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Lot 1546:3 Inch Barreled Colt Combat Python Revolver with Factory Letter

August 16th, 2025|Bedford, TX
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Lot 1546:3 Inch Barreled Colt Combat Python Revolver with Factory Letter

August 16th, 2025|Bedford, TX
Estimated Price$9,000 - $16,000
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Excellent, Scarce, and Highly Desirable Three Inch Barreled Colt Combat Python Double Action Revolver with Factory Letter and Case

Manufactured in 1989, as part of an exclusive 500 revolver run for Lew Horton Distributing Company of Massachusetts, per page 702 of "Forty-Forth Edition Blue Book of Gun Values". The included factory letter confirms the revolver's configuration, including a three inch barrel in .357 Magnum caliber, blue finish, and checkered walnut service grips, when sent in a shipment of four to Simmons Gun Specialties in Olathe, Kansas, on November 22, 1989. Features fixed red-ramped front and adjustable notch rear sights, the two-line Colt address roll-marked on the right side of the barrel with the two-line "COMBAT PYHTON" and caliber designation roll-marked on the left of the barrel, Rampant Colt on the left side of the frame, along with Colt "triangle/VP" and "V" factory proofs on the left side of the trigger guard. Fitted with a pair of checkered walnut service grips with silver Colt medallion inserts. Includes a Colt blue plastic case.

ConditionExcellent, retaining 97% plus original blue finish with a faint minor cylinder drag line, some minor rub wear on the cylinder, a few minor handling marks, and crisp roll-marks. The grips are exceptionally fine with some minor patina on the medallions and well-defined checkering. Mechanically excellent. Overall an attractive example of the rare three-inch barreled Colt Combat Python with the factory letter!
Details
ManufacturerColt
ModelCombat Python
TypeRevolver
Serial number
ClassModern Handgun
Caliber / Gauge357 Magnum
Barrel3 inch vent rib
Finishblue
Gripwalnut
Bore conditionThe bore is shiny with crisp rifling.

Item LocationBedford, TX
Views267
Catalog page479
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