silcott
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Post by silcott on Mar 19, 2024 15:07:44 GMT -5
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Post by squawberryman on Mar 19, 2024 15:44:19 GMT -5
That'd be steppin' up!
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Post by bigbore5 on Mar 19, 2024 16:07:08 GMT -5
If it's a conversion by a smith, why isn't he named and why so expensive?
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Post by kings6 on Mar 19, 2024 17:10:32 GMT -5
If I’m not mistaken that is one of the one or two 41 mag Pythons Colt built . I had a python barrel rebored to 41 to make a 41 Special python but never got around to it.
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Post by aciera on Mar 19, 2024 20:22:36 GMT -5
Colt built a couple in 41 mag
And a 22
And a 256 mag
And a 45/38
All went in the R&D Vault
American Handgunner Jan/Feb 1977
Along with an article about the employee who built the first Python ….Adelbert Gunther
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Post by Lee Martin on Mar 20, 2024 8:14:14 GMT -5
We'll never get closure on the factory .41 Python saga. It has been researched for decades and most seem split between whether they really produced prototypes or not. The late Colt historian Kathy Hoyt says no; there is no record of any being factory assembled. Conversely, rumor has it they made 2 or 3 for a large distributor, sent the guns out, had second thoughts about a .41 Mag in that frame, and did a recall. However, they did prototype one in their experimental .400 Colt Magnum. I suspect that gun was either disassembled or resides in a vault. Most of the .41 Pythons we're seeing from the 70's/80's era came out of Peebles Gun Shop in Arlington, TX. I handled one and they were exceptionally well done. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" |
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