Colt Python action

Can't stand the Dan Wesson front-of-cylinder latch and I'm not a fan of Ruger's latch, either.

Didn't Dan Wessons also come with a thumb latch very similar to S&Ws at one time?
 
Well,I liked the Python I handled a heck of a lot of years ago.

The action was smooth as butter and the blued finish on the gun I handled was spectacular.

That said, with the recent disclosures that the Python can be an expensive gun that can require regular clockwork tuning with use with high power rounds to keep in time, I'd probably pass on buying one.

Especially at the current prices for some.

But what a darn handgun.

Very nice.

Not a fan of the 357 cartridge though-I sold a Dan Wesson 15-2 I had because I hated that round.

That was also a damn fine handgun.
 
"the blued finish on the gun I handled was spectacular."

I've said it before, I'll say it again...

No one could put a polish and blue on a gun like Colt.

No one could come even close.
 
After reading this thread this morning, I pulled out my 6" Colt Python, and my Smith and Wesson model 66 from the safe and pulled the trigger double action on them both, and I don't feel any difference in the actions.

I just can't feel what y'all call "stacking" in the Colt trigger, and it's the same on all five Colt double actions that I have, and seven S&W double actions.

What am I missing?
 
Try a non-Python.

The work done on Python actions at the factory decidedly diminished the apparent feel.

My 1968 Official Police stacks quite a bit, but the trigger is smooth throughout the pull. It's not objectionable to me.

My circa 1930s Police Positive Special in .32-20 also stacks.

My circa 1920s Police Positive in .32 Long? Not sure if it stacks or not because it's apparently so loaded with dried grease and oil that it's almost impossible to tell what's going on with the trigger right now.
 
I don't feel it on my Trooper MK V, Lawman, Officers Model Match, or Detective Special either. They all seem smooth throughout the trigger pull to me.
 
I had never said so until today, trying hard not to be (so) contrarian.

But, here it goes: I don't feel any stacking at all in any of my Pythons.
Or my DS. Or my Cobra. Or any of my former Colts.

Must be that I started firing them when I was a child.
 
Don't confuse stacking with lack of smoothness in a DA trigger pull. Some revolvers (not just Colts) can have a very smooth pull, yet the pull weight will increase as the trigger moves back and cocks the hammer. Rarely, an S&W will have a rough and gritty DA pull, yet not stack.

Jim
 
I own two Pythons, a 6" 1961 and a 4" 1974, and owned a 8 3/8 1974 (maybe 75) S&W 27 (my son owns it now), and while I think the overall trigger feel is comparable, I think the Python is overall the finest display of craftsmanship I have seen in a firearm. From the richest most beautiful bluing (it's no wonder it's called Royal Blue) to how everything just looks finished at a higher level.

Don't get me wrong, I love the old Smiths as well, and they are indeed quality firearms. But they are working excellence and the Python is elegant excellence. If that makes any sense, lol.

Edited to add, if I slowly pull the trigger in DA on the Pythons, I can feel the stacking. It's not bad, but it is there. Still very smooth and breaks like glass. The 27, nor my 1975 17-4, stack in slow DA fire. In SA, while the old Smith's are smooth and crisp, the Python ' s are better. Lighter, cleaner and crisper is how I would describe it. Neither the Smith or the Colt are bad, and will spoil someone on what a good trigger feels like, but the Python, especially in SA, is just that much sweeter to me.
 
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I only have one Python, and I got it just so I could say I have one.
I don't find anything special about it.
At over $1400, I am not buying any more of them for a while.

But my brother has a Python with the big heavy long barrel and a big scope on it. He can shoot 38 special 148 hollow base wad cutters into one hole groups.
 
I only have one Python, and I got it just so I could say I have one.
I don't find anything special about it.
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Certainly respect your opinion, but am somewhat surprised. Shooting the Python to me has always had a different feel for certain when compared to other revolvers like a standard Smith.
 
My first handgun was a .22 Diamondback. Second was a S&W Model 27. I love the little Diamondback but, got more Smiths as time wore on. Carried a 58, 19, 66, 25-5 and a 586. I'll bet I bought 3-4 Pythons during that time trying to convince myself it was a better gun than the Smiths.

Always traded off the Pythons when the triggers just felt "wrong" to me.

There's still a nickel 4" in the safe. (And the Diamondback, an OP and a few other Colts) I appreciate a Python for what it is but, I cannot get past the DA trigger. Too much time on Smiths.
 
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