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===End of Production===

In October 1999, Colt Manufacturing Co. announced the termination of its production of Python revolvers. In a 2000 follow-up letter to distributors, the company cited changing market conditions and the costs of defending lawsuits, as the reasons for the discontinuation of the Python line as well as a number of other models.<ref>[http://calnra.com/COLTupdate.shtml Update from Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc.]</ref> The Colt Custom Gun Shop continued making a limited number of Pythons on special order until 2005, when even this limited production was terminated.<ref name="hawks"/>

==Models and Variants==