This Colt Python is a 1966 production revolver, serial 56255, chambered in .357 Magnum with a 4-inch barrel. It is an early example with the hollow underlug barrel, a detail the seller notes as desirable on early Snake Guns. The grips are in good condition with about 40 percent of their checkering remaining, and the seller rates overall condition as very good.

In Connecticut a revolver like this answers to a pistol permit or a Handgun Eligibility Certificate, both available at 21, and the dealer releases it once the DESPP authorization number comes back from the background check. With no fixed waiting period that can be a same-visit affair. A 4-inch .357 is the practical Python: short enough for a holster, long enough for range work, and this one has the worn grip checkering of a gun that was used rather than stored.

Key features

• .357 Magnum, 4-inch barrel
• Made in 1966, serial 56255
• Early hollow underlug barrel
• Grips good, about 40 percent checkering remains
• Overall very good condition

This revolver ships to a Connecticut FFL dealer, where you present your permit or certificate and complete the transfer after the state check clears.