I had a chance to buy a brand new 3” Python last week, but I decided before I spend $2k on a Colt I’ll save a little more and buy a Korth.
Probably due to the terrible trigger finger he has. Come on, man! You don’t stick half your finger THROUGH the trigger guard!!! It’s the first pad that you use. Otherwise, solid gun and good video. Would take one of those bad boys home and stick it in my safe.Did anyone else notice that the man did better DA than he did SA?
I had a chance to buy a brand new 3” Python last week, but I decided before I spend $2k on a Colt I’ll save a little more and buy a Korth.
You can have the colt, but I'd rather have your smith! Nice pea shooter!Yeah, a 4" Anaconda in Colt's Royal Blue would compliment my 4" S&W 29 nicely...
View attachment 252591
You're not wrong. I will give the durability nod to the new Colts (Python and Anaconda specifically), but it is a trade-off to smoothness of the action and a light trigger.
I own four original snake guns, and a few other Colt revolvers on top of that. I was really excited to get my hands on a new Python just to see how smooth it was (post recall). I was even willing to look past the laminate grips, lack of ribbing on the backstrap, laser engraved model designation and QC code on the frame...until I experienced what would be the equivalent of a Ruger GP100 SA trigger in a $1,500 revolver. No thanks.
I have zero experience with Korth or Manurhin, but they seem to have quite the following among current production 'best of the best' fans.
On my Anacondas, the trigger was actually pretty good, I thought.Just what I have read online, the new Anaconda supposed to be better fit and finished than the previous model.
I thumbed through an article from John Taffin. He wrote that he couldn't compare the factory trigger pulls because he had his old model worked on years ago.
You can have the colt, but I'd rather have your smith! Nice pea shooter!
My limited experience comparing the new with the old is just the opposite. I don't have any older Pythons but I do have one of the new ones. Neighbor has two older Pythons from the 80s I believe. No noticeable difference between the SA pull on old vs new. But we both thought the DA pull on the new one was smoother and maybe slightly lighter...I thought they were about the same, he thought the new one was lighter. We both thought the length of the trigger pull was just a little shorter on the new one.
Aesthetically, there's no comparison. The new Python is a nice looking gun...but not nearly as nicely finished as the originals.
I had a Korth .357 come thru my shop on consignment years ago. Nice gun...but in my opinion not nearly as nice as a Python in looks or function. No idea how it shoots...but I did get some substantial hands-on time with it.
Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes when I'm doing stuff, I'll chimp the trigger and it really hasn't mattered much.Probably due to the terrible trigger finger he has. Come on, man! You don’t stick half your finger THROUGH the trigger guard!!! It’s the first pad that you use. Otherwise, solid gun and good video. Would take one of those bad boys home and stick it in my safe.
Enter your email address to join: