New Colt Python for January 2020?

[Miami_JBT]

If true, I wonder if this will be another gun with "the name changed to protect the innocent."

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!

The new Cobra and King Cobra is an updated SF-VI and Carry Magnum.

 

[oysterer]

Mass produced on CNC machines will never equal hand fitting by a skilled craftsman.

My impression of the new Cobra was not very good, nothing to do with the bygone Colts at all.

But modern CNC with some fitting can produce astonishingly beautifully finished and high accurate guns that are a joy to hold such and Dan Wesson 1911s and the new Korth (don't have one but every time I see one I need to have it). The new Python could not be in that category judging by the new Cobra.

 

[Miami_JBT]

My impression of the new Cobra was not very good, nothing to do with the bygone Colts at all.

But modern CNC with some fitting can produce astonishingly beautifully finished and high accurate guns that are a joy to hold such and Dan Wesson 1911s and the new Korth (don't have one but every time I see one I need to have it). The new Python could not be in that category judging by the new Cobra.

I have a smattering of Colt Wheel Guns. Pythons, Agents, Cobras, Detective Specials, Troopers, and even a SF-VI, etc.... I also have a new current Cobra. It is a updated version of the SF-VI, which was a D-Frame with an entire new series of lockwork. The new Cobras took that design and modernized it for CNC manufacturing. It is a decent gun for the current era and beats the pants off a current made S&W. No stupid lawyer lock. The King Cobra and King Cobra Target are again, better offerings than what S&W is currently making. I will eventually snag two of those.

 

[Lou_the_welder]

I had heard they were coming out. I still think the Smith's offer a more "bang" for your buck. Lol.

 

[John P.]

At those prices I would rather get another 686, and with the savings I will invest in bullets, powder and primers.

 

[Erocksmash]

At those prices I'll grab an old one

 

[Laketime]

What ever happened to the Italian made Python clone that was supposed to be priced under a grand ?

 

[Miami_JBT]

At those prices I'll grab an old one

I have three 6 inch Pythons. Last one I got last year for $600.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I had heard they were coming out. I still think the Smith's offer a more "bang" for your buck. Lol.

I don't Think. I know they do.......Having owned a python from the custom shop for nearly 40 years.

 

[glenwolde]

Well a 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 351 and a 1973 Mustang II are both Ford Mustangs. I think this is gonna be kinda like that.

 

[SVT28]

If they do produce a new Python at least it won't have an internal lock...

 

[schutz5]

Yes,the Colt Forum, former manager at Colt,confirmed its release to dealers Jan 2,2020.
Distributors have them.

 

[kennyb]

I'll be watching closely...I have several of the older snake guns

 

[robertrwalsh]

At $2k + per copy I am going to be REAL, REAL SLOW to shell out.

 

[CH4]

I’ll be visiting the Colt booth at SHOT. Problem is it keeps getting smaller and smaller, making it harder and harder to find. To avoid a “bashing” infraction, I’ll just leave and that.

 

[S-W4EVER]

... I still think the Smith's offer a more "bang" for your buck. Lol.

+1. I bought my first firearm, a S&W M-36 (to back-up the M-28 my Dad gave me when I left the Army) in 1976 and IME S&W’s have always been affordable. I gave $123 for that M-36 and the following year $289.50 for my M-29. M-10’s were in abundance and were priced a $119 (I wish I would have bought a few).

 

[hkcavalier]

Way to miss the mark, Colt! A bunch of fancy King Cobras for the hoi polloi, and a handful of "real" guns for collectors with deep pockets that will promptly lock the gun down with a zip tie and sock it away in the back of the safe. Just like they do with the new production SAAs.

We wanted a Python that looked and felt like the originals for somewhere between $1000-$1500 (let's be realistic here...they weren't going to be $400) that we could shoot the snot out of knowing there were thousands more just like it, and Colt completely whiffed.

 

[Miami_JBT]

Way to miss the mark, Colt! A bunch of fancy King Cobras for the hoi polloi, and a handful of "real" guns for collectors with deep pockets that will promptly lock the gun down with a zip tie and sock it away in the back of the safe. Just like they do with the new production SAAs.

We wanted a Python that looked and felt like the originals for somewhere between $1000-$1500 (let's be realistic here...they weren't going to be $400) that we could shoot the snot out of knowing there were thousands more just like it, and Colt completely whiffed.

They're testing the market. They know diehards will snub the gun since it won't ever pass a purist's test. They already experienced that with the current production Cobras. But they're pricing them just enough to see if the name will sell them at the higher price. And honestly, $2.5k is cheaper tha a used similar condition original Python.

If the guns don't move, they'll either lower the price, or drop them altogether. If every one of them is snatched up by a collector. They don't give a damn. They sold them and made their return on initial investment.

S&W does the same with their Classic Line. A bunch of knock off fraud clones of legit guns. They sell very well and people pay the prices they ask.

 

[Erocksmash]

I have three 6 inch Pythons. Last one I got last year for $600.

WOW! 6 beans... I'm looking in the wrong places.

 

[sodacan]

This is the Python without the vented rib. It's a model 357 from 1954. This model was the immediate predecessor of the Python with the same hand fitting and finishing. Much rarer than than a Python, this particular one is a very early production model with the rounded sight leaf, duo-tone finish, and polished, un-blued muzzle. 15k made from 1954-61 vs. about 600k Pythons.