The new Python, and I believe its new smaller
cousins, all have the Colt V-spring which
powers both the hammer and the trigger.
Colt recently announced increasing the weight
of the V-spring to avoid reported misfires.
The stronger V-spring will result in a heavier
trigger weight, perhaps to 9 pounds, than
what was originally issued.
Yes, Colt has basically copied the Smith
bolt/stop design. Note that the side plate
now extends to the front of the trigger guard
to allow access to the bolt/stop and its spring.
The old design usually didn't go out of time as
long as the gun wasn't "over driven" in fast
and hard double action competition. Some will
say this was not so but many competitors
shunned the Python in favor of the Smith
19s/586s/27s.
The old Python had a slightly softer, even mushier
trigger return and shooters had to ease their finger
pressure to ensure full trigger reset. Smith's
system of a separate flat hammer spring and a
coil spring in a trigger return housing always provided
a snappier trigger action and short strokes were less
likely.
A trait of the old design, and I don't know if the new
Python and its hand change the dynamics. was
the cylinder didn't fully lock into place until the
trigger was falling. In Smiths the cylinder is
locked shortly before the hammer falls in either
double or single action mode.
One thing that used to bug me on the Python, and I
don't know if it's been addressed, was that in removing
the side plate, one had to be very careful that flat
coil spring control the thumb release didn't fly into
space. It was very small. The Smith thumb releasse
system is captured in the frame and not likely to
fly away.
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Last edited by UncleEd; 03-01-2020 at 08:28 PM.
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