So, as a long time Colt lover and Python owner since I was a teenager, I was watching the new release of Colt's Python 2020. My good shooting buddy Ken Hackathorn was the first official expert to review the Python and he gave it thumbs up and high recommendations. I wasn't real appreciative of his review for a number of reasons. He examined and shot some of my Pythons before and always told me he was more of a S&W guy and didn't fancy Colts much. He focused on the new Python trigger and how wonderful it was not to have the two stage stacking anymore. I actually like the stacking because I can get that double action hammer to pause right before it drops and I get my sights perfectly aligned. But, I'm used to having shot that trigger thousands of times.

There has also been lots of talk about how Colt decreased the number of internal parts by 14 and has maintained the V-spring for the trigger and hammer action. I have taken Pythons a part many times and there aren't many more than 14 parts total to begin with! What, do they have everything working with 2-3 parts total, are they mis-counting for advertisement purposes or is it now solid state digital? I have yet to see the internals of the new Python.

And, now that it has been out a few weeks, there are lots of other people reviewing the new 2020 Python including our fav Hickok45! In his, and others' reviews, the Python is shown to be malfunctioning with light primer strikes and failure to turn the cylinder even with single action. Hickok45 talks honestly about this and you can clearly see how it malfunctions. He did not short stroke anything as some have suggested. I saw around 4 video reviews where people have had problems and read more.

There is a Colt VP who was interviewed at the Shot Show about the new Python. He said that there have been 5 returned to Colt for problems and two were cosmetic. Yea. He also said, after all of the previous advertisements from Colt, that there are "12" fewer internal parts! cont