New Colt Python for January 2020?

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One of the first pictures just got leaked:

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The standard model will not have a ribbed barrel. Gun has a polished SS frame and barrel. Laminated grips. MSRP of $2399. A ribbed barrel exclusive Colt’s Collectors run is set to be released with an MSRP of $2799. The run will be limited to 500 guns.
 
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Again Colt has priced themselves out of the market of the common man. That kind of $$ will buy you 3 L frames.

I don't believe these would be marketed to the average 686 buyer. I am sure if Colt wanted, they could produce a "Python" on the current DS frame, call it a Python, and ask, say $1000.

That's not what prospective Python buyers want, they want a gun with the features and hand made quality of the original. Hard to say from the poor pics / limited info, but if that is the case, then the asking price might justify the handwork / quality. That's a big "if" though.

Larry
 
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I am a bit confused but maybe I have misunderstood what I have read over the years on this forum about pythons. I thought every python passed through Colt’s custom shop for hand-fitting/finishing. And most of those old-time craftsman had retired or died off. In fact, I though I had read on here multiple times that it is hard to find people any more that can even work on a python, adjust timing, etc and one should be super careful with their revolvers.

I would guess if they are re-issuing the gun that they have sufficient staff to do all the hand-fitting and there are indeed people who know how to work on these guns.

But again, I may have misunderstood or misconstrued various post I have read.
 
If true, I wonder if this will be another gun with "the name changed to protect the innocent.":rolleyes:

Referring to the so called new Cobra they have out. Its not like the real older Cobra I have. Its not a light weight and does not have a alloy cylinder. If anything the that new gun is a Detective Special with a Nom de plume.

I would like one of the Pythons from years past, but not at the price there going for. If I do buy a Python I at least want a real one not some misnamed attention getter!
 
I hope its true. I think with modern CNC machines a great Python could be produced without a cadre of old guys in green eyeshades and sleeve garters to do hand-fitting. Its not the Hubble telescope - its a relatively simple handheld machine with few moving parts.

I hope it doesn’t turn out to be a gussied up version of the revolver they are currently making.
 
By golly, sure glad Colt may again make the
Python.

But the company is cheapning itself if it plans
a MSRP of around $2,500.

It should target the Korth market and go for
a $6,000 MSRP or a bit more.

If it pleases me, I'll buy 3 at least. :cool:
 
No vent rib? Hell that's one of the defining features of a Python. I sure won't look right and the Colt purists will have a fit. :mad:
While they may be able to produce an excellent revolver, I doubt they will be near the quality of the original. Mass produced on CNC machines will never equal hand fitting by a skilled craftsman.
And that price! Really? :eek: I'll pass.
I think that just like the Cobra, Colt is trying to cash in on a name and history with a lesser product. Probably going to be a good gun, but it won't be a Python.
BTW: the last real Pythons, which were only produced by the Custom Shop, weren't very good. A friend of mine bought one. Three trips back to Colt and it still wasn't right. He got pissed and sold it at a loss just to be rid of it. :mad:
 
Good info but one picture does not expand at all and one expands to only another thumbnail ...
 
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If Colt does re-introduce the Python, I am thinking it will look like a Python on the outside but have different internals. Whoever designed the Python action made it way too complicated for what it needs to do.
 
One of the first pictures just got leaked:

40-E1-D42-E-C140-4-F4-D-BEB8-B370743-D4182.jpg


The standard model will not have a ribbed barrel. Gun has a polished SS frame and barrel. Laminated grips. MSRP of $2399. A ribbed barrel exclusive Colt’s Collectors run is set to be released with an MSRP of $2799. The run will be limited to 500 guns.

A Python without the vent rib is just a garter snake.

Rob
 
The craftsmen who produced the Python are long gone and Colt doesn’t have the ability to pick-up where they left off.

Whatever they release with same name, it won’t be the same. I’ll bet dollars to donuts they won’t have a clue how to service older versions.

That’s no longer s really great bet. Bought a box of donuts lately?
:D
 
Shazaam - what a bunch of negativity in this thread! I don't have a Python, but I have a truly mint Det Spec and one of the new Cobra's. The Cobra is a lot heavier, and has a bunch of (probably) CNC-related machining shortcuts on it - but the action is tight and both DA and SA are very good on it. You would think - from some of the comments above - that Colt was introducing a Nancy Pelosi commemorative Python. Just cut them some slack - whoever doesn't want to buy one is more than welcome to not buy one. I won't - but only because I don't have $2000+ to throw at any firearm. But, I'm not going to condemn Colt for trying to bring back some reasonable re-make of a long-discontinued revolver. And, I am very happy with my new Cobra.
 

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