The blued Python comes with Altamont-made target-style stocks with embedded, gold-tone “Rampant Colt” (l.) emblems. The wide hammer spur is serrated for better purchase during single-action fire.

The 21/2-inch barreled .357 Mag. reviewed in these pages in February 1964 was 7¾-inches long and weighed in at 33½ ounces. Not inexpensive, it sold for $125 a half-century ago.