JM
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Post by JM on Dec 19, 2020 23:05:14 GMT -5
One project was a complete reformation of an old Commando. Added a lot of material to the frame for a Python inspired 41 Special It was amazing. Finished gun photo here Notice barrel marking Now there's a snake that I'm more familiar with. Think some desert folks call them Red Racers.
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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 19, 2020 23:26:57 GMT -5
Iy took a while for us to figure out what to call it.
It's a snake gun after all, but it's not a Python.
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Post by tj3006 on Dec 20, 2020 10:10:00 GMT -5
I like the Sidewinder, it is beautiful ! is it a 6 shot ? something like it on a GP-100 would be more my style, but it is very cool. ...tj
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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 20, 2020 10:24:08 GMT -5
It's a six shot gun I rebored the Commando cylinder.
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Post by pacecars on Dec 24, 2020 0:13:27 GMT -5
I would love to have a new Python rebored to 10mm if it would work
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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 24, 2020 5:54:19 GMT -5
I like where you are going with that!
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Post by jwp475 on Dec 29, 2020 9:13:42 GMT -5
While i wait for the sun to come up, so a I can Try out my new to me 4" Model 19 no dash, And shoot the fantastic Bear cat Tyler Gun Works Built me, I got to thinking about the New Python. It is a Very nice revolver out of the box. (Seems they got the bugs out). But it seems to me , with a little hand work it would really be something. Colt says there is Very little hand work, and that most of the parts are assembled as they come off the mill. Or whatever machine they come from. Has anybody heard of A smith taking one apart and stoning the contact surfaces ? Or are they really that good out of the box that little or nothing would be gained ? I know CNC has Come a long way over the Years, just look what Ronnie wells is doing ! But is it so good that parts fit together so well, an artist can not improve them ? If so , I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing, I do so admire craftsmanship, My trade , is truck driving, i have a phobia of calling my self good at it,( good is retired without ever hurting anybody) but i have had people say some very nice things after watching me squeeze a 53 foot trailer , into a tight space. But like it or not fully automated trucks are coming fast, I am Rambling a bit, But it would like to see what Hamilton Bowen, or Jack Huntington could do with a new Python. ! Progress is Progress, can't be stopped, but some times it is a little bit of a shame. Hell listen to modern music. So much of it comes out of a &^%( in computer, But Progress roles on ! ...tj ***** Colt Python maestro, a main instigator of Handgun Silhouette, and IHMSA All-American Jerry Moran showed abnormally intense interest in the new model Python. Of course Colt set out to eliminate as much of the hand fitting of the old model Python as possible. In one or another of the ill-fated Colt Troopers, or MK III or MK VI, Colt reduced hand fitting to one part; the pawl comes to mind. My range work with Colt’s early attempts to horn in on Smith & Wesson popularity, along with the the growing Ruger presence, couldn’t come close to shaking an S&W from my hand. Ben "Bear Man” Kilham, whom worked at Colt, is reluctant to call the new model Python a Python. Jerry Moran described THROW-BY problems with the new model Python, along with other issues, including CARRY-UP. The old Colt double actions have much stronger lock-up than a Smith & Wesson. Bolt engagement is stout. Jerry Moran described differences of the new model Python to me, but without holding a gun I couldn’t keep up. This is simple mechanical stuff, yet supremely important to function of a revolver. I could go on, extolling the virtues of the Colt Python (I have no experience with the new model), but its flaws are impossible to ignore. Major flaw: skinny ring of steel at forcing cone hangs like a pouting lip into the cylinder window, specially designed to crack under full house loads, eventually. Timing sensitivity. Firing pin more delicate than Smith & Wesson fixed or floating firing pins. Not to mention the benchmark of firing pins: Ruger. Seems to me the modus operandi of Colt was to reduce manufacturing cost, without passing it on to the shooter. David Bradshaw This^^^^^^^^^^ the exterior looks is the only thing Python about the new one IMO
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Post by Lee Martin on Dec 29, 2020 16:38:48 GMT -5
I toyed with the idea of buying a new Python. Then Bradshaw and I talked about them at length. Think I'll stick with my 4" 686. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
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Post by Encore64 on Dec 29, 2020 17:03:45 GMT -5
I toyed with the idea of buying a new Python. Then Bradshaw and I talked about them at length. Think I'll stick with my 4" 686. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" Amen...
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Post by flyingzebra on Dec 29, 2020 17:33:17 GMT -5
The exterior looks is the only thing Python about the new one IMO That's essentially what we're seeing. The action has some special features, but it's not a Python I'm using the "New Python" name for this new model. We'll see how they do for durability, and we'll see how well they keep a tune once they're fitted at the bench. I'd like to get one to test ride for a while, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by junebug on Dec 29, 2020 18:46:22 GMT -5
Saw 3 in the store tonight. Two 4 in. models and a 6 in.. May not be hand fitted anymore but you couldn't tell it by the price tag, $2,000 for the 4 in and $2,200 for the 6 in. If someone just has to have one they have 3.
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Post by AxeHandle on Dec 29, 2020 20:25:59 GMT -5
Read the writing and handled a few... Even at MSRP I'll stick with my 586/686..
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Post by taffin on Dec 29, 2020 20:36:39 GMT -5
THE LATEST "GUN TESTS" HAS AN EXTENSIVE ARTICLE COMPARING A PAIR OF NEW PYTHONS TO A PAIR OF ORIGINALS.
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Post by x101airborne on Dec 30, 2020 13:02:37 GMT -5
I have handled a new one and own an old one. They are going to have to come down under a grand before I spring for one (and I DONT think that will happen).
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