Any colt Python owner - help needed?

[S.Hammer]

Hi all, recently as an adition to my Smith and Wesson M10 I was lucky enough to buy a very nice condition Colt Python .357 Mag from 1968, 6" barrel.

Gun works just great, but there is one thing I´m curious about - when I rotate/move/or shake a little the gun in like spining it around the axis of the bore I can hear a clicking noise like some internal part is loose inside... Anyone has a Python to try it, if it is a feature or something wrong with mine piece?

The gun works just fine, timing is correct, no play at cylinder what so ever, so Im just currious about that thing.

Also - is it normal for Python, that I can cock the gun when cylinder is opened?

Thanks all!

 

[Geno44]

I shook my Python and didn't get any clicking. The action functions with the cylinder open. This is normal for Pythons.

 

[mzack66]

Same here, mine has a rattle when you shake it, sort of sounds like a bb rattling. Mine shoots perfectly and had been "breathed on" by Colt back in the early 70's. Mine is a 4" and was born in 1964.

 

[S.Hammer]

I shook my Python and didn't get any clicking. The action functions with the cylinder open. This is normal for Pythons.

Damn... I dont even have to shake it, just slowly rotating it aroun bire axis makes sound like something is leaming and rattling on sideplate. But everything works fine... Well tommorrow i will see my gunsmith maybe he will be brave enough to take a look inside

 

[mzack66]

Same here, if I move it slowly there's a little click. Something moving in there. Mine was in for trigger and action work and has run flawlessly for 3 decades. I wouldn't worry about is another minute.

 

[brucev]

Re: OP. Find a gunsmith that actually knows what he is doing w/ a Colt. Otherwise the results can be apocalyptic.

 

[woodsltc]

Unless your gunsmith is "very" familiar with Pythons I would be very leery of letting him take it apart!!

 

[S.Hammer]

Well, I kinda doubt that we have any specialist gunsmith on Python in Czech Republic... But my gunsmith is really good and when he is in doubt he wouldnt do nothing with it...

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
Quite possible that the hammer block is not in its groove. When re-assembling a Colt Revolver (old style action) there is a few parts that needs to be lined up perfectly when putting the side plate on. The cylinder release and the hammer block are two (2).
As with a Single Action Revolver, a third or fourth hand is helpful.
Jimmy

 

[S.Hammer]

Any way how to check without takin appart the gun? I can hear the sound in any condition - hammer cocked, hammer fully forward with trigger held back and hammer resting on block also.

 

[wetdog]

If the gun needs work send it to Colt.
Check out the Colt Forum, lots of info.

 

[fat tom]

Well, I kinda doubt that we have any specialist gunsmith on Python in Czech Republic...

f.t.

 

[S.Hammer]

If the gun needs work send it to Colt.
Check out the Colt Forum, lots of info.

I would love to do that, but since I live in Czech Republic I very much doubt that this is an option for me

I will have to work with local resources

 

[wetdog]

I missed that you are in the Czech Republic. Here is a list of authorized Colt repair and parts from my 1993 Colt Python. Hopefully it can help you out.

 

[Stevens]

I bought mine brand new in the mid 80s and bet not much more than a box of ammo has gone through it. Yes, when I rock it slowly from side to side there is the faint sound of something ticking in it's internals. I have no idea what it can be but with so many reporting the same thing I doubt it is serious
. I thought it might be a bit of slop in the firing pin, but maybe something else, I'm sure not opening mine up!
Steve W

 

[BigBill]

Since the lockup is tight it can rattle when we let off the trigger and it's loose(cylinder). Try shaking it while holding the trigger tight like firing it.
Then try it with your finger off the trigger. Cylinder rattle? Just a guess.

 

[Geno44]

Amendment to my first answer post. I tried again to test for that "click". I can hear a little one in mine after all. Based on the responses you have received, if the lock-up and function seem to be normal, I would be tempted to leave well enough alone since everyone seems to have this experience. They certainly are fine guns. Best of luck to you.

 

[Whitens Moss]

I thought only rattlesnakes rattled, not pythons.

 

[S.Hammer]

It rattles even when cylinder locked by dropping hammer and holding trigger. As desrcibed above - faint "tick" when you turn gun from left to right. But everything work

Those repair people in Germany are close, but you cannot transport gun in europe...

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

I don't have a Python, but have a couple of V spring Colts. All of mine have a faint "tick" or "rattle" when the gun is moved around slowly.

Assuming that it passes all of the other timing and action tests(member dfariswheel has posted a long list of how to do a full check-out on a V spring action) I wouldn't worry about it.