The New Colt Python Officially Unveiled

As I said in the other Python thread.....

I suspect they will sort it out in time. However, given how painful getting warranty work on firearms always seems to be in Canada I'm not sure I'd want to be an early adopter.

The older I get the less concerned I am about having the latest or greatest of anything. I'm far happier with proven products that work.
 
To be fair - and this gun isn't in my foreseeable future as I think here it will be over priced - the "misfire" issue could be operator induced error, AKA: failure to fully release the trigger. Old Pythons could do that too. This is the only review I've seen mention it, and it's a younger shooter experiencing the issue who probably grew up riding the reset on a Glock.
 
enefgee said:
To be fair - and this gun isn't in my foreseeable future as I think here it will be over priced - the "misfire" issue could be operator induced error, AKA: failure to fully release the trigger. Old Pythons could do that too. This is the only review I've seen mention it, and it's a younger shooter experiencing the issue who probably grew up riding the reset on a Glock.
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OK, what about Hickock 45? he had the same issue.
 
sailor723 said:
The older I get the less concerned I am about having the latest or greatest of anything. I'm far happier with proven products that work.
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This isn't a "newfangled" striker fired auto loader, it was supposed to be a faithful recreation of a beloved classic.
The people looking at the new python were likely after exactly that. They either didn't have enough in the bank or weren't inclined to pay $2.5 to 3K for a battered vintage model missing the OG grips. The only silver lining is that once Colt figures out this issue it may drive down the price gouge.
 
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There is no original Colt anymore. Aside from number of bankruptcies and third party acquisitions in previous century and problems in management here is recent history:

In a 2002 restructuring, Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc, spun off , LLC, to supply military, law enforcement and security markets.
Colt's Manufacturing Company itself become a subsidiary of New Colt Holding Corp, LLC. In 2013 Colt Defence acquired New Colt Holding Corp., in part to protect a licensing agreement set to expire in 2014, where Colt's Manufacturing sold sporting rifles marketed to consumers that were manufactured by Colt Defence. This formed a single company to develop, manufacture and sell firearms under the Colt name for all markets for the first time since the 2003 completion of the restructuring.[SUP]

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Following persistent reliability problems, the reunited Colt lost its contract with the US military for M4 rifles in 2013. Parent company Colt Defence, LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 15, 2015, citing both assets and debts in the $100 million to $500 million range.According to analysts, Colt's problems were due to the loss of the contract and low demand for its civilian handguns. In January 2016, Colt announced that the bankruptcy court had approved its restructuring plan. All these various investor groups just trying to capitalize on Colt's name, nothing more nothing less.
 
too bad. 3 pythons with cylinders that do not spin (intermittently) and 1 where the cylinder spins but the hammer does not #### and fire in DA. colt dropped the ball on this one
 
The cylinder "issue" is a super easy fix. Taking a little off the front of the hand fixes it. I've had old ones with the same problem where the hand completely misses the ratchet on the way up and others that the ratchet misses the slot but makes contact with part of the lobe and jams. For the cylinder not to turn, the hand is completely missing the ratchet.
 
Johnnyjellybean said:
The cylinder "issue" is a super easy fix. Taking a little off the front of the hand fixes it. I've had old ones with the same problem where the hand completely misses the ratchet on the way up and others that the ratchet misses the slot but makes contact with part of the lobe and jams. For the cylinder not to turn, the hand is completely missing the ratchet.
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They’ll figure it out. Fairly quickly too I’d suspect. Even with today’s technology, you’re not going to get hand fitted quality. Hopefully the finish is good to go. That would be pretty disappointing.
I bet when they punched it all into a 3D program, it functioned perfectly for a few hundred thousand cycles. In reality, it’s the difference between a few thousandths here and there.
 
BigRobb said:
They’ll figure it out. Fairly quickly too I’d suspect. Even with today’s technology, you’re not going to get hand fitted quality. Hopefully the finish is good to go. That would be pretty disappointing.
I bet when they punched it all into a 3D program, it functioned perfectly for a few hundred thousand cycles. In reality, it’s the difference between a few thousandths here and there.
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I read somewhere that if you stack all of the tolerances in a revolver, it's possible to build one that won't do anything at all, but still be within required spec for each part.
 
Nice revolvers and I'm sure Colt will fix every single one of them. However, let this serve as a lesson. You never EVER buy the first production run of anything. I don't care what it is, who the manufacturer was, or how much R&D and testing was involved. There is bound to be some production issues or design problems that need to be de bugged. I've been down this path before, buying the very first of something and having the associated headaches that go along with it.
 
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