But while the Glock 17 is restricted to nine-millimeter ammunition, the Python can fire both lighter .38 Special rounds and .357 Magnum rounds. The weight of the Python’s steel is also useful in ...

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 Legendary Python Six-Shooter Is Back and Even Better Colt Manufacturing Company LLC’s reintroduced .357 Python revolver shown at SHOT Show 2020’s range day. (Military.com photo/Matthew Cox) ...

On the range with one of the new production Pythons. Since its re-introduction, Colt has added an additional variant, a 3" barreled model, to the Python series lineup in January 2022.

The new Python was only offered in two barrel length however, 4.25" and 6", leading to customer requests for Colt to reintroduce the shorter 3" barreled model as well.