One of seven mid-20th century Colt handguns named after snakes, the Python was introduced in 1955. The Python was a beefy, all steel and wood revolver chambered in .357 Magnum.

Colt’s Python: King Of The Seven Serpents While Seven Serpents: The History of Colt’s Snake Guns (2015) brought much-needed information into the public eye on this previously underappreciated ...

Colt was well known for making some of the finest revolvers the world has ever seen, with classic such as the Colt Python, Detective Special, and original Cobra and King Cobra revolvers.

Colt Manufacturing Company LLC showed off the reintroduction of its .357 Magnum Python revolver at SHOT Show 2020.

Watch this American Rifleman Television feature segment from 2020 to learn more about Colt's re-introduced Python revolver, and how the company has improved the latest iteration of the classic design.