complete with the heavy under-lug, ventilated rib barrel, having always been a mark of the Python. The grip frame is also identical to the original. Four grips I pulled out of my parts box for the original Python/Officers Model Match/Official Police/.357 Magnum all fit the new Python. ...
Samuel Colt was proved to have been partially right. The double action revolver was difficult to make as reliable as a single action. But as metallurgy and design technology improved the double action eventually took over as the revolver of choice for military and police use. It is with us t...