Editing Colt Python (section)

==Issues==
[[File:Colt Python IMG 6785.jpg|thumb|left|Colt Python with open cylinder.]]

With the re-introduction of the new 2020-era Colt Python, whenever examining issues of a Colt Python it is necessary to first determine whether the inquiry is in regard to the first generation 1955–2005 Python model or the redesigned second generation 2020-era Python with improved internals and upgraded robustness. 

A downside to the older generation Colt Python's precision as a tendency to go "'''out of time'''" with continued heavy shooting.<ref name="Grassi">{{cite news|url=http://www.cylinder-slide.com/python.shtml |title=C&S Python .357MAG|author= Rich Grassi|work=Combat Handguns|date= May 2005|access-date=  April 27, 2009}}</ref> Going "out of time" or mis-timing on a revolver is a condition in which the hand does not move each and every cylinder chamber to the exact correct rotation with respect to the forcing cone. Furthermore, any revolver used for many thousands of rounds may eventually require the same timing adjustments. In any case, the first and most common symptom of typical timing issues will be only a slight loss of accuracy, which on a Python may not even be noticeable to many shooters. Colt beefed up the robustness by increasing the quality of the steel, hardness of the parts, and the amount of steel for the 2020 release of the second generation Pythons.<ref name="Colt's Manufacturing LLC" />

'''Stacking''', a phenomenon where the weight of pull sharply increases at the end of the trigger's travel, was an issue for the first generation Pythons. For the 2020 release of the second generation Pythons, Colt redesigned the lockwork, simplifying and subtracting parts, and redesigning the V-spring into a "U" shape where 'stacking' is no longer an issue.<ref name="Colt's Manufacturing LLC" />


Author Martin Dougherty notes the '''weight''' of the Python as a drawback, as it is quite heavy for a handgun of its caliber, ranging from 2.4&nbsp;lbs (1.1&nbsp;kg) to 2.6&nbsp;lbs (1.2&nbsp;kg). This makes the Python comparable to [[Smith & Wesson]]'s premier .357, the [[S&W Model 27|M27]], which weighs {{convert|2.6|lb|abbr=on}} with a {{convert|4|in|cm|adj=on}} barrel. Both revolvers are {{convert|6|to|9|oz}} lighter than Smith and Wesson's more powerful [[S&W Model 29|M29]] .44 Magnum, which weighs {{convert|3.0|lb|abbr=on}} in {{convert|6+1/2|in|cm|adj=on}} barrel configuration.<ref name="Dougherty, Martin 2005, page 48"/>