[Danr55]

The Python and the Smith Mod. 27 were more or less contemporarys, with the Mod. 27 being senior. Smith and Wesson did the same thing with the 27 that Winchester did with the mod 70 after 1964. Made it cheaper to manufacture, subsequently less desirable (and renamed it the mod. 28) Experience tells me that if you can find one, the Model 27 is superior to the Python and less expensive since the numbers of Colt collectors far out exceeds the number of S&W collectors.