Colt’s of Hartford, Conn., has been in the solid-frame, swing-out-cylinder, double-action revolver business since the introduction of the Model 1889 Navy .38 DA. There were many subsequent ...

Considering Smith & Wesson introduced the .44 Mag. cartridge in its pre-Model 29 (five-screw) during 1956, Colt’s last snake, the Anaconda, finally got to the party much later in 1990.

More than a hundred years after Colt’s successful line of cavalry pistols the company released a new revolver: the Colt Python.One of seven mid-20th century Colt handguns named after snakes, the ...

The Python was a beefy, all steel and wood revolver chambered in .357 Magnum. The revolver had a six-shot cylinder and originally came with either a bright nickel or royal blue finish.

Earlier this week I called a break from a string of visits to the doctor’s office to spend some much-needed “quality time” at the Dug Hill Rod and Gun Club’s range with one of my all-time ...