Dudemeister
Member
I know this has been discussed in many threads, but the simple question boils down to: Are you happy with your new Python, if you could do it over, would you buy this gun? For me the answer is NO. If I could return it and not loose any money, I would.
What used to make the Python this "mystical", even "mythical" weapon was it's action, it's smooth as butter trigger, straight out of the box. I currently own a 1956 Officers Model Match which could be argued is the Python's daddy, and it's glass smooth, with a trigger free of creep which breaks at 1lb 12oz in SA mode and 6lb 4oz in DA. Nearly every one of my Smiths has a 2lb SA trigger except for the Model 57 which is 3lb. My Dan Wesson is under 2lbs, heck, even my Chiappa Rhino breaks at just over 3lb. And let's not speak of all my single action revolvers...
And then there's the Python. Fist, in SA it has a tiny bit of creep, you can even see the hammer and transfer bar move slightly before the break, and it take 6lb of pressure for it to break.
Is this what these have been reduced to? The way I look at this is that Colt is tryin to cash in on the old guns reputation with an unfinished product. Sure it looks pretty and all, but this is not the gun that earned the reputation this is built on, far from it. And to make things worse, there are no aftermarket spring kits that could help mitigate the problem. Spending another $500 on top of the $1500 I already did to get an "action job" would be sheer stupidity on my part.
So How do you feel about your new Python?
What used to make the Python this "mystical", even "mythical" weapon was it's action, it's smooth as butter trigger, straight out of the box. I currently own a 1956 Officers Model Match which could be argued is the Python's daddy, and it's glass smooth, with a trigger free of creep which breaks at 1lb 12oz in SA mode and 6lb 4oz in DA. Nearly every one of my Smiths has a 2lb SA trigger except for the Model 57 which is 3lb. My Dan Wesson is under 2lbs, heck, even my Chiappa Rhino breaks at just over 3lb. And let's not speak of all my single action revolvers...
And then there's the Python. Fist, in SA it has a tiny bit of creep, you can even see the hammer and transfer bar move slightly before the break, and it take 6lb of pressure for it to break.
Is this what these have been reduced to? The way I look at this is that Colt is tryin to cash in on the old guns reputation with an unfinished product. Sure it looks pretty and all, but this is not the gun that earned the reputation this is built on, far from it. And to make things worse, there are no aftermarket spring kits that could help mitigate the problem. Spending another $500 on top of the $1500 I already did to get an "action job" would be sheer stupidity on my part.
So How do you feel about your new Python?
