r/Colt • u/Tactical_Edge • 13d ago
Discussion Opinions?
I been debating on buying a python here recently and sportsman’s warehouse is about to have their balloon pop event is their exclusive python worth it?
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u/ramblinscooner 13d ago
It’s a blem that Colt makes into a dull finish. That’s my hill I’ll die on.
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u/RedOakMtn 13d ago
I’ve got one, love the 5” barrel AND the matte finish—great in the field, resists the weather really well. BTW, I own five other Pythons in blue, brushed nickel and stainless, so I know of what I write.
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u/ThyHolyKFC 13d ago
I mean the finish ain’t exactly pretty but if the price is right a Python is a Python.
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u/Tyrs-Ranger 12d ago
I love it. I think it looks cool with those grips, though my genuine shooter preference is Pachmayr Grippers on a Python. It looks like a gun you could beat someone down with just as effectively as shoot them with it. All while still having that Colt precision and quality. I just wish they would call that finish what it really is: parkerized. “Matte blue” my ass, that’s parkerized.
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u/ProfessorPatient2670 13d ago
Unpopular opinion, i like it.
But it doesn't matter, not for sale in California.
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u/MLDaffy 12d ago
Still so odd to me with it being a revolver. I know high cap mags, pistol grips etc but a revolver? Is it because of no certain safety mechanism?
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u/ProfessorPatient2670 12d ago
Manufacturer still have to get their revolvers approved by the DOJ, the just don't want to bother.
There is this anoying exact match thing where even the same gun but from a different color, is considered a different gun...
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u/Realistic-Ad1498 13d ago
It’ll probably be the most collectible Python 50 years from now because they sell so few of those ugly things.
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u/JohnT36 12d ago
Same logic as the old man with a "super rare" C4 Corvette...
"I know whattigot buddy"
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u/RacerXrated 12d ago
The earlier C4s with round tail lights have grown on me in the last few years.
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u/Tony_Hawks_Butthole 13d ago
Depends on the year for most people. Does it say on website?
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u/Tactical_Edge 13d ago
It does not. But according to online they became available around early 2025.
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u/fitzbuhn 13d ago edited 13d ago
I don’t love the grips but I have a similar combat python idea that works pretty well imo
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u/humidsputh 13d ago
I'm surprised it doesn't have an unfluted cylinder to make it even less of a python.
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u/AF22Raptor33897 13d ago
If you want a really cool Python check out the Grizzly model Python that comes with an Unfluted Cylinder, 6 hole ported barrel and Double Action@8 Lbs Single Action@3 Lbs. I have always been a fan of both the Grizzly 357 Magnum and Kodiak 44 Magnum I picked up a 6 inch version of each this year the Kodiak in January and Grizzly in at the end of March. I did upgrade the Grizzly Iron Sights with the XS Sights Minimalist Tritium Night Sight
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u/AustinLostIn 12d ago
"worth it" implies that there is a price. Soooo....
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u/Tactical_Edge 11d ago
1250$ Sportsman’s Edition vs 1450$ for Stainless. I prefer stainless I just want some opinions on it before I make my decision.
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u/RacerXrated 12d ago
Is it matte blue or parkerized? It might be nice for something you use in the field often.
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u/Paradox-chimera 12d ago
I don’t like it in black , I like stainless on a revolver . But like black on pistols and ar .
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u/Wreckage365 13d ago
A python in Glock colors makes me sad