Colt’s of Hartford, Conn., has been in the solid-frame, swing-out-cylinder, double-action revolver business since the introduction of the Model 1889 Navy .38 DA. There were many subsequent ...

The epitome of Colt’s double-action revolver line was the Python. Introduced initially as a “deluxe Magnum” target revolver, the Python in .357 Mag. made its debut in 1955.

Colt discontinued the firearm around 2005, and the already significant value of available revolvers rapidly surpassed what you might pay for a five-day ocean cruise. The drought has ended: January ...

The Python was a beefy, all steel and wood revolver chambered in .357 Magnum. The revolver had a six-shot cylinder and originally came with either a bright nickel or royal blue finish.

The only real issue I have with the new Python, or at least with my test gun, is the trigger pull. The Colt spec says the triggers leave the factory with a trigger pull between 7 and 9.5 pounds. The ...

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 ...

In many ways, it is natural for the perfect revolver to come from Colt. Founded by inventor Samuel Colt as the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, Colt specialized in revolving firearms ...