Colt Python Serial No. 1, which was hand-built by Colt Master Gunsmith Alfred DeJohn, ... Commemorative issues and special editions were also based on the “I” frame.

The new Python was only offered in two barrel length however, 4.25" and 6", leading to customer requests for Colt to reintroduce the shorter 3" barreled model as well.

For more than 20 years, Bob Bybee held on to the wooden boxes that once held two commemorative Colt .45 pistols made in honor of U.S. Navy battleships. They were all that was left of the guns after… ...