I find it rare for a gun to possess intrinsic warmth, but the Colt Python 3-inch model reintroduced this year has just that. I don’t mean warmth produced by the combustion of smokeless powder—I mean a ...

Key point: The Colt Python was retired by Colt in 2005. The real reason why Colt gave up on such a desirable money maker is unknown In the world of firearms, which gun is truly the best is ...

The most desirable of the “snake guns,” as Colt likes to call them, is back. After a couple of decades of no new sixguns with the name “Python” marked on the side of the barrel—there ...

“The finish on the blue Python exceeded my expectations—it was deep and flawless—the polishing was executed to a level not often seen on a mass-produced gun,” McPherson raved. Colt's ...

One of seven mid-20th century Colt handguns named after snakes, the Python was introduced in 1955. The Python was a beefy, all steel and wood revolver chambered in .357 Magnum.