In June 1955, Colt’s Mfg. Co.’s new masterpiece, the Python double-action revolver, was first shipped from the Hartford, Conn., factory, beginning a half-century of continuous production.

Colt’s Custom Shop offered the Python Elite through special-order-only in 1997, discontinuing it a year later, and reintroducing it a year after that. Finally, Pythons were reintroduced from the ...

The entire box averaged 5-shot groups under 1.25 inch. I also use this Speer bullet in my Colt Single Action Army chambered .357 and at 25 yards it shoots to the gun’s fixed sight’s point of aim.

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.

Colt Manufacturing Company LLC showed off the reintroduction of its .357 Magnum Python revolver at SHOT Show 2020.

Not all handguns achieve the status of icon. Interestingly, the two most successful iconic handguns both came from Colt. They are the 1873 Peacemaker revolver and the 1911 semi-auto pistol. Both have ...