The New Colt Python Officially Unveiled
- Thread starter Harry Callahan
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Thanks for sharing the great intel...!!
It won’t have the DA stacking before the break. It’s a simplistic V Spring action, the lockwork is beautifully made that I can attest.
Yup there’s more meat on the top strap. Compared my new KC with my Python just for kicks.
Stronger, simpler and more robust looking mechanism (which should deal with timing issues as well I would expect), looks like a potentially winning design. I bet ol' Jellybean will have work for the foreseeable future taking new Pythons and making them 'betta'! Like, warm butter betta!
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Here’s a picture of the new “14 less parts” V-Spring lockwork:
Looks like the 14 less parts are in all the smaller stuff like pins etc and a different safety mechanism which is is 3 parts in itself including the pin on the old guns. The overall design of the action is pretty much the same. The stacking in DA that everyone hates is actually pretty easy to tame on the old guns.
**Those are some seriously long notches leading to the cylinder lock on the cylinder. Almost twice as long as on the originals....Gone are the days of "drag lines" LOL
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Yup, drag line will be gone on this new snake. It’s simply for design tho, it won’t make the revolver perform better.
A simple geometry tweak on the DA sear will eliminate the wall or stacking. While at it tuning the ratchet on each chamber will optimize timing and lockup. Adjusting and slight polishing of the bolt will eliminate all the «#clicks#» you frequently hear while working the DA action of the Python. All this plus some extra fine tuning will indeed make it very smooth. Takes a little more time than doing S&W’s but the result is indeed rewarding.
What do you mean "simply for design"?
I think they did it so that they can be less concerned about where the cylinder bolt/latch lands on the cylinder which on the old guns was part of the timing process.
It is still part of the timing process on the new Python. The idea was to differ the notch so drag line would be nearly non existent and consistent locking on the cylinder with keeping the notch skipping and wear at a minimum over a lot of use.
