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Colt Python

Double-action .357 Magnum revolver with a ventilated rib and full-length underlug.

Introduced 1955 · Also known as Colt Python

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Colt Python history

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19401960198020002020
  1. 1955
    Python introduced
    Editorial entry · not yet verified against a cited source
  2. 1996
    Standard catalog production ends

    Production continued in limited form through the Colt Custom Shop.

    Editorial entry · not yet verified against a cited source
  3. 2005
    Custom Shop production ends
    Editorial entry · not yet verified against a cited source
  4. 2020
    Python reintroduced

    A redesigned Python returns to Colt's catalog.

    Editorial entry · not yet verified against a cited source
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