ColtPythonElite
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I just glanced at the pics, but assumed that was a factory Coltguard finish.
Eh.... all these issues with Colt makes me wanna stick with a Ruger Vaquero or Uberti for SAA needs, and S&W or Ruger for DA revolver needs. Sounds like the only Colt worth the money is a 1911.
If you find the right buyer you can sell the thing for more money than you have into it. The Colt Trooper is a desirable pistol to the Colt Cult. Colt is clearly a Cult brand. It is interesting to read about Cult brands and the irrationality of humans. Find someone who is a Colt Cultist and they will pay the market price for your pistol, and go buy a nice S&W M686, something that will be stronger, last longer, and is a wonderful pistol.
Gorgeous! Ive always said the MK3s are some of the best looking Colt revolvers......Im just not so hot on the sintered internals.
And while I don't have a Python, a friend did. Every other year, about 10,000 rounds, it went back to Colt to correct frame stretching and subsequent timing issues.
Excellent post.Let me address the question of durability and Colt lockworks. Your pistol has the classic Colt lockworks which the cylinder hand pushes the cylinder into lock up just at hammer fall. This is subject to wear and Colt have a reputation for going out of time sooner than the Smith and Wesson pistols. I talked to a 10 time PPC champ, and two time 2700 Bullseye Champ about the pistols used in PPC. He said he only saw one person who used a Colt, and that guy may not have been a top ranked competitor. This gentleman shot hundreds of thousands of rounds through his K frame Smiths, and even those pistols would wear out cylinder rachets given enough rounds. With a Smith, the cylinder is in line with the barrel before hammer fall. Colts got out of time earlier, by nature of their lock works.
Timing, yes.Every other year, about 10,000 rounds, it went back to Colt to correct frame stretching and subsequent timing issues.