Posted: 4/5/2015 2:27:34 PM EDT
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I want a new Colt Python.
Will they ever be produced again? |
| Although there has been rumor of new production at times, especially with executive change, I've heard that all of the equipment & design used to produce Pythons was discarded when production stopped. While likelyhood was low before, if true, then I don't expect we'll ever see them again. But I want one! |
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Supposedly, UbertI?? is going to produce a Python. How close it will be mechanically is unknown, and certainly it won't be up to the Colt standards of Python fit and Royal Blue finish. Fiat is making the new Corvette...............it'll be just like the original................... 
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I had hoped Colt would make the Python again but I doubt it. I talked to a manager once when I had a ton of issues with a 1911 (no roll mark, no sights, and no bluing)......I wasn't happy with the outcome, but if I got good customer service, I would die of a heart attack. However I'm loyal to the brand not the people currently running it. People come and go, but I thinned the heard a lot. ANYWAY
I talked to the manager (after waiting 45 min on the customer service line which is average) about the Python revolvers and the prices they were going for on Gunbroker. This was before all the talk of LWRC buying Colt or Colt buying LWRC. (I wish it was LWRC buying Colt). He hinted that they were trying to revive the line and told me everyone at Colt is aware of what the prices were on gunbroker. Well, since Colt doesn't have a history lately of great customer service, do you really want a python made by them anyways? I mean I can't seem to get a gun from them without a mark, gouge, or nick....the finishes are crummy on the AR's and I had to send my SAA revolver back twice for bad timing, and bad color case hardening. I'm not even picky, I could deal with the color case hardening, but the timing?............ That's kinda critical with a revolver. Those people who worked for colt back in the 70's making the pythons......they are gone and so are their talents. That took talent folks to machine, fit, finish, and most importantly, taking pride in work well done. This just isn't a Colt issue, but a social issue.....kids these days are terrible workers. Don't care, can't wait to bury their faces in Facebook. Automated CNC machines has made the talented hand fitted machinist extinct. It's a lost art. I'd rather pay the prices now for a pristine Python than a new one from Colt. |
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I must have been temporarily insane back in 2006 because I sold my new in box 8" blue Python, back then I thought they were going to make them again so I just planned on getting another one later.
My Python was made in 1990, or it could have been a new old stock, but I bought it in '90. My first experience with a revolver was with my father's new in 1970 4" blue Python, when he bought it, it was originally 2.5" factory barrel but shortly after not liking the short barrel he ordered a new Colt 4" Python barrel and sent the gun to an expert gunsmith to replace the barrel. I also had shot some S&W and Ruger but the Python had a very good smooth trigger from my own experiences. I would rather buy a Colt made Python new or like new at a more expensive price rather than getting a clone made by another manufacturer. |