For each of the past 23 years, the editors of American Rifleman have convened to select our top picks for the past year’s ...

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 ...

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.

For Colt purists, the iconic Python was the carbon-steel gun with the signature royal-blued finish, and even as Colt rolled out more and more options in the Python lineup, the blued models were ...