Colt python: 3" or 4.25"?

[My600]

I like 2, 4, 6 or 3, 5, 7 inch barrel revolvers. I don't like decimals guns.

[golfish]

I bought the 4.25" model. I should have bought the 6". If I had bought the 6" I would be saying that I should have bought the 4.45". .

I never considered the 3"

[FNGGlock]

With full the underlug and rib on top the 4" & 6" looks more balanced to me. The 3" seems a bit more boxy.

Though the 3" will likely be more rare in the future, besides get what you think looks best.

HOWEVER as said above in true Calguns fashion get ALL 3 - 3, 4 & 6

I'm more into the S&W variety, but these Pythons sure look good.

[newbutold]

All three for the fun of it

[Subotai]

4.25" because it'll hurt more.

[ACfixer]

Tough call, I voted the 3" because I can't find one yet. But I do agree in most revolvers the 4" is the bomb when it comes to the perfect combo of looks and usability.

[Enzo rules]

I’d go with the. 3 inch.

[Che762x39]

I've budgeted for either a 4.25" or 3" Python, and the Anaconda 8" (hopefully).

I'm primarily a range shooter and don't carry, but something about the 3" appeals to me, and i'm not entirely sure why? I suppose whichever python I choose will be another home defense weapon.

Which would you choose and why?

I got a four inch S&W 686 for Christmas 2018. I choose that length because when I bought my first revolver in 1979 that was the great length for carry.

So while I enjoy my four inch I realized for Home Defense and Range. A three inch might be a better choice and they look great too.

[Cowboy T]

4" for me, were I to buy one, simply because it looks well proportioned to my eyes. The 6" also would look nice. In a medium-frame revolver, the 3" seems a bit short, at least to me.

[k1dude]

Some guns look good in 3", some don't. IMHO, the 3" Python is the latter.

Buy the 4.25".

[davek8s]

[44fred]

I agree with the 4.25” as well. Longer sight radius, less recoil, hits a little harder and again, more balanced looking.
Shorter barrels are for carrying. I bought an 8” around ‘80-‘81 to hunt with, great gun. Wish I still had it.

[The Gleam]

This is the correct and customary Calguns answer!

Poll should have had this as an option!

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[The Gleam]

Tough call, I voted the 3" because I can't find one yet. But I do agree in most revolvers the 4" is the bomb when it comes to the perfect combo of looks and usability.

Agree with that too; I bought both the 4.25" and 6" but just something about the 3" has a unique aesthetic to it.

I haven't bit at the 3" yet, and have had other guns on the 'docket' but once I see a few sales or such, I will absolutely pick up the 3"

During the Python 'bubble' around 2016, I sold a Blued Colt 3" Combat Python I had that was like new, in it's box, no turn-line. Mint. Even though I got a good price for it, even by today standards, I now look back and wish I hadn't sold it.

It was the first, last, and only gun I've sold in a long time prior and nothing since.

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[TrailerparkTrash]

4.2”. Only becasue I already own two original Pythons, one with a 2.5” barrel and a the other with a 4” barrel.