Question regarding current Colt Pythons & Anacondas

[HHGT]

Regarding current production of Pythons and Anacondas. Since the return of producing these what is the quality like as compared to before they had discontinued them?

Thanks guys....

[1911whore]

Current Pythons are stronger than previous models and quite nice all around.

[Zenderfall]

Anaconda’s don’t want none unless you got buns, hun!

[BigStiCK]

I have a new Python and the fit/finish is impressive. Great trigger. Fun shooter.

[gabe123]

The current Python is nice. Perhaps nicest of all on roster CA revolvers that you can buy. Is it as nice as older one? I don't know since I didn't have a chance to handle a collectible grade Python. Some say the new one is almost as nice as the older one.

I have not handled the Anacondas. The new one is supposed to be at the new Python level but in different caliber. Older Anacondas were not made at older Python level but more like a production gun. So the newer Anaconda should be better made then the older ones.

[HHGT]

Thanks guys I appreciate your response...

[Dirk Tungsten]

They're nice guns, shame they're also all polished stainless.

[fishnbeer]

No personal experience other than putting paw prints on at gun shops. Beautiful guns, very tight fit and nice trigger. But I hear they dropped the ball on the rear sight, supposedly comes loose while shooting. Wilson combat has upgraded sights

[FullMetalJacket]

I don't have any old guns, but I have two newly manufactured Pythons and one Anaconda, and they seem VERY well built to me.

[44fred]

Funny how nobody has answered the question, me included.
I?m thinking anybody that has an old model has no interest in the new model. The old models were something special. I owned a 1980 8? model for hunting but really didn?t use it much. Fine firearm that I traded in for something I actually used.

[SDDAVE56]

Funny how nobody has answered the question, me included.
I'm thinking anybody that has an old model has no interest in the new model. The old models were something special. I owned a 1980 8? model for hunting but really didn?t use it much. Fine firearm that I traded in for something I actually used.

Well maybe not everybody. The only thing holding me back, is its stainless. Now if they would offer up a blued version, well I still have room in my safe. Until then I'll happily shoot my original Python.

[44fred]

Well maybe not everybody. The only thing holding me back, is its stainless. Now if they would offer up a blued version, well I still have room in my safe. Until then I'll happily shoot my original Python.

Thanks for proving my point, sort of 😉
Exceptions to anything. Given enough time, I?m sure someone will chime in.
That said I?ve heard very good things about the new Pythons.
Correct me if I?m wrong. In regards to blueing, the ?old? process is just that?no longer being used.

[divingin]

The old models were something special. I owned a 1980 8? model for hunting but really didn?t use it much. Fine firearm that I traded in for something I actually used.

I disagree. The old Pythons were nice. Some would say very nice. But in the day they were considered just that: a nice revolver. There was nothing special about them. Some people liked the balance and recoil mitigation that the full length underlug brought, some people thought the barrels were better than other offerings. But in the end it was just another revolver. A lot of PPC shooters used to buy both a Python and a S&W to put the Colt Barrel on the Smith action. The Python was considered expendable after pulling the barrel.

It's the cult following that recent collectors have created that has driven the prices up on older Pythons. No rhyme or reason for it; they're not rare, they're not special, they're just... in demand and expensive now.

Mine is from the earlyish 80's; it's a shooter, not a collector gun. Blue, 6", cost south of $600 (as I recall) from Reeds Sporting Goods (at lest I think it was; sporting goods shop at the east end of Alum Rock Ave in San Jose.) The current market though, has me shooting it less than I should.

[Phalanx20mm]

The new Python and Anaconda are very nice. I've shot 4.25" and 6" Pythons and 8" Anaconda. The Anaconda is heavy has less recoil than my 8 3/8" Model 29.

Trigger and cylinder release operate smoothly.

Also have a King Cobra Target, also impressed with this revolver.