In addition to standard cataloged revolvers, the Python was also used as a canvas for engraved and gold-inlaid works of art offered through Colt’s Custom Shop. Commemorative issues and special ...

357 called the Python, as well as ... finish and match-grade accuracy. Colt sold a lot of guns, particularly when they started into the so-called “Commemorative” business.

For more than 20 years, Bob Bybee held on to the wooden boxes that once held two commemorative Colt .45 pistols made in honor of U.S. Navy battleships. They were all that was left of the guns ...