I compared the Python with a Limited Edition M1911 from Colt, a 5" steel-frame .45 ACP setup much like many of the "combat custom" .45s from the 1990s. I have a considerable amount of time behind ...

Based on over thirty years of experience, a gun expert lists five top revolvers. -The Smith & Wesson Model 19/66 (.357 Magnum ...

However, in the world of revolvers, there is one that is clearly head and shoulders above the competition: The Colt Python. It is almost certainly the perfect revolver. More than a hundred years ...

From the outset, the Colt New Frontier was to single-actions what the Colt Python was to double-action ... 44-40 Win. and .45 Colt. It was available in barrel configurations of 4 3/4, 5 1/2 ...

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.

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 ...

Considering the breadth of firearms and other weapons curated throughout American history, few inventions left as profound a mark as the Colt Single ... say a giant python’s death is a positive ...

Perhaps one of the most iconic guns in Colt’s arsenal is the Colt .45 Peacemaker. It is considered one of the most famous sidearms of the Old West and played an important role in the Indian Wars ...

And it’s hard to look at this insane level of firearm innovation and not think about the birth of the Colt .45. This new super gun does it all. As the DRDC describes it: The prototype ...

A Colt .45 revolver once owned by General George S. Patton sold for $75,000 at auction in Los Angeles Thursday. Profiles in History, which conducted the auction, had expected the working firearm ...