The old Colt Python earned a reputation as one of the finest revolvers ever built, then disappeared long enough to become painfully collectible. Colt brought the snake back in 2020 with stronger construction and redesigned internals, giving 2026 buyers a much harder question: buy the legend, or buy the modern gun built to shoot?
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Colt Python Is Back: Should You Buy New or Vintage?
BY Dave Higginbotham Published: October 11, 2026 { 211 comments }Best Handguns (2026): Top Picks for Carry, Home & Range
BY Travis Pike Published: September 22, 2026 { 0 comments }How would you do it if you were to break down the evolution of handguns and choose the best handguns ever?
Simone Segouin: The Photogenic Partisan of Chartres
BY Will Dabbs Published: June 14, 2025 { 5 comments }Simone Segouin rose to the occasion. A rural farm girl with limited education, her passion for her people and her country drove her to some truly epic levels of heroism in the face of profound peril.
The Legend of Baker Peak
BY Will Dabbs Published: June 29, 2024 { 10 comments }One of the best-kept secrets thereabouts is the Ouachita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Comprising some 60,000 acres of rugged granite mountains, sweeping prairies, and freshwater lakes adjacent to Fort Sill to the north, the wildlife refuge was mesmerizing.
Dr. Dabbs – Chalino Sánchez: Dead Man Singing
BY Will Dabbs Published: April 7, 2024 { 5 comments }From the very beginning, Chalino felt compelled to sing. However, throughout it all, his siblings would later claim that Chalino also had a deep-seated penchant for violence
Leo Major: The Québécois Rambo
BY Will Dabbs Published: January 9, 2022 { 10 comments }In 1945 a one-eyed French Canadian named Leo Major did indeed snatch up a matching pair of Sten guns to shoot the holy heck out of a bunch of Waffen SS troopers defending the Dutch town of Zwolle. His story is one of almost insane bravery spanning two wars.
Fray Bentos: The WW1 British Alamo
BY Will Dabbs Published: January 2, 2022 { 8 comments }The classic WW2 action epic Fury was based upon the WW1 story of Fray Bentos and her crew.
Hamer’s Hammer: The Remington Model 8
BY Will Dabbs Published: April 25, 2021 { 15 comments }Scientists would have us believe that the dinosaurs died out some 65 million years ago. However, I would assert that all that is wrong. The last surviving dinosaur actually passed away in 1955. His name was Frank Hamer.
Three Shots That Doused the Light: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
BY Will Dabbs Published: May 18, 2019 { 9 comments }Yitzhak Rabin was a politician, statesman, and general who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Israel. He was also assassinated with a Beretta 84F.
The Death of Anwar Sadat: Comrade Kalashnikov’s Assault Rifle Ends an Era
BY Will Dabbs Published: April 17, 2019 { 9 comments }Anwar Sadat served as the third President of Egypt. His story is a cautionary tale about the risks associated bringing peace to the Middle East.









