ATLAS
COLLECTIBLE FIREARMS

Atlas Collectible Firearms is profoundly honored to present a Holy Grail, museum-tier piece of classic Colt Custom Shop history: an original 1978 Colt Python double-action revolver chambered in .357 Magnum. Serial number 57105E stamped on the frame crane cut confirms original manufacture in 1978, with an official Colt Factory Historian Letter attesting to its shipment on January 17, 1978, to Sloan's Sporting Goods in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Built with a 4-inch ventilated rib barrel featuring a full ejector shroud, this flagship snake gun showcases breathtaking factory Class "C" standard level scroll engraving across the frame, cylinder, barrel, and trigger guard bow. Finished in Colt's legendary, deep Deluxe Royal Blue, this master-engraved Python represents the ultimate centerpiece for the most discerning firearms collector.
Stocked in original factory-checkered walnut target stocks inset with gold Rampant Colt medallions, this Custom Shop masterpiece arrives 100% New Old Stock (NOS) and unfired. The comprehensive collector's package includes the original Colt Custom Shop brown leatherette presentation display case lined in vibrant orange velvet, with gold lid lettering reading "Colts Patent Repeating Pistols" and the internal "FROM THE COLT CUSTOM GUN SHOP" plaque. Also accompanying this magnificent wheelgun is the official Colt Archive Properties factory authentication letter signed by Historian Beverly Jean Haynes confirming all original factory features and shipment details.
The overall cosmetic condition of this factory "C" engraved Colt Python is in 100% New Old Stock (NOS) pristine condition throughout, displaying zero handling marks, zero cylinder drag line, and no operational wear across its mirror-like Royal Blue finish. The checkered walnut target stocks present in flawless, mint condition with sharp checkering and rich wood grain figure. Mechanically, the action functions with vault-tight, hand-fitted Colt Custom Shop precision, indexing smooth with solid lockup, while the 4-inch ventilated rib barrel preserves a mirror-bright, pristine bore with sharp, defined rifling lines throughout.