Rare Colt Python 3' -.357 Mag - w/ Colt Factory Letter. Shipped from colt factory in 1982. Gun is all original. Box Is reproduction, box tag was made using info from colt letter. Slight holster wear along front of barrel and cylinder. Payment Methods Accepted: Click 'Read More'. My Python I bought used for $200 in a gun shop in 1979. It had Pachmeyer grips. It was made in 1972. Later I found some new Colt Python grips to put it back to originality. It's hard to believe but used Pythons and S&W's were about the same cost back then. All the gun writers liked the S&W's more because of their more durable construction.
What Colt has to say about the new Python: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik-yt5lZEpc&app=desktop www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaCEmWHhUE www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jsIA4xeZtk&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuKkIP1yI7g&feature=youtu.be
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:21 pm
Buckeye
Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:13 am Posts: 1036 Location: Indiana
I'll be getting a 6' as soon as the dust settles. My first revolver was a 6' blue python,wish I still had it
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:10 pm
Hunter
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:01 am Posts: 2323 Location: Leaving California .....
It looks really nice! Colt's website tells you about the external changes but not the internal. According to the inflation calculator the MSRP is the same as 1978. I'm looking forward to handling one.
Post #7 has a good shot of the internals. It's a mix of the old model Python, rebound lever and V mainspring, with some Trooper MK III thrown in too. https://www.coltforum.com/forums/python ... hread.html The new model Python takes the same grips as the old model. This fellow sells reproduction Python grips: http://www.deerhollowonline.com/product ... olt-grips/ I have a set as back up for any OM Trooper or OMM I buy. They're excellent quality.
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:18 pm
Hunter
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:01 am Posts: 2323 Location: Leaving California .....
'Restrictions: California,Massachusetts,Maryland' This is good news for me. I just saved $1500. But I doubt it's trigger is any better than my 1968 Trooper - last year before the Colt bean counters cheapened that platform by introducing the Trooper III. What's with the silver medallions in the grips? Python's were always gold.
I'm sure it will be approved for sale in CA. All the other newer Colt revolvers have been. And if you can't wait I'm sure there will be FFLs doing SA exemptions. I have old model Troopers and OMM. I haven't handled the new model Python but have the new Cobra. My bet is the new Python trigger pull will be better in double action - shorter, no stacking. As good in SA mode. And just as smooth. But it will take more effort to thumb cock the hammer and not feel as 'soft' - meaning the internals not even feeling as though they're touching.
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:10 pm
Hunter
Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:36 am Posts: 2563 Location: Va.
I plan on getting one and the redo is MUCH better than S&W's bring back of the Classics! If the attention to detail is there with great quality it is worth 1500 bucks in today's world. Right now most everybody is 'out of stock' or haven't heard anything from their distributors. Might be a while.
They're up to 77 pages discussing the new Python on the Colt forum, not to mention several sub threads. www.coltforum.com/forums/python/370319- ... 020-a.html Folks are now picking them up and are generally quite pleased with the appearance. There's been a little chatter about the looks of the stamped pony and the funky bar type code on the right side of the frame. I want some range reports! I'll have to be pretty impressed in order to pick up a 4.25' after they're released later this month. Kudos to Colt!
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One's being discussed on the Smith forum and it's going back to the factory for 2 or 3 minor issues. Crown problem, rear site loose and cylinder won't always open and feels gritty if I remember correctly. Oh yeah, and the Pacs he put on it don't fit right.
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:02 pm
Hawkeye
Joined: Sun May 13, 2007 1:01 am Posts: 5805 Location: Lake of the Ozarks, MO
They're up to 77 pages discussing the new Python on the Colt forum, not to mention several sub threads. http://www.coltforum.com/forums/python/ ... 020-a.html Folks are now picking them up and are generally quite pleased with the appearance. There's been a little chatter about the looks of the stamped pony and the funky bar type code on the right side of the frame. I want some range reports! I'll have to be pretty impressed in order to pick up a 4.25' after they're released later this month. Kudos to Colt!
Guess we'll have to wait and see how they hold up, both in fit-and-finish and durability. At this point, if I had $1500 to spend on a .357, I think I'd just buy a pair of Match Champion GPs . . . ('Heresy!' they shrieked.)
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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:18 am
Hawkeye
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2003 2:01 am Posts: 6250
There are bugs in them there Pythons: Hickok45 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7dO-lQEX49U GoldenWebb https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0dJPxXmhtc GoldenWebb - Colt’s Reply https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=usNrm9vOQBo
It's not been a good intro with the new Python There have been a few reports like Hickok45 had in the above link. The guy in the next 2 links is a complete idiot! The biggest problem, in my opinion, is that the entire end of the barrel on some guns looks like it was dropped into gravel, several times. I simply can't fathom how all those guns made it out the door with the scratches and nicks. Some have it worse than others. This is Colt's flagship handgun and they knew it would be judged by its appearance and trigger. I'll SWAG it by saying Colt went too light on the trigger and it's not doing well with some ammo that has harder primers, though it should. It could also be part of the problem with carry up, like Hickok had. Who knows. They'll get it right. In the meantime, this must be one heck of an embarrassment for Colt.
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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:20 am
Hawkeye
Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2003 2:01 am Posts: 6250
It's not been a good intro with the new Python The guy in the next 2 links is a complete idiot!
+1 Seems like many firearms manufacturers are turning their clientele/customers into “beta-tester lab rats” and they just want to get their “product” out the company’s door.
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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:01 am
Hawkeye
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2001 2:01 am Posts: 16421 Location: Alaska, Idaho USA
The bolt must rise pretty quickly in that new version. Those are the longest leedes I've ever seen on a revolver cylinder. It still looks great!
Ken, that's what I was thinking.
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Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:56 am
Hunter
Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:36 am Posts: 2563 Location: Va.
Well have to let that snake stay in the woods a while until they can make sure that cylinder will run every time under fire! Not enough testing on a new action before releasing!
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Colt Python Serial Number Location
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:40 pm
Hawkeye
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:27 pm Posts: 13440 Location: +4020
There are bugs in them there Pythons: Hickok45 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7dO-lQEX49U GoldenWebb https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0dJPxXmhtc GoldenWebb - Colt’s Reply https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=usNrm9vOQBo
Hickock and GoldenWebb both have flinches. And GoldenWebb doesn't seem to know how to properly grip a DA revolver. The failure to advance problem is probably something minor--maybe just a piece of dirt in the hand channel. Or something in there might need some smoothing. I had light primer strikes when I put an aftermarket mainspring in my King Cobra, though it did make the DA pull VERY nice. Needless to say, I put the factory spring back in.
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:28 pm
Buckeye
Joined: Sun Dec 17, 2000 2:01 am Posts: 1155
All these weeks everybody is bragging about fabulous DA trigger on new Python. However, IMO a bigger question is what is accuracy of new Python, did anybody test it? It will be very interesting to see how it compares with Ruger GP100 Match Champion and S&W 686 DX.
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Colt | Altamont Company
The Colt Python is known as the Rolls Royce of Colt's revolvers. First introduced in 1955, it comes in blued, nickel, and stainless versions. The Python's appearance is always striking with its hand polished metal, beautiful bluing and superb design. The smoothness of the hand-fitted action is still considered the best around. The Colt Python is one of the handfuls of guns regularly chosen to be engraved into works of art. Traditionally, it is also the most expensive of production revolvers. Grips are offered for the Colt Python in three styles: the Oversized Finger Grooves, the Oversize Target, and the Classic Panel. Fitting Info: ALTAMONT® makes the OEM grips for the Colt Python 2020. Any grips listed here will also fit the 2020 model. These Colt Python grips will also fit the 2021 Anaconda model. Grip screw included with purchase.
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Colt Python Serial Number Location
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