https://coltpython.blogspot.com/2009/07/41-magnum-range-report-it-does-not-blow.html?m=1
The complicated lock work in no way could withstand very much .41 Magnum abuse. It would last a while with mid-range 210 gr. loads but the real magnums would have the hand battered fast. That cylinder hand on a Colt does several functions and it is a small delicate part. The only thing holding that cylinder in at all is the shallow bolt that fits in the recess in the cylinder star. If there were ever a gun that could benefit from a forward locking set-up it's the Python. How the Anaconda ever worked I'll never know. I had one of the first ones that came NIB out of time. They fixed it but I was ruined on it.
I passed on a 6" .41 Magnum Python done by a real master. Even the block barrel lettering was matching and perfect. It was a 6" blue and $600. This was the early 1990's.
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Python
- Rex, 2022-02-07, 07:49
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Interesting. I wonder if the Python would not have a “come
- SPB, 2022-02-07, 08:16
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As a diehard Colt fan its a bit difficult
- WB, 2022-02-07, 09:37
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Found this.
- SPB, 2022-02-07, 09:50
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And this
- SPB, 2022-02-07, 09:51
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Very interesting. The bolt cuts make me a little concerned.
- WB, 2022-02-07, 10:12
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The Python
- Alcorn, 2022-02-08, 03:43
- I agree with Alcorn. The wall thickness is very thin - Gary Reeder, 2022-02-08, 12:16
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The Python
- Alcorn, 2022-02-08, 03:43
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Very interesting. The bolt cuts make me a little concerned.
- WB, 2022-02-07, 10:12
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And this
- SPB, 2022-02-07, 09:51
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Found this.
- SPB, 2022-02-07, 09:50
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As a diehard Colt fan its a bit difficult
- WB, 2022-02-07, 09:37
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Interesting. I wonder if the Python would not have a “come
- SPB, 2022-02-07, 08:16