By 1998, the only cataloged Python was the Colt Custom Gun Shop Python Elite offered with a 6" barrel and a Brushed Stainless Steel finish. A year later, the Python Elite was catalogued in Royal ...

4" barrel Colt Python with stainless steel finish Some unknown, but relatively small, number of the original 600,000-odd Pythons were never fired.

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.