Possible New Colt Pythons?

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I’m sure anything can break at any point?
I only know of some timing issues after a good deal of wear and tear. Everything breaks
 
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And that's how an internet myth starts, ladies and gentleman! I'm so excited - please, do continue!
It’s probably is one to be honest. I’m absolutely just repeating what I have read online about Pythons. But that’s still the only reason I can think why they beefed the frame up.
 
There are many Pythons with cracked frames and usually the cracks are four, appearing almost simultaneously - just above the cylinder latch, right in front & just behind the trigger and at the back of the hammer. On the left side of the gun... :)
 
I just watched Ken Hackathorn put the new Python through it's paces on Youtube. He said he wasn't impressed by the old guns but liked the new ones. How corrupt this bit of advertising is... who knows. They are lookers for sure but I sure would like to see a blued one:)
 
I think the stainless looks great, it looks close to nickel, but with less worry on what oils to use when cleaning it.
 
The original has a forged frame. It is far from weak.

The original frame being a forging does not automatically mean it is particularly strong. Colt evidently felt the need to beef it up and move to a “stronger” stainless steel alloy for the new gun.

Why? I do not know as I don’t have access to internal Colt’s engineering documents on the new frame, or more importantly Colt’s documents on warranty repairs and common points of failure on the old gun. I am going to venture a guess that you don’t have access to any such documents either, so I guess we’re going to have to defer to Colt’s Manufacturing when they say the new frame is stronger than the old one, and less likely to stretch. Volume of work done repairing the old guns and of course building them would give Colt’s the largest data set on the old guns and what worked and what needed to be improved.

We can make educated guesses that a stiffer more robust frame that resists frame stretch when subjected to a steady diet of full power .357 is less likely to develop all sorts of issues. Keeping original frame dimensions the same over the life of the revolver helps all the other parts of the revolver function like they did when new. Like the lock work among other things.

At the end of the day I’m hopeful that the new gun will be functionally superior to the old one. Won’t take much, just needs to be as accurate as the old ones, while offering a better DA trigger (no stacking please), and enhanced durability along with ease of servicing. Let’s hope they deliver.
 
Getting back to Blue l read several comments on the videos expressing their desire for a blued version. Colt actually responded to several questions but not this one. If or when do you gentlemen speculate they might offer a blued gun?
 
Getting back to Blue l read several comments on the videos expressing their desire for a blued version. Colt actually responded to several questions but not this one. If or when do you gentlemen speculate they might offer a blued gun?
Well, from what I have read. If they do released a blued version. It wouldn't be the nice blue of old, supposedly it was bad for the environment and was banned by the EPA. Now how true that is I don't know.

But I can see a blued version being released after the stainless ones are. Maybe this summer or fall?
 
Getting back to Blue l read several comments on the videos expressing their desire for a blued version. Colt actually responded to several questions but not this one. If or when do you gentlemen speculate they might offer a blued gun?

SWAG:

Colt will do a carbon steel blued version if and when they reestablish the ability to produce an acceptable “Royal Blue” finish using a bluing process that is environmentally feasible, economically viable, and consistently repeatable. So they have to come up with a chemical bath to give the results they want, and train their staff well enough to polish the guns etc to do it. How long that will take is anybody’s guess. I’m hopeful that they do though.
 
I just watched Ken Hackathorn put the new Python through it's paces on Youtube. He said he wasn't impressed by the old guns but liked the new ones. How corrupt this bit of advertising is... who knows. They are lookers for sure but I sure would like to see a blued one:)

I just saw that video. He put to bed a lot of speculation about the new gun not being as smooth as the old one, or not being as good. He seems to think it is better...

 
Didn't take long for someone to take their new Python apart and video it. The resolution could be higher, but...... it looks at first glance like everything is machined. If there is any MIM in there Colt's appears to have machined and polished away any molding marks. Makes me think there is a solid possibility that everything is in fact machined from stock or forgings. Very evident that the frame is CNC'd on the inside, should make for extremely consistent frame internal and external dimensions.

 
I’ll have to pick one of these up, maybe towards the end of the year. Let price’s normalize and let Colt’s work out any production issues, I’ve read reports of some inconsistencies in QC/QA. I’m in no hurry and would prefer to buy a gun that wasn’t built in a hurry either.
 


If the new ones are better it's going to DESTROY the collector market. The only reason they're worth anything is Walking Dead, and those buyers don't care if it's new or old and if anything they'd prefer the shooters. Half the market is speculators trying to abuse walking dead fans and the other half is walking dead fans.
 
I never had a Python, but I did have a early Trooper .357 mag. I did not like how the trigger stacked up in DA but other than that it was a good revolver.
The new King Cobra in a 4" looks interesting to me, I would like to see one in person.
 
If the new ones are better it's going to DESTROY the collector market. The only reason they're worth anything is Walking Dead, and those buyers don't care if it's new or old and if anything they'd prefer the shooters. Half the market is speculators trying to abuse walking dead fans and the other half is walking dead fans.

I disagree. The market for vintage Pythons is not being driven by a mediocre TV series, reality is that even the most ardent Walking Dead fan who is not otherwise into guns isn’t likely to spend $3K and up for a gun they saw on TV.

The market for vintage Pythons is being driven by pre-boomers, baby boomers, and maybe a few Gen X buyers all of whom like guns, and now have the disposable income to pursue collectible firearms. In fact the reason Python prices are past their peak I would guess is that most wealthy boomers who make up the largest segment of buyers already got one that f they wanted it, and the even older generations are passing on. Simultaneously dropping demand a bit, and as estates get liquidated , increasing the supply of the vintage guns. Unfortunately most spouses of the gentler sex won’t have much use for their late husband’s gun collection and it will be the first thing to get turned into cash.

On the plus side for those foolhardy enough to base their retirement on hoarding vintage Pythons, for a few more years all the “don’t make them like they used too”, “the old ones were better” collector snob crowd will still keep prices of the vintage guns relatively high. Then they’ll all get older, pass away, and their wives will sell all their guns that the kids don’t want. Leaving only a handful of Gen X enthusiasts who will even know the difference between a 1955-1999 Python and one made after 2020. At which point prices will crater and they’re just going to be another old gun, meanwhile prices of vintage Gen 2 Glocks will go up because that’s what my generation identifies with.

If I were sitting on a stable of my older Pythons as an investment I would be steadily selling off the ones I wasn’t attached to while the selling is good.
 
Good for Colt getting back into the D/A revolver business with more than a token presence and several thoughtful products.

Personally, I think that if they get off the govt contracting up and down cycle along with its expensive requirements, they would be a healthier company in the long run. They already have 160-170 years of tradition and brand name presence in revolvers anyway.
 
Most Pythons I have seen in the last 10 years have never been fired except from the factory, and they have a wire tie preventing them from being fired.
So after x = y rounds they crack isnt a problem for those guns because X= 3....

And y is probably 5,000 but that is unknown except to Colt and the few owners who shot thousands of .357 rounds out of their vintage pythons.
 
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True^
And if what is said in the thread to be true in respect to quality, I won’t be investing in any old ones!
 
I own more than one Python that I have shot thousands and thousands out of and have never had a failure of any kind let alone a "crack"....Matter of fact, yesterday while many of you were here talking about what a Python was, was not, is, or is gonna be or not be, I was at the range shooting a Python.
 
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