gunman42782
Hunter
I know this is the Ruger Forum, but I thought this was pretty big news!
https://www.colt.com/detail-page/colt-python-425
https://www.colt.com/detail-page/colt-python-425
Colt Python is back!
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Sharp looking revolver,,,and you are right big news for the snake gun crowd.
Terry
Terry
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.
ProfessorWes
Hawkeye
Cholo said:
Me too, but at $1500 handling one is about all I'll be able to afford to do. :wink:
And Colt's excellent fit and finish - much of it done by hand - is what made the Python and its stablemates the legends they became. Even at that price point I'm not sure how much of that Colt can afford to do in the here and now.
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!
Valmet
Single-Sixer
Colt wheelguns aren’t my thing but it’s nice to see Colt trying again.
RSIno1
Hunter
"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.
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.
OP
gunman42782
Hunter
According to Ken Hackathorn, the trigger on the new Python is better than the old! It supposedly doesn't stack toward the end of the trigger pull.RSIno1 said:
I watched Hackathorn’s review and it makes me want the revolver now...Ken knows his stuff and he seems very impressed...also, Ed Head from Gunsite says it is the smoothest DA pull he has ever experienced in a factory revolver...and he carried the original Python for many years as a LE officer.
I think Colt will have trouble keeping these in the distribution channel which will hurt their reputation and frustrate consumers...I hope I am wrong and Colt is prepared for the business and can maintain the quality expected in a plus $1000.00 revolver.
I think Colt will have trouble keeping these in the distribution channel which will hurt their reputation and frustrate consumers...I hope I am wrong and Colt is prepared for the business and can maintain the quality expected in a plus $1000.00 revolver.
Here's Hackathorn's review.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrLYZruNw_g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrLYZruNw_g
So, they made a gun that may look like a Python, but really isn't a Python. Then they want to charge a huge fee for it.
dixie884
Blackhawk
I hope the supply keeps up with the demand, the quality stays up and they sell a million of them............
I admit to not watching all of the video.
Is the internal lock work the same ?
I owned a Jerry Moran PPC Python many years ago, sold it for
way more than I paid for it, wish I had it today.
What I did see in that video was a brave man putting that off hand thumb
up near the cylinder gap.....not this kid!
Dave
Is the internal lock work the same ?
I owned a Jerry Moran PPC Python many years ago, sold it for
way more than I paid for it, wish I had it today.
What I did see in that video was a brave man putting that off hand thumb
up near the cylinder gap.....not this kid!
Dave
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
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
dfletcher
Blackhawk
Cholo said:
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/370929-new-colt-python-picture-thread.html
The new model Python takes the same grips as the old model. This fellow sells reproduction Python grips:
http://www.deerhollowonline.com/product-category/colt-grips/
I have a set as back up for any OM Trooper or OMM I buy. They're excellent quality.
dfletcher
Blackhawk
RSIno1 said:
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.
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.
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.
http://www.coltforum.com/forums/python/370319-python-2020-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!
http://www.coltforum.com/forums/python/370319-python-2020-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!
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. :shock:
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. :shock:
ProfessorWes
Hawkeye
Cholo said: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/370319-python-2020-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.)
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.
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.
Cholo said:It's not been a good intro with the new Python
+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.
Cholo said:
Ken, that's what I was thinking.
Hickock and GoldenWebb both have flinches. And GoldenWebb doesn't seem to know how to properly grip a DA revolver.hpman66 said:
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.
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.
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.
