Great video..I've had my blued 4in made in 72 for 35 years and it still makes me smile everytime I hold it. My favorite out of many..thanks for sharing.
That older blued one looks beautiful. The 3 inch looks nice , the newer ones are good . But I just like the older ones , not just colts, but smith's and rugers
LOL about the 30 year old ammo... been handloading for longer than that so I too have some pretty old handloads... they shoot just fine. the other thing I bought tho that was sorta expensive but worth every penny is my Garmin chrono. something always with my shooting gear and rechargeable and allows me to shoot at various targets without blowing the chrono uprights into next week (ask me how I know lol) REALLY good investment.
That ammo was an experiment that didn`t really work out all that well. I thought loading 38 Special with a 110gr bullet and Red Dot powder would give me a zippy little low recoil round for the S&W model 36 I carried at the time and double as a low recoil target load in the bigger guns. And it was ok in a belly gun like the model 36, but not so good as a target load. Those little 110gr bullets don`t stabilize all that well. 148gr-158gr work much better.
I have not really handled a new Python. Mine is a 6" blue like yours...made in 1969. My guys got it for me when I retired which answers the question what do you get for the guy who has everything? LOL I do not but people say I am hard to buy for cause if I want it I generally have already bought it if it is you know... something not crazy expensive. Mine is pretty nice.. close to 'minty' IMO me being me tho... I can't leave guns or cars or bikes alone and did two things. One... the gen 2 grips just don't work for me and I do shoot the gun fairly often and these grips look near new soooo... they got taken off and stashed and some nice wood with emblem aftermarket grips with slight finger grooves installed. everyone likes em. Then... to me... before they came up with the horrible glow plug front sight..... the worst was the ramp which adding a red insert improved like 2% The very best front sight for accurate guns is the Patrige. Troopers actually have a semi patrige front that is far superior to the Pythons! but... it has one pin holding it in while the Python has two. Colt made patrige fronts for Pythons (the gun was originally slated to be a target revolver) I was fortunate enough to find a NOS patrige front for 'Colt Python' If your eyes are 20/20 or a tad less? the improvement will be spectacular. It is like cheating compared to a ramp. When I had 20/15 vision it did not matter to me what the front sight was....now that they are 20/20 corrected? I need all the help I can get.
Most of the time I keep some ugly rubber grips on my Python. I only change back to the original wood for videos or showing it off to friends at the range. :-)
Have you had a chance to check out the new Python with the blued finish? I want to see one so bad but haven’t been able run across one except for UA-cam videos.. I think the new blued finish ones have only been being produced for about a year or less.
Local shop had a couple of the new blued Pythons last summer. Finish was a little dull compared to the old Colt Royal Blue finish, but still pretty nice. Gun makers can still produce nicely finished guns if they want to. But it is more expensive.
The older Python's action has been worked thousands of times over so it wouldn't surprise me it's smoother. It's been broken in over the last 4 or 5 decades.
Actually, it`s been fired very little. When I bought it 35 years ago, it had less than a box of ammo fired in it. And I doubt I have fired more than 400 rounds with it since then.
@1957Shep I just got a brand new 2024 blued Python in December. Was dirty from the factory and the action was a little stiff until I cleaned it, oiled it and worked the action a bunch. Never handled an original so I can't compare the two.
Hey Shep .. Wish You n Your Family a Healthy n Happy New Year's .. Many years ago I sold my 6"- Python in the box for 375 or 475 n I'm kicking myself, smh .. I kept all my Smiths though but who would have thought the Snake revolvers would have gone up so much in price .. Are the new Pythons still made in the USA ? Cause I thought Colt was bought out by another country's company .. MB ..
I have always thought that 5" was the most desirable barrel length for any revolver and even went so far as to have a custom 5" made for my Dan Wesson HB 44 mag. 6" is my next choice with 4" in third place.
I have to wonder if the new Pyton, aside from having slightly inferior triggers compared to the original, has a more durable action, as the originals were said to be somewhat fragile, especially compared to the simpler Ruger and Smith & Wesson revolvers.
Beefier lock work parts should make them more durable. But the larger surface area on the moving parts contact areas makes it more difficult to get a really smooth action and trigger. No way around that, but I think they have come up with a good middle ground with the new Colt designs. And the trigger/action is still at least as good as a modern S&W. Maybe even a little better.
@@1957Shep Thanks for your personal observations, Shep. I would be thrilled to have either of those beautiful revolvers, but I don't really have the need, so I'll just admire them from afar.
The quality of the Colts was declining before CZ bought them out. CZ brought the quality back up. The Colts made today (Colt in general, not just the Python) are probably better than anything they made 20 years ago.
@@Kimsedk Got one of the Colt Competition 9s a few months ago. Pretty nice pistol. Not as nice as the old 1970s Gold Cup, but pretty nice. Trigger is maybe a pound heavier than I would prefer, but that`s a pretty minor complaint. Wasn`t something I had really intended to get, but the price was good enough that it was hard to pass up. Local shop had it on sale for wholesale cost to keep the inventory moving. Most people around here that are into 1911s want either a 45 or a 10mm. So, after it sat in the display case for about 4 months with no takers, he sold it at cost. The S&W model 27 is a really nice gun. If you can find a 27-2 or earlier, those are absolutely excellent.
@@Kimsedk That would be a little high here, but not wildly high. A nice 27-2 will generally bring about $1,000 in this area. Add $100 for nickel finish. I got mine at an auction for $250. But that was 25 years ago. But it`s always supply and demand. And I expect the supply and demand will be different in every country.
Great video..I've had my blued 4in made in 72 for 35 years and it still makes me smile everytime I hold it. My favorite out of many..thanks for sharing.
Thanks for taking time to watch.
Both are absolutely fabulous...nice pair of snakes👍👍
Thanks 👍
That older blued one looks beautiful. The 3 inch looks nice , the newer ones are good . But I just like the older ones , not just colts, but smith's and rugers
I prefer the older stuff too.
Nice comparison of two beautiful revolvers. I also prefer the older production but I am happy Colt decided to start making them again.
Thanks
Nice!! ☕😁👍
Thank you
4 inch blue 1971 🤗
They are nice.
Same but 72.😊
LOL about the 30 year old ammo... been handloading for longer than that so I too have some pretty old handloads... they shoot just fine. the other thing I bought tho that was sorta expensive but worth every penny is my Garmin chrono. something always with my shooting gear and rechargeable and allows me to shoot at various targets without blowing the chrono uprights into next week (ask me how I know lol) REALLY good investment.
That ammo was an experiment that didn`t really work out all that well. I thought loading 38 Special with a 110gr bullet and Red Dot powder would give me a zippy little low recoil round for the S&W model 36 I carried at the time and double as a low recoil target load in the bigger guns. And it was ok in a belly gun like the model 36, but not so good as a target load. Those little 110gr bullets don`t stabilize all that well. 148gr-158gr work much better.
Very nice shep...
Thanks
I have not really handled a new Python. Mine is a 6" blue like yours...made in 1969. My guys got it for me when I retired which answers the question what do you get for the guy who has everything? LOL I do not but people say I am hard to buy for cause if I want it I generally have already bought it if it is you know... something not crazy expensive. Mine is pretty nice.. close to 'minty' IMO me being me tho... I can't leave guns or cars or bikes alone and did two things. One... the gen 2 grips just don't work for me and I do shoot the gun fairly often and these grips look near new soooo... they got taken off and stashed and some nice wood with emblem aftermarket grips with slight finger grooves installed. everyone likes em. Then... to me... before they came up with the horrible glow plug front sight..... the worst was the ramp which adding a red insert improved like 2% The very best front sight for accurate guns is the Patrige. Troopers actually have a semi patrige front that is far superior to the Pythons! but... it has one pin holding it in while the Python has two. Colt made patrige fronts for Pythons (the gun was originally slated to be a target revolver) I was fortunate enough to find a NOS patrige front for 'Colt Python' If your eyes are 20/20 or a tad less? the improvement will be spectacular. It is like cheating compared to a ramp. When I had 20/15 vision it did not matter to me what the front sight was....now that they are 20/20 corrected? I need all the help I can get.
Most of the time I keep some ugly rubber grips on my Python. I only change back to the original wood for videos or showing it off to friends at the range. :-)
Have you had a chance to check out the new Python with the blued finish? I want to see one so bad but haven’t been able run across one except for UA-cam videos.. I think the new blued finish ones have only been being produced for about a year or less.
Local shop had a couple of the new blued Pythons last summer. Finish was a little dull compared to the old Colt Royal Blue finish, but still pretty nice. Gun makers can still produce nicely finished guns if they want to. But it is more expensive.
The older Python's action has been worked thousands of times over so it wouldn't surprise me it's smoother. It's been broken in over the last 4 or 5 decades.
Actually, it`s been fired very little. When I bought it 35 years ago, it had less than a box of ammo fired in it. And I doubt I have fired more than 400 rounds with it since then.
@1957Shep I just got a brand new 2024 blued Python in December. Was dirty from the factory and the action was a little stiff until I cleaned it, oiled it and worked the action a bunch. Never handled an original so I can't compare the two.
Hey Shep .. Wish You n Your Family a Healthy n Happy New Year's .. Many years ago I sold my 6"- Python in the box for 375 or 475 n I'm kicking myself, smh .. I kept all my Smiths though but who would have thought the Snake revolvers would have gone up so much in price .. Are the new Pythons still made in the USA ? Cause I thought Colt was bought out by another country's company .. MB ..
Colt is now owned by CZ USA. But I think they are still made in the US.
@1957Shep thank You 👍
Did you know that they make the new ones also in 2.5 , 5 and 8 inch now?
I have always thought that 5" was the most desirable barrel length for any revolver and even went so far as to have a custom 5" made for my Dan Wesson HB 44 mag. 6" is my next choice with 4" in third place.
They are also making a 5 inch now, but I have not seen any of them yet.
I have to wonder if the new Pyton, aside from having slightly inferior triggers compared to the original, has a more durable action, as the originals were said to be somewhat fragile, especially compared to the simpler Ruger and Smith & Wesson revolvers.
It is more durable without doubt.
Beefier lock work parts should make them more durable. But the larger surface area on the moving parts contact areas makes it more difficult to get a really smooth action and trigger. No way around that, but I think they have come up with a good middle ground with the new Colt designs. And the trigger/action is still at least as good as a modern S&W. Maybe even a little better.
@@1957Shep Thanks for your personal observations, Shep.
I would be thrilled to have either of those beautiful revolvers, but I don't really have the need, so I'll just admire them from afar.
Prefer the old ones,most because they now are made by CZ.
The quality of the Colts was declining before CZ bought them out. CZ brought the quality back up. The Colts made today (Colt in general, not just the Python) are probably better than anything they made 20 years ago.
@1957Shep prefer the old ones still. But I'm thinking about buying the Colt Competition 1911 in 9 mm,or a s&w m27
@@Kimsedk Got one of the Colt Competition 9s a few months ago. Pretty nice pistol. Not as nice as the old 1970s Gold Cup, but pretty nice. Trigger is maybe a pound heavier than I would prefer, but that`s a pretty minor complaint.
Wasn`t something I had really intended to get, but the price was good enough that it was hard to pass up. Local shop had it on sale for wholesale cost to keep the inventory moving.
Most people around here that are into 1911s want either a 45 or a 10mm. So, after it sat in the display case for about 4 months with no takers, he sold it at cost.
The S&W model 27 is a really nice gun. If you can find a 27-2 or earlier, those are absolutely excellent.
@1957Shep its a M.27-2,for 8.980 Dkr (1.255 USD) and my experience is that most times the old is best.
@@Kimsedk That would be a little high here, but not wildly high. A nice 27-2 will generally bring about $1,000 in this area. Add $100 for nickel finish.
I got mine at an auction for $250. But that was 25 years ago.
But it`s always supply and demand. And I expect the supply and demand will be different in every country.