New Colt Python for January 2020?

[Qc Pistolero]

Whatever they come out with,I'm not selling my 1976.While I shoot my S&Ws and DWs more often,I like to bring the old lady(the Python,not my wife!) out at the range now and then and shoot some lightly loaded .38spl just for the feel of the smooth handfitted action.
For serious action,I'll take the Smith,the Dan trailing not far behind.But the Python,well,they just don't make them anymore and I doubt they ever will with the same action smoothness.

 

[Mike in Reedley]

They’ll make it. It’ll have the feel of a Ruger and the fit, finish and design of Charter Arms. It won’t have the hand assembly of the original Python, since all those old master gunsmiths have long since retired on their union salaries.

Some people will buy them, some of those souls will spend energy on the internet, trying to convince the rest of us it really is a good gun.

 

[Eddietruett]

I have a 1975 Python that was my high school graduation present. Its rough as hell now as I will be the first to say that I didn't care for it properly when I was in my 20's. It was carried hunting and fishing and shot ALOT and I still shoot it regularly. It is a great gun but I would just as soon shoot a rougher Model 357 from 1954. Those are the only Colts in my revolver stable of about 60 pieces. Have owned several other Pythons and Diamondbacks through the years and I never understood why the prices went so high. Great guns and fine quality but not 3-5 times the price of a model 27. Based on what I have seen with the New Cobra and King Cobra, I certainly can't imagine a Colt anywhere near the quality of the older versions coming out of the same factory.

 

[JayFramer]

Hope it’s proudly emblazoned with the QR codes that the new cobras have:

How elegant!

 

[buzz754]

All of you who are so enamored with the old school, hand fitting nonsense should take a look at the latest YT post from GunBlue490. CNC and Mim are where we are now and it is not going to go away. My first handgun purchased was in 1975. I bought a new S&W m-19. Beautiful revolver, deep blue finish, wonderful trigger, shot to hell, loose as a goose in 2 years. My friend had similar results with a 1 owner Python he had purchased around the same time. Soon after they were released, I bought a 2019 King Cobra. While I have not had it long enough to truly know yet, after well over 500 rounds through it, 250 of that being .357, I can tell how much more sturdy this revolver is than any other I have owned. It shoots point of aim, and is well balanced. I could not be more pleased. The new Python will probably only be offered in stainless, and that will probably not be as beautifuly done as the old ones, but I would not presuppose that the old school Pythons will hold up or be better revolvers than the new iteration.

 

[Echo40]

I would be shocked if Colt didn't bring back the Python, especially when there is renewed interest and demand for it ever since it was featured in The Walking Dead.

That being said, it will most likely be denigrated at every turn by self-interested individuals who have "invested" in an original Python and fear that a reintroduction will make theirs more difficult to sell, as was the case when Colt reintroduced the Cobra.
Obviously cost-saving measures will be implemented in order to make the Python more affordable/profitable, which owners of the classics will make a huge deal over, regardless of the fact that they would have never bought a new model anyway in a desperate attempt to "protect their investment" which has most likely been relisted countless times on gunbroker for an exorbitant price that no one will ever be interested in paying, but they'll never budge because that's how much it is worth in their dollar-sign-obscured-eyes, and they'll take it to the grave at said price.

It's coming.

 

[JayFramer]

The gun is most likely going to be tailored to cosplayers and modern braindeads who are fans of The Walking Dead TV show and video games.

 

[Bill Raby]

All of you who are so enamored with the old school, hand fitting nonsense should take a look at the latest YT post from GunBlue490. CNC and Mim are where we are now and it is not going to go away. My first handgun purchased was in 1975. I bought a new S&W m-19. Beautiful revolver, deep blue finish, wonderful trigger, shot to hell, loose as a goose in 2 years. My friend had similar results with a 1 owner Python he had purchased around the same time. Soon after they were released, I bought a 2019 King Cobra. While I have not had it long enough to truly know yet, after well over 500 rounds through it, 250 of that being .357, I can tell how much more sturdy this revolver is than any other I have owned. It shoots point of aim, and is well balanced. I could not be more pleased. The new Python will probably only be offered in stainless, and that will probably not be as beautifuly done as the old ones, but I would not presuppose that the old school Pythons will hold up or be better revolvers than the new iteration.

I agree. Everyone has this idea that old stuff was all made by magical goblins living in the enchanted forest and anything new is junk. There is not a single person alive today capable of doing anything right. What a load of nonsense!

You want a python made as good as the old ones and don't want to pay more than $600. Not going to happen. Colt is capable of making new Pythons that are much better than the old ones. But it is going to cost. There are plenty of shops out there making very high quality guns and they sell for thousands of dollars. Maybe Colt is making something that they can sell for $1000. If so, you are going to complain about the quality. Or maybe they will be making some of the finest guns ever built. Then you will be complaining about the $5000+ price.

When Colt first came out with the SAA it would take about a month's wage for the average guy to buy one. Today that is about $4000 or so. At that price it is possible to get a very high quality gun.

 

[STCM(SW)]

A Colt SAA cost about a double eagle gold in 1873, so the price has not change, a double eagle gold coin is what a SAA Colt cost now......
Check the price of double Eagle 1873 coins....

 

[sodacan]

You don't often see a "remake" that is as desirable as the original, whether it be a gun, a car or a movie, and a poser Python would be a prime example. Frankly, I've never understood the market for Pythons based on the sheer volume of production. Expecting a new production gun to be of equal quality to the original would be a fool's errand. I would be remiss if I didn't say I am a Python owner, and I really like the gun. BTW, it was bought brand new, by me in 1972 for $198, and it does see range time.
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[Old Corp]

Idle pondering......
We all have seen the RIA near-knockoff of the Colt Detective Special, and IIRC, it's <$300.

Let's get RIA to make a Python knockoff!
(j/k, but the industry takes some strange turns.....)

 

[malph]

They won't be the old gun. Different era. Different manufacturing methods. Different dynamic as in technology is relatively cheap and skilled labor expensive.

I'm going to do my best to look at the gun on it's own merits. That being said, it better be dang good for the 2000ish dollars Colt is purporting to charge for these things.

 

[murphydog]

One of the first pictures just got leaked:

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.

For what its worth, the photo (under very blurry magnification) appears to be a standard new production 4" King Cobra, down to the current style of laminate grips.

 

[ladder13]

I agree. Everyone has this idea that old stuff was all made by magical goblins living in the enchanted forest and anything new is junk. There is not a single person alive today capable of doing anything right. What a load of nonsense!

You want a python made as good as the old ones and don't want to pay more than $600. Not going to happen. Colt is capable of making new Pythons that are much better than the old ones. But it is going to cost. There are plenty of shops out there making very high quality guns and they sell for thousands of dollars. Maybe Colt is making something that they can sell for $1000. If so, you are going to complain about the quality. Or maybe they will be making some of the finest guns ever built. Then you will be complaining about the $5000+ price.

When Colt first came out with the SAA it would take about a month's wage for the average guy to buy one. Today that is about $4000 or so. At that price it is possible to get a very high quality gun.

Oh so true.

 

[sigp220.45]

There’s a guy on the Colt Forum who has a pretty good inside line on upcoming events at Colt. When everyone was haw-hawing the idea Colt would come out with DA revolver, he knew it was coming.

He says those expecting a legit Colt Python won’t be disappointed.

The idea old master gunsmiths are required these days is nonsensical. Even in “the old days” Pythons were mostly assembled by middle-aged ladies who knew how to fit parts from bins of parts.

Also, our own JayFramer is taking a mild beating over there.

 

[The Norseman]

Global Enterprise Intervention needed?

Well the conversions about Old vs. New, Then and Now is
interesting.

Throwing a wrench in this. Maybe Uberti or Pietta could
manufacture the Python better and at a more reasonable price.

We know it can be done. "Yea but it's not a Colt" my friend
says, "Your Damn Right it sure isn't" my reply; pertaining to
the U.S. Fire Arms SA piece of Art Work I'm showing him.

Also Miroku making Lever and Bolt Action Rifles like Winchester
could never Craft. I like my 1895 Mirokus, without fear of losing
my face from the many questionable originals I looked at.

Also look at Henry making the Original Henry, Beautiful Crafted
and yea it's going to cost you at today's prices as in Days of Old.

Great stuff about past and present. I like what 3D printing,
CNC, and the new Metallurgy Technology can do Today.

Special Evil Unconventional Built USFAs, built in America,
destroyed by Bad Management in usual America style below

 

[bmcgilvray]

I keep a Python on hand, a 1978 blue 6-inch. Have had it for years now. I've long thought Pythons were over-styled, overrated, and hugely over-priced. There are other vintage Colt double-action revolvers that are just as amazing.

I'm grateful though that Colt is seen to be making an attempt and look forward to seeing the results. Who knows? Perhaps it'll be good 'nuff after all.

I like ol' Colt and am pulling for them. Like ol' Smith & Wesson too.

Is it really so gratifying to all of y'all who feel obliged to lecture us old forum fogies, attempting to compel us to swallow all this "new and better" bunk down our geezerly throats? We're not required to accept it you know. We can wallow in our good ol' stuff, disdaining and ignoring the "wonders" of modern gun manufacturers' catalogs to any extent we wish. Your attempts to tell us "how it is" fails to convince.

Couple more decades of shooting fun, give or take and I'll be at the point of shuffling off this mortal coil. With the guns I have, along with other vintage guns I admire, I can get through to that point without being required to sample any of the firearms manufacturers' current products.

If the new products keep shooters in the game then gun ownership in this nation benefits, but I'm not required to buy it.

The "new crop" of firearms are fine ... for somebody else.

 

[GTBL]

Here's a picture of the 2020 Python. I like it and will be buying.

 

[The Norseman]

Time after time

Congratulations, and Thank You for posting a Picture of what
the Reintroduced Colt Python will look like.

How much?

Give us a Range Report as soon as possible.

Thanks again.

 

[epj]

The pic looks pretty good. I had a Python some years back that I sold for about 3X the purchase price. Don’t think I’ll be shelling out $2K+ for another one any time soon.