I've lusted for a Python my entire life. Recently bought one of the new models and I'm seriously disappointed. The good: a) Visually gorgeous. Your eyes pop out of your head when you look at it; b) Double action trigger pull is a thing of glory. It's a bit heavy, but glassy smooth with no stacking; c) the bore tapers ~ 0.0005" from frame end to muzzle. It should shoot like a dream. Now the bad and why I sent it back to Colt for rectification: a) the biggie - the barrel is misaligned to the frame. The front sight is canted slightly to the right. The barrel needs to be retorqued and properly aligned. Colt has the revolver and will address this. Clearly a Colt QC fail; b) The single action trigger is awful. I understand all about positive sear engagement angle and why it's critical, but Colt went way beyond sanity here. Pulling the trigger visibly moves the hammer about 1/64" to the rear before a heavy release. Some research turned up that this is done by design to satisfy some absurd CA and MA dropped gun regulation that required a cocked revolver to be dropped six times from a one meter height onto a concrete floor without discharging. I live in SC. We like our guns and we don't drop them. The Colt rep I spoke with said their guys can't do anything about this due to agreements with the named states. I would bet my life that all the Colt guys who build these have Pythons of their own and that those single action triggers are tuned to perfection. Very disappointing; c) there is ~ 0.002 end shake. This within spec, but a gun in this price range should have no noticeable fore/aft cylinder movement when locked up. We'll see what they do about that. This is a gun I so looked forward to showing and boasting to my shooting buddies. As delivered, it's a gun I would need to make apologies for. Hopefully Colt will return to me the revolver I thought I was buying. We'll see . . .
My wife loves her Colt King Cobra 3". It's not too heavy and shoots where you point it. She has used 38Spl and +p ammo so far. She has not tried shooting the 357 ammo yet.
Just my two cents The python is more of a range gun half the reason you buy it is for the looks to show it off and the king of Cobra is more of a workhorse something you would actually carry.
By who's standard is either a K or L frame Smith a large frame? Unless I've been wrong for the last 40 years a Smith N frame is a Large Frame, K and L are Medium frame and J is Small frame in the Smith line up. That would make both Python and KC medium frame, the KC being a "light" duty gun, suitable for occasional magnum loads while the Python or L frames are suitable for a steady diet of magnum loads.
Comparison with out facts. King cobra is not like K frame. It is in fact a D frame. Indeed. The phyton is more meaty, which means, it can be more durable. But king cobra is chamber at 357 as well. And made to shoot +p as well. The difference is. Phyton is more suitable to carry outdoors, recreation. and king cobra is more like for personal defense for its maneurability and easy concealment
You are right it is a D frame colt, but I was comparing the size of the revolver, and people are more familiar with Smith sizes than Colt. The d Frame colt is similar to a k frame smith to the point that a k frame speed loader will work for the new king cobras. As for the load, like I stated, it will shoot any factory load just fine it would be hot hand loads that could cause unnecessary stress to the cylinder walls and frame. I do appreciate you pointing out facts that I may have missed. I tried to state obvious differences for the new to revolver crowd.
If you calmed your autistic typing long enough you may have realized he was using “K” and “L” frame as an example because most revolver people are familiar with those frame sizes. FYI he’s not far off. My K frame speed loaders work perfectly with the new King Cobra.
I'd buy the Python over the king cobra without a second thought,I carry a new 2 1/2" stainless Python with the smaller grip and its fast to pull into action and its familiar to me because its my third one I have owned, I was torn between the fatter grip vs the new thin grip but I'm glad I decided on the thin one,I can always buy a thick one if I ever think I need one but the thin one gives me better grasp and is faster to maneuver. If you're going to carry a revolver for self defense you might as well carry the best one there is because whats your life worth to you?
Have both in 4.25bbl,the KC is lighter,only thing I dont like is the narrow hammer spur on the KC,gotta see who makes something wider maybe the Python will work or something else
I also own a King Cobra and have shot jotter loads such as Buffalo Bore through it. I wonder if in time if I continue to shoot hotter loads of it will ruin the firearm. I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter
I'm not sure about that one. I would check your manual to see what it says. I would say the Python has a better chance of holding up to those hotter loads because it has a stronger frame and thicker cylinder walls. I'd be worried that over time, it could loosen your cylinder fitment and possibly mess up the timing of the cylinder.
I have the original Colt Anaconda so i will buy the Colt King Cobra. I wanted to go big once and now i want to go small. Maybe compare how is to carry compared to Glock 44 what is .22 LR. I have many others guns to carry but something is missing. Stopping power of .357 seems nice and small printing size.
I own the night cobra, King Cobra carry dao, King Cobra Target, 6" Python and 8" Anaconda. Next purchase will be 3" King Cobra and later 4.25" Anaconda Love them all but my worse accuracy is with the Python. 😢I really think its due to the beautiful grips being my others have the rubber houge grips.plus my sights are really sloppy on the Python which maybe the.main issue.other than that they are all works of art!
The new Wilson Combat front and rear sights kit for the 2020 Python and 2021 Anaconda (they are the same) fixes this issue. I own the 2020 Python and 2021 Anaconda and the factory front and rear sights were god awful. You could take the cheap factory sights off, line up and aim off the top of the barrel like they did in the old days and have better accuracy. The cheap ass factory sights Colt uses are very loose, sloppy, and poor fitting. The price Wilson Combat charges for new front and rear sights is outrageous, but they did fix the issue.
Terrible video! If I wanted to know about S&W I would have asked ! Let me make a video about the Ford F150 BUT talk about a Chevy Silverado !! It’s Just plain dumb !
