Thanks for the reference, Kerz. That's the first I've seen of the internals of the new Python.

I still can't figure out where they are claiming "12" or "14" fewer parts. It looks like a jumble of parts in there still. I'd like to see a listing or side-by-side comparison. I've taken a part mine many times and I don't see many fewer parts. There are certainly different ones. They've stuck with the V-spring which some people still don't like.

I am discouraged by the bad machining left on many of these parts and there are some MIM'd ones with cast marks left on them. What's with all of the weird colors to these different parts? They have evidently smoothed the bearing surfaces enough to make a slick action.

Still waiting on the verdict of the failure to rotate the cylinder issue and weak primer strikes.