the pre-suffix serial number guns up until roughly 1969; production from 1970 to 1990; and then the post-1990 production. Colt’s Custom Shop offered the Python Elite through special-order-only ...

By 1998, the only cataloged Python was the Colt Custom Gun Shop Python Elite offered with a 6" barrel and a Brushed Stainless Steel finish. A year later, the Python Elite was catalogued in Royal ...

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 ...

Key point: The Colt Python was retired by Colt in 2005. The real reason why Colt gave up on such a desirable money maker is unknown In the world of firearms, which gun is truly the best is ...

The Python may have been the last mass-produced handgun built with a nod to Old World craftsmanship. Colt Pythons were notoriously accurate right out of the box, and were prized by gun owners for ...

A master engraver who has worked for Colt since 1975, Spring has custom designed guns for people ranging from presidents to Hollywood stars to janitors. At least one of his guns, with intricate ...

the most recognizable custom revolvers of the last century will hit the block at Rock Island Auction House. The gun is none other than Elmer Keith’s No. 5—a tricked-out Colt Single Action ...