I compared the Python with a Limited Edition M1911 from Colt, a 5" steel-frame .45 ACP setup much like many of the "combat custom" .45s from the 1990s.

Owners of guns with this damage can receive a pre-paid label from Colt to get the damage addressed. For more details on Colt's response to the Python, check out the video above. Related Reading ...

Colt Manufacturing Company LLC showed off the reintroduction of its .357 Magnum Python revolver at SHOT Show 2020.