July 9, 2012, 11:26 AM | #1 |
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End of the Colt Python
Does anyone know the approximate date that Colt ceased production of the Python? I have read, that some assembly of the Python, in the "custom shop", continued after the cessation of production. The date I am seeking is the date the last regularly scheduled "production gun" was produced.
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July 9, 2012, 12:57 PM | #2 |
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July 9, 2012, 11:54 PM | #3 |
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I believe regular production runs stopped in 1996.
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July 10, 2012, 07:03 PM | #4 |
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Regular production stopped in October 1999 and limited special orders continued until 2005.
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July 10, 2012, 08:45 PM | #5 |
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The last Custom Shop special order Pythons reportedly stopped in 2004.
There was ONE Python built in 2005 and it was a profusely engraved and inlaid show model to commemorate the 1955-2005 production of the Python. |
July 10, 2012, 09:12 PM | #6 |
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It'll be back. It's too cool to die forever. I predict it the Anaconda will be back during the same run.
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July 10, 2012, 09:37 PM | #7 |
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The (true) Python will never be back. Meticulous hand crafting by machinists and assemblymen who took pride in their work and "Made In America."
That's gone forever. That's why there are precious few pistolsmiths who can even work on the Python. They're not old school. They can't even understand the internals of the Snake. Even the Anaconda was nothing like the Python. |
July 10, 2012, 10:29 PM | #8 |
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Hmmm... anyone got the BPs? Some steel... some spare time... some Pythons?
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