Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2020 12:23:33 GMT -5
I just turned 63 years old today, and as such, I am very much a product of the 60`s and 70`s, and for better or worse, those decades influenced my life and perspective.
I grew up watching Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" series of movies, ("This is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and it could blow your head clean off.), and watching the television series "Starsky and Hutch". Both of these iconic movies and series developed a cult-like following of two gorgeous and iconic revolvers: Dirty Harry, the Smith and Wesson Model 29 in .44 Magnum, and Starsky and Hutch, the beautiful Colt Python in .357 Magnum.
As I perused the pages of my latest NRA Shooting Illustrated magazine, in their section this month marked "NRA Golden Bullseye Award Top Shots", they featured the "new" Colt Python .357 Magnum with a 4.25" barrel. I just melted when I saw the photo of the revolver because it took me back to the time, before the semi-auto pistols took over, when law enforcement carried big-bore revolvers for duty guns, and the Colt Python has the same "cut" as the Smith and Wesson Model 29, the same big, handful of a handgrip, blocky and substantial, and I was instantly taken back to that time, and once again, I longed for one of these truly legendary revolvers.
So far as I know, Smith and Wesson no longer makes the Model 29, even though of course, the older one`s are out there and available, for the right price. I hadn`t thought about the Colt Python for years, until I saw this article in Shooting Illustrated. But with an MSRP of $1499, I told my wife, some way, somehow, some day, I mean to have this revolver. And make no mistake, as I told her, I mean to have it soon enough that I can try to shoot it out rather than leave a pristine revolver for my son or son-in-law.
I`d have to look it up to even see what barrel lengths the Colt Python comes available in. Last I knew, I thought they came with either a 3" or 6 1/2" barrel, I may be mistaken on that, but now with the option of the 4.25" barrel, I`m thinking that would be the ideal barrel length for me. If I recall correctly, the 4.25" barrel would even make the revolver legal for white-tail deer in Indiana.
My question I suppose id this: what barrel length would any of you here choose in this revolver, and why would you choose that particular length? Would you carry this as a primacy carry weapon, or ever even carry it as a backup? Would you ever hunt with it, ot would this only be a collector gun, or just a home defense and target weapon?
What do you all think?
I grew up watching Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" series of movies, ("This is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and it could blow your head clean off.), and watching the television series "Starsky and Hutch". Both of these iconic movies and series developed a cult-like following of two gorgeous and iconic revolvers: Dirty Harry, the Smith and Wesson Model 29 in .44 Magnum, and Starsky and Hutch, the beautiful Colt Python in .357 Magnum.
As I perused the pages of my latest NRA Shooting Illustrated magazine, in their section this month marked "NRA Golden Bullseye Award Top Shots", they featured the "new" Colt Python .357 Magnum with a 4.25" barrel. I just melted when I saw the photo of the revolver because it took me back to the time, before the semi-auto pistols took over, when law enforcement carried big-bore revolvers for duty guns, and the Colt Python has the same "cut" as the Smith and Wesson Model 29, the same big, handful of a handgrip, blocky and substantial, and I was instantly taken back to that time, and once again, I longed for one of these truly legendary revolvers.
So far as I know, Smith and Wesson no longer makes the Model 29, even though of course, the older one`s are out there and available, for the right price. I hadn`t thought about the Colt Python for years, until I saw this article in Shooting Illustrated. But with an MSRP of $1499, I told my wife, some way, somehow, some day, I mean to have this revolver. And make no mistake, as I told her, I mean to have it soon enough that I can try to shoot it out rather than leave a pristine revolver for my son or son-in-law.
I`d have to look it up to even see what barrel lengths the Colt Python comes available in. Last I knew, I thought they came with either a 3" or 6 1/2" barrel, I may be mistaken on that, but now with the option of the 4.25" barrel, I`m thinking that would be the ideal barrel length for me. If I recall correctly, the 4.25" barrel would even make the revolver legal for white-tail deer in Indiana.
My question I suppose id this: what barrel length would any of you here choose in this revolver, and why would you choose that particular length? Would you carry this as a primacy carry weapon, or ever even carry it as a backup? Would you ever hunt with it, ot would this only be a collector gun, or just a home defense and target weapon?
What do you all think?
