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

This review of the Colt Python appeared originally in the March 2020 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman ...

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 ...