[MWAG]

Wrangler? Airweight? Rough Rider? LCR? GP100? Model 66? A J-frame?

Nope, the Python, sez the NRA. Anyone else puzzled?

“In January of 2020 a new Colt Python rolled out of the factory and it was the No. 1 selling revolver among FFLs using the services of GunBroker.com in 2020.”

An Official Journal Of The NRA | Colt Python Earns Top-Selling Revolver Slot in 2020

The top-selling revolver sold on GunBroker.com in 2020 was the recently re-launched Colt Python, a highly anticipated reintroduction of an iconic design.

www.americanrifleman.org

 

[TTSH]

Wrangler? Airweight? Rough Rider? LCR? GP100? Model 66? A J-frame?

Nope, the Python, sez the NRA. Anyone else puzzled?

“In January of 2020 a new Colt Python rolled out of the factory and it was the No. 1 selling revolver among FFLs using the services of GunBroker.com in 2020.”

An Official Journal Of The NRA | Colt Python Earns Top-Selling Revolver Slot in 2020

The top-selling revolver sold on GunBroker.com in 2020 was the recently re-launched Colt Python, a highly anticipated reintroduction of an iconic design.

www.americanrifleman.org

Well, I want one, but my loony moonbat anti-2A state says I can't have one.

Prices are still too high anyway. Then again, all gun prices are crazy high right now.

Anyway, I would have guessed the Ruger Wrangler just due to its low cost and good availability. 😎

 

[Breakaway500]

Not surprised at all. LOTS of hype..LOTS of noise= lots of sales.

 

[MWAG]

Not surprised at all. LOTS of hype..LOTS of noise= lots of sales.

That's what I was thinking, too. Absolutely glowing magazine reports, oops a flaw (but it got fixed), and you can sell just about anything.

 

[Hawg]

I seriously doubt it from the price alone. My guess would go to the Wrangler or Rough Rider.

 

[MWAG]

If it's based only on Gunbroker's sales, then it's a seriously flawed statistic, but whatev. I hope Colt makes good money with them.

 

[LimaCharlie]

I bought a couple of Pythons in 2020. One was manufactured in 1976 and the other in 1978.

 

[mrerick]

It's a marketing puff piece. GunBroker is not the primary distribution channel for firearms in the United States.

There is no way they could produce that many Pythons. Popular, perhaps... Top selling? Not likely...l

 

[Thewelshm]

I bought the poor mans version, Dan Wesson 15-2 with vented heavy V barrel....

Thewelshm

 

[TTSH]

I bought the poor mans version, Dan Wesson 15-2 with vented heavy V barrel....

Thewelshm

In my case, it was a Model 586 (No Dash) in 6"... My semi-affordable Python substitute.

No vented rib, but pretty darn close otherwise!

 

[memtb]

Well, I want one, but my loony moonbat anti-2A state says I can't have one.

Prices are still too high anyway. Then again, all gun prices are crazy high right now.

Anyway, I would have guessed the Ruger Wrangler just due to its low cost and good availability. 😎

TTSH, in what state is a revolver illegal? I’m stunned! memtb

 

[TTSH]

TTSH, in what state is a revolver illegal? I’m stunned! memtb

Moonbatty Massachusetts. We have something called our MA Approved Firearms Roster. Dealers can only transfer or sell handguns that are on that roster. The new Python is not on the roster. For that matter, neither is the original.

 

[memtb]

TTSH, I’m somewhat speechless.....which is a rarity for me! memtb

 

[TTSH]

TTSH, I’m somewhat speechless.....which is a rarity for me! memtb

Just to be crystal clear, we are allowed to legally possess a new (or old) Python revolver. That's not the issue. We just can't buy a new Python (or transfer one in) via a Massachusetts dealer because it is not on the Approved Firearms Roster, which the dealers must abide by or they risk losing their MA license.

A MA dealer can sell or transfer an old Python, provided it was legally possessed in state at any time before 1998 (i.e., when the Approved Firearms Roster thang became law).

Now, if I were to ever find a Massachusetts LTC holder who actually owned a brand new Python (perhaps having brought it in when he/she moved in from out of state), I could buy it from him or her F-T-F... just not via a dealer transfer.

Clear as mud... right? 😎

 

[justterry]

I have an old python,but you know what? I like the grip on the Smith 586/686 so much better. If I find a nice one locally,the Python may be history