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==Description==

The Colt Python is a double action, large I-frame handgun chambered for the powerful .357 Magnum cartridge originally developed by [[Smith & Wesson]]. Pythons have a well-deserved reputation for superior fit & finish, accuracy, smooth trigger pull and a tight cylinder lock-up. If there is a downside to all this precision, it is the Python's tendency to go "out of time" with continued heavy shooting. This is a condition in which the cylinder is no longer turning into exact alignment with the forcing cone, so a shooter may be sprayed with tiny bits of shaved [[projectile]] when the gun is fired. When this happens, the lockwork needs to be re-timed.

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While the Python immediately made inroads into the law enforcement market when introduced, it has since fallen out of favor along with all other revolvers because of changing law enforcement needs that favor semi-automatic pistols today. Colt Pythons command high prices - new or used, and have found a place in the collection of many serious handgunners.

==In Fictionfiction==

The Python has appeared in countless comic books (and mangas), films, TV series and video games.

===Comic Books and Manga===

* Ryo Saeba from the ''[[City Hunter]]'' series also uses the gun.

===Films===

*It appeared in the 1992 film, ''Prom Night IV''.

*It appeared in the 2004 film, ''"[[Starsky & Hutch]]"'', carried by one of the title characters, Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson.

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===Games===

* It is featured in the ''[[Half-Life]]'' series of games and in several of the ''[[Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' games.

* It is the most powerful gun in the first ''[[Resident Evil]]'' game. It decapitated its target with a single shot. The character Barry Burton uses it as his main weapon.

* The "Cougar Magnum" in the video game ''[[Goldeneye 007]]'' is modeled after it.

* Dan's Revolver in ''[[Killer7]]'' is a Colt Python.

* It is Jack Dark's gun in ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]''.

==See also==

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[[pl:Rewolwer Colt Python]]

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[[pl:Rewolwer Colt Python]]