In 2020, Colt relaunched its renowned Python revolver with two barrel length options—4.25-inch and 6-inch. For 2022, Colt is bringing back the 3-inch-barrelled version.

Like the two other versions with longer barrels, the 3" barrled version of the Colt Python is chambered for .357 Mag., with a 6-round cylinder.

Editor's Choice: Colt Python 3" The firearm industry is flourishing and has great things to offer the many millions of armed citizens all across our land.

A nine-inch barrel made it the firearm of choice for mounted cavalry, and Colt’s follow-up was the more refined Dragoon series of revolvers.

I’m a big fan of the Python. I bought my own — the above mentioned “Ultimate” Python, a six-inch barrel version — the first time I got my hands on one. And, I fell for these guns the ...