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Thread: Colt Resurrecting the Python?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyoming Shooter View Post
    03RN - It's a Chiappa 1892. The lever was OEM. I see that it's now available separately: https://www.chiappafirearms.com/accessory.php?id=189.
    Thanks

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    Fiber optic front sight

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    The replacement fiber optic front sight arrived today from Brownells. Delivery time was about 3 weeks. Replacing the OEM red ramp is a simple process requiring a .050 allen and some blue thread locker. POI change TBD shortly.

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    My POI moved up 6” at 25 yards, and I ran out of rear sight adjustment. It needs to be 0.018-0.020” taller to work properly on the Python.

    I’m looking at building a .020” shim to raise the front up, as there appears to be enough tenon engagement to work- but for me the Marble sight as delivered just doesn’t cut it for distance shooting.

    I tested this on two separate Pythons, so it would be interesting to see what results you get.
    Last edited by Archer1440; 11-26-2021 at 06:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stephanie B View Post
    You guys are going to cost me money.
    If it is any consolation Stephanie, I just bought a Kramer vertical scabbard (because of these people) for a revolver I haven't sourced yet while waiting for a below MSRP example from the latest production.

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    Any recommendations for low profile speedloader carrier?

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    Same result

    Quote Originally Posted by Archer1440 View Post
    My POI moved up 6” at 25 yards, and I ran out of rear sight adjustment. It needs to be 0.018-0.020” taller to work properly on the Python.

    I’m looking at building a .020” shim to raise the front up, as there appears to be enough tenon engagement to work- but for me the Marble sight as delivered just doesn’t cut it for distance shooting.

    I tested this on two separate Pythons, so it would be interesting to see what results you get.
    Yup, I had the same experience. My rear sight is bottomed out at 25 yards with my 158 grain
    38 special handloads. I'm disappointed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Willard View Post
    Any recommendations for low profile speedloader carrier?
    If JOX Loaders ever starts making pouches again, they would be worth a look.


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  8. #628
    Quote Originally Posted by Wyoming Shooter View Post
    Yup, I had the same experience. My rear sight is bottomed out at 25 yards with my 158 grain
    38 special handloads. I'm disappointed.
    To be honest, I expected this to be an issue. One of my Pythons is factory-zeroed with seven clicks available to lower the POI- not nearly enough to solve for this front sight (but perfectly acceptable for the OEM ramp sight with any .38 or .357 load I have run).

    So the revolver is not really the problem here, in my opinion.

    It took me literally three minutes to CAD design a 0.018” steel shim that would solve the issue, but that would need to be EDM cut. The tenon of the sight is long enough to allow the set screw to fully engage while the sight is fully supported by the shim, but the best solution would be for Colt or another maker to arrange for correct-height sights.

    I have a sneaking suspicion, though, that despite the ~>10k Pythons out there (from 2020 alone), there’s probably not enough of a market for a correct fiber optic to make the juice worth the squeeze- because, quite honestly, those of us actually shooting the things in any sort of gamer activities are very clearly outliers. I’m only doing it to increase my proficiency with the thing, not to be truly competitive.

    But they really ought not market this sight for this particular pistola.

    Also, today’s gratuitous gun porn photo, for no particular reason. One of these will get a steel challenge workout tomorrow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Willard View Post
    Any recommendations for low profile speedloader carrier?
    Safariland.

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    Actual, low-profile speedloader carriers seem to have half the rounds straddle the belt. I haven’t found anything available for my SL Comp-II loaders that I like for this purpose, so far.

    The Safariland 333 carrier I have is not what I consider to be low-profile- it’s actually easier (much easier) to hide the revolver, than this thing.

    Great for the range and gaming, though.
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