Once a neglected collecting category, Colt’s Python remains one of the hottest tickets today. Here is the half-century history of the “King of the Seven Serpents.” ...

Tried to buy a Colt Python recently? In Seven Serpents—The History of Colt’s Snake Guns, author Gurney Brown (of Cherry’s and the Colt Collectors’ Ass’n) covers seven of the hottest ...

One of seven mid-20th century Colt handguns named after snakes, the Python was introduced in 1955. The Python was a beefy, all steel and wood revolver chambered in .357 Magnum.

One of seven mid-20th century Colt handguns named after snakes, the Python was introduced in 1955. The Python was a beefy, all steel and wood revolver chambered in .357 Magnum.

Colt Manufacturing Company LLC showed off the reintroduction of its .357 Magnum Python revolver at SHOT Show 2020.

In 2020, Colt re-introduced their legendary Python series. After decades out-of-production, the Python 3-inch is back.