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Line 20: ==Usage== The Python immediately made inroads into the law enforcement market when introduced, with the 6" barrel being popular with uniformed officers and the 3" and 4" barrels considered optimum for plainclothes use. However, it has since fallen out of favor (along with all other revolvers) due to changing law enforcement needs that favor semi-automatic pistols, combined with agency policies banning "special" ammunition, including Magnum loads. Ironically, when law-enforcement agencies realized that the 9mm semi-automatic pistols fire a round with similar characteristics to the .38 Special, they began a still-continuing migration to more-powerful cartridges, not willing to accept that the rejected .357 Magnum is a ready solution. New or used, these revolvers are still popular and command high prices. ==Colt Python Serial Numbers== <blockquote><blockquote> 1955 — 1 1956 — 300 1957 — 1650 1958 — 5550 1959 — 7050 1960 — 9100 1961 — 13100 1962 — 18800 1963 — 24800 1964 — 30800 1965 — 41400 1966 — 50500 1967 — 61000 1968 — 73800 1969 — 90000-99999 1969 — E1001 1970 — E6301 1971 — E21201 1972 — E38001 1973 — E53501 1974 — E61001 1975 — E83701-E99999 1975 — 01001E-15000E 1976 — 15001E-48300E 1977 — 48301E-86200E 1978 — 86201E-99999E 1978 — 01001N 1978 — V01001 </blockquote></blockquote> ==See also==

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