like to see Colt bring back some variant of a .45 Colt in a double-action, built strongly enough to allow for Ruger-level loads. Revolvers obsolete? Nice review. Ive been waiting with great anticipation for a new 4 stainless. But it takes much more time (in my limited experience) than blueing steel. Rosin can be made from many types of starting materials, including flower, kief and bubble hash either dried or fresh frozen. You asked about holsters; both Galco and DeSantis have holsters for the Python. It may have just passed up my pinned barrel 29 Ive been looking for as #1 to get. This is a better, more accurate, and better written review than what I have seen at Guns and Ammo or other big gun books. Very through. Ive shot revolvers, including Colts, for years. Buy Colt Python 2020 ENGRAVED Royal Snake Scale by Altamont 4.25" .357 Mag: GunBroker is the largest seller of Revolvers Pistols Guns & Firearms All: 973467538 . 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. Yeah that was a huge fuk up and hopefully massive changes have been made since then. But it is the finest Colt revolver made. I was going to buy another AR but the Colt seems more appropriate. A shamelessly pro-Colt and Python review. If you cant trust the US treasure check these days, whom can you trust? MSRP: $1,499 (street price about $1700), Colt Python 4.25 But theres only one way to find out. None of the threads on any of my guns included a thread locker material on them. Theres always a couple turds in the swimming pool. Groups are measured center to center with a metal ruler. Strike two. This is not a fault of the gun, but poor training for which I was once also a victim. It never failed. Fails to fire about half the time (light primer strikes). Gives real fans an option, at least. This time, I figured Id give Du-Lite a shout-out that gun people should know about. But other than that there dont seem to be any big noticeable changes. Barely fired. Ha. I asked Colt why 4.25 and not 4 like the original release. It also exhibits the same lack of stack as the King Cobra. Silky smooth trigger. But they will be more affordable as time goes. New-production Colt Pythons retailed for $125 in the late '50s, which is the equivalent of $1,350 in 2023. Beyond the straight back pull with very little stacking, and a now confirmed consistent weight and feel, the wide serrated trigger shoe completes its cycle without grit or mush. Got my 686 as an OSP color guard trade in. The Colt Python featured a fully adjustable white-outline Accro rear sight and a 1/8-inch front ramp with red inset. Accuracy. Well balanced and poised. , Ive been careful with my money all my life and this is what it gets me. She remembers that 50+ years later, the second one is for her. Have at it, which reminds me of the adage That is why they make Chevys and Fords,everyone can have what they want. Overall Length: 11.5 in. Really. My concern seems to be unfounded. And thats the way the conversation went when a buddy of mine told me that Colt would soon be offering a new Python. Hey, Im 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*! If they own up to the problem(s) and fix it/them, then theyve done well. Listen folks, the name of the alloy is stainless not stainnone. If I have this reaction, Im sure Mr. Bad guy has it triple. This is especially true of the 6 model. I didnt expect high marks in this category. Sub 1 groups with both the 6 and 4.25 at 25 yards with a variety of ammunition. I think I made too much money to qualify for that .gov cheese. Kracker, I love me a S&W 686. Good story, but I still have the 4 Python I bought NIB in 1973, works good, lasts a long time. So I can forgive the differences. The top of the frame has been beefed up and the adjustable rear sight doesn't weaken the frame. . $1500 may be a lot now, but $729.95 was a lot in 1990. With a modern handgun, using modern steels, a .45 Colt can be loaded to be the equivalent of a .44 RemMag and then some. On both the 6 and 4.25 guns, the Armscor 158 gr FMJ in .38 SPL shot the best. Colt-PY300168. But the biggest strike against it in my book today is the same thing as the legendary Python of old. Veteran, army medic, proud Texas son. 5 shot .45 Colt capable of safely launching the Ruger Only loads. Midway Has the Federal 5.56x45mm M855 Bulk Ammunition You Need Now, National Level Trainers Offering Free Beginning Gun Handling Videos, New From ShaloTek: P320 Compensated Slide, The 3 Most Important Handgun Shooting Stances to Learn, Gun Review: Taurus GX4XL T.O.R.O. Quintessentially a target revolver, the Colt 2020 Python has pleasingly proven to be incredibly accurate. My contact there said it was to comply with minimal barrel length restrictions in Canada. And it looks nice when it is done. Is their a reason why Colt cant put the same surface on the new hammers that the original Pythons had? YouTube has indeed changed our world . I like and own both revolvers and semi-autos. Like the classic Pythons of yesteryear, the 2020 models feature the full-underlug barrel and the ventilated top rib, providing that classic look that wheelgun fans love. That may be good for Canadians, but not so great for those of us who can easily find holsters for 4 guns that may not fit just right with that extra 1/4 of barrel. This round produced consistent five-round groups of just under 1. The first python had light strikes, gouges on the crown and tool marks inside the barrel. The finish on all of the current Pythons is Colts standard brushed stainless. It was a link back to my family. Both say they fit the Python and SW 686 as well. This is the same system that has worked so well with the King Cobra and is now a well-proven and welcome change. They could be made to be the target pistol in the US market unless S&W brought back the Model 41. The Colt Python is the legendary production revolver and requires no introduction. Pretty shameful display so far, especially knowing I could buy a used Ruger with the same problem, dial a number, have it sent in, fixed, and back in my mitts in under two weeks. I think its worth it to pay 1500 for a stainless gun manufactured to such high standards. With the ease of mounting a scope on the rib, and the precision the gun has proven capable of, the potential of these guns to be outstanding for closer range deer and farther range varmint hunting is excellent. Measured over 10 pulls of two different guns, theres all of 1.3 oz of difference. Offered in two barrel lengths, in 2020 Colt has given the world a 6" and a 4.25" barrel. In any barrel length, the tastefully done marks and the finish makes the Python stand out. Instead, they went with a transfer bar system. Then go shooting. I have a Galco Summer Comfort and a DeSantis Thumb Break Scabbard for my Ruger GP100 4.2. Thing is I dont want to face down a 400 lb. I second the It was addressed in the article comment. While Colt limited some options for the new model, they more than made up for it with the improvements. A bad combination and an expensive one at that. When I see my trusty Glock 19 sitting in its place while not on me I see a semi-auto pistol. Same for Garands. Ive always wanted a 2.5 one and would buy one of the new ones if they offered the option. Its not exactly what the Democrats wanted done with the money, which makes it all the more delightful. The announcement of the new production Colt Python in 2020 was a surprise for many firearms fans, as the famous snake gun had been out of production since 2005. Altamont makes some grips for the GP100 that look great, and really class the gun up. The Keefe Report: Colt Addresses Python Problems. I assume no, but have not seen it stated. Once the gun fires, theres no reason to carefully bring the trigger forward. Unfortunately, there was an almost four month gap between when I got to shoot the 6 gun and the shorter barreled model. The new 6-inch Anaconda has an unloaded weight of 53 ounces, and an overall length of 13 inches. These were a very nice .22 target pistol in their day. That depends entirely on what you are looking to do. I stared at that picture for months deciding that I had to own one of those guns. Be advised, I did see a couple of people slowly let the trigger out, and then observe that the cylinder would freeze when they tried to bring it back in. Ok While not a big fan of obsolescent wheel guns, there is something about the Python and he Rhino that warms the dried up black walnut I call a heart. The tests from Colt showed that they did not jar loose in recoil, so the defective guns were probably not tightened down property at the factory. Colt released a few different versions, The Hunter, Silhouette, and 10 Pointer in that barrel length. Putting the Python up against any other brand next with your eyes closed? Never liked Colts trigger action or grip design as much as Smith & Wesson. Perhaps because of the dirty Harry movies and others. Ive looked it over and compared it to an original Python and theres very little firing pin protrusion compared to the original. Finish: Semi-Bright But how many of those turds floating in swimming pools are actually just Baby Ruth chocolate bars? Colt brought back the Python in 2020 and it has been consistently selling out since.. You know, before the turn of the last century. That said nice to see Colt trying to act like theyre somebody and produce some nice iron. Additional shipping cost applies to Alaska and Hawaii. . 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