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The Colt Python is a .357 Magnum caliber revolver formerly manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. It is sometimes referred to as a "Combat Magnum".
Overview[]
In The Walking Dead TV series, it is the signature weapon of Rick Grimes, carried by him throughout the series and chosen for its high stopping power and accuracy. Notably, the manner in which he aims the magnum, up and at a down angle, has become something of a joke online, dubbed "Rick's way" of holding the gun. Though Rick is shown with a revolver on occasion in the comics, it is not his "signature weapon" and he is rarely shown using it.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
It was first introduced in 1955, the same year as Smith & Wesson's M29 .44 Magnum. The now discontinued Colt Python targeted the premium revolver market segment. Some firearm collectors and writers have described the Python as the finest production revolver ever made. The Colt Python is a standard-issue firearm for Georgia State Patrol and Florida Highway Patrol officers, but it is very rarely used in other American states by law enforcement officials.
During his career as a law enforcement officer, Rick Grimes favored the Colt Python.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Original TV Series[]
After awakening from his coma, Rick Grimes retrieves his Colt Python from the King County Sheriff's Department where it had been left. Rick subsequently uses the gun to put down his former colleague Leon Basset outside. However, he quickly runs out of ammunition in Atlanta and has to use other weapons before Shane Walsh provides him with more ammunition.
During Shane and Otis' mission to retrieve medical supplies for Carl, Rick lends his gun to Otis. When Shane wounds Otis and leaves him for dead, he takes the Colt Python back. Daryl Dixon later lists Shane returning with the gun as one of the reasons that he realized that Shane had killed Otis.
Rick subsequently continues to use the Colt Python as his weapon of choice, putting down the reanimated Sophia Peletier during the barn massacre, killing Dave and Tony and lending it to Daryl to mercy kill the dying Dale Horvath.
During a fight in the prison, Oscar retrieves the gun after it's knocked from Rick's hand, but he uses it to kill Andrew rather than its owner. Oscar then returned the gun to Rick as a gesture of peace.
After finding out that Andrea has been bitten, Rick sorrowfully lends her his Colt Python so that Andrea can kill herself before she can turn.
Rick chooses to hide several guns in a bag in a forest before entering Terminus, as a precautionary measure, and he temporarily uses other firearms instead of his revolver, even after retrieving it.
During the group's first encounter with Negan, Rick has his Python confiscated, forcing him to use other weapons for a period of time. Daryl later finds it in the hands of Joseph while he is escaping from the Sanctuary. After killing Joseph, Daryl retrieves the gun and returns it to its owner upon his reunion with Rick.
When Rick is apparently killed blowing up a bridge in order to stop a herd, he uses the gun to detonate the dynamite. Rick apparently drops it before he is rescued on a riverbank by Anne and the CRM. Michonne's search for Rick's body only turns up his gun which she retrieves and keeps, later giving it to Rick's daughter Judith who wields the Colt Python alongside a smaller version of Michonne's katana. Judith uses the Colt Python to rescue Magna's Group from a herd and shoots Beta when he infiltrates Alexandria in search of Mary. However, Beta survives as he is wearing body armor.
When Daryl kills Austin, he finds a black-colored Colt Python on the Reaper's body and takes it, giving the gun to Maggie Rhee. As Leah, Boone and Washington retreat, Maggie uses the gun to shoot the three in the back in an act of revenge, killing Boone and Washington and wounding Leah who Daryl allows to escape. Maggie then attempts to use the gun to kill Brandon Carver, but she discovers that it has run out of ammunition. Instead, Maggie discards the Colt Python, grabs one of Elijah's kamas and uses that to kill Brandon.
As the Coalition prepares to split ways with the Commonwealth, Daryl retrieves Rick's Colt Python and offers it back to Judith. However, Judith rejects the gun, telling Daryl that if she takes it back, things will go back to how it was which it shouldn't be. Daryl later tells Judith that he'll hold onto the gun for awhile until Judith wants it or not, but either way, she's stuck with him.
When zombies attack a crowd of Commonwealth residents, Daryl uses the Colt Python to put down a walker approaching Judith. Judith has Daryl give her back her father's gun as the two go to help the civilians. Judith uses the gun to put down a walker eating a Commonwealth resident and the walker attacking Sebastian Milton, albeit too late to save Sebastian's life.
After Alexandria is liberated from Commonwealth control, Judith recovers the Colt Python and her sword from a box of the Coalition's weapons and carries it with her during the mission to overthrow Pamela Milton. After Judith is shot by Pamela, Daryl takes the gun from her and uses it to shoot a fire extinguisher that he has Ezekiel throw in order to create a smokescreen distraction.
Following his capture by the Civic Republic Military and the loss of his gun, Rick switches to a CRM Kill Stick for at least awhile.
Fear the Walking Dead[]
Both Marcus and Hill of The Pioneers use Colt Pythons, although Hill later switches to John Dorie's stolen Colt Single Action Army.
Telltale Series[]
William Carver uses a Colt Python, killing Walter and, determinately, Alvin at Moonstar Lodge. After Carver's death at Kenny's hands, Rebecca takes the gun. It's presumably lost with her death as the gun is never seen again.
Destinies[]
Rick Grimes uses a Colt Python. If Shane Walsh kills Rick and takes his place as the leader of the group, the gun is abandoned with Rick. If Rick kills Shane, he shoots his former best friend with it after Shane reanimates when Rick kills him.
Killed Victims[]
The following is a list of victims killed with a Colt Python:
TV Series[]
- Leon Basset (Zombified)
- Hannah (Zombified)
- Summer (Zombified)
- Sophia Peletier (Zombified)
- Dave
- Tony
- Dale Horvath (Out of Mercy)
- Andrew
- Erin (Zombified)
- Andrea Harrison (Suicide)
- Bob Lamson
- Edward
- Primo
- Savior POW (Alongside Morgan)
- Reilly
- Norris (Zombified)
- Kathy (Zombified)
- Boone
- Ira Washington
- CW Cleaning Crew #2 (Zombified)
- CW Cleaning Crew #1 (Zombified)
- 1 unnamed criminal (Alongside Rick's fellow officers, Pre-Apocalypse)
- 1 unnamed Woodbury soldier
- 1 unnamed Kingdom soldier (Zombified)
- 1 unnamed Commonwealth resident (Zombified)
- Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Telltale Series[]
Destinies[]
- Shane Walsh (Zombified, Determinate)
- Numerous counts of zombies
Appearances[]
TV Series[]
Season 1[]
"Days Gone Bye" | Rick Grimes, aiming his Colt Python on Summer just before he puts her down | |
File:WalkingDead-ColtPythonAltAngle.jpg | "Days Gone Bye" | Rick aiming his Colt Python at Summer just before he puts her down, from a different angle |
File:S1e1A.png | "Days Gone Bye" | Rick, with his Colt Python, aiming at criminals before the apocalypse |
"Days Gone Bye" | Rick, with his Colt Python, aiming at the criminals before the apocalypse from a different angle | |
File:WalkingDead-ColtPython.jpg | "Days Gone Bye" | Rick, with his Colt Python aiming at the criminals before the apocalypse, from a different angle |
File:WalkingDead-ColtPythonFront.jpg | "Days Gone Bye" | Rick confronting the criminals with his Colt Python before he gets shot |
"Days Gone Bye" | Rick aiming his Colt Python at Leon Basset's head, moments before pulling the trigger | |
"Days Gone Bye" | Rick aiming at a zombie with his Colt Python | |
"Days Gone Bye" | Rick, with his Colt Python, surrounded by walkers, about to commit suicide | |
"Days Gone Bye" | Rick about to kill a walker inside of the tank with his Colt Python | |
"Guts" | Rick, with his Colt Python, as he escapes the tank to get to Glenn Rhee | |
"Tell It to the Frogs" | Rick reloading his Colt Python | |
"Vatos" | Rick preventing Daryl Dixon from killing T-Dog, with his Colt Python | |
"Wildfire" | Rick preventing Daryl from killing Jim with his Colt Python | |
"TS-19" | Rick killing walkers with his Colt Python as he escapes the CDC |
Season 2[]
File:Otis&RGrimes.jpg | "Bloodletting" | Rick, handing his Colt Python to Otis |
"Chupacabra" | Rick, pointing his Colt Python at Daryl | |
"Pretty Much Dead Already" | Rick, with his Colt Python, holstered | |
"Pretty Much Dead Already" | Rick, with his Colt Python, putting a reanimated Sophia Peletier down | |
"Pretty Much Dead Already" | A close-up of Rick with his Colt Python | |
"Nebraska" | Rick, with his Colt Python after killing hostile survivors Dave and Tony | |
"Triggerfinger" | Rick, with his Colt Python, attempting to protect himself from Dave and Tony's group | |
"18 Miles Out" | Rick, with his Colt Python holstered as he kills a walker through the fence with a knife | |
"18 Miles Out" | Rick, with his Colt Python holstered as he escorts Randall to his release point | |
"18 Miles Out" | Rick, with his Colt Python, being attacked by three walkers | |
"18 Miles Out" | Rick, with his Colt Python, being attacked by three walkers, from a closer angle | |
"18 Miles Out" | Rick, with his Colt Python, aiming it at Randall | |
"Judge, Jury, Executioner" | Daryl, with Rick's Colt Python, aiming it at Dale Horvath, before killing him out of mercy | |
"Beside the Dying Fire" | Rick, with his Colt Python, saving Hershel Greene |
Season 3[]
"Seed" | Rick, with his Colt Python holstered, holding a Glock 17, while searching an abandoned house for walkers | |
"Sick" | Rick, pointing his Colt Python at Axel's head | |
"Sick" | Rick, pointing his Colt Python at Axel's head, from a different angle | |
"Sick" | Rick, pointing his Colt Python at Oscar's head | |
"Sick" | Rick, threatening Axel with his Colt Python | |
"Killer Within" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python as he shoots out the alarms of the West Georgia Correctional Facility | |
"Killer Within" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python at Oscar | |
"Killer Within" | Rick, with his Colt Python as he searches the generator room to switch off the generators | |
"Killer Within" | Oscar, aiming Rick's Colt Python at Andrew, just before he kills him | |
"Killer Within" | Oscar, handing the Colt Python back to Rick after killing Andrew | |
"Made to Suffer" | Rick, pointing his Colt Python at Michonne Hawthorne | |
"The Suicide King" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python at a zombie | |
"The Suicide King" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python | |
"The Suicide King" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python at Michonne for her to lower her katana | |
"The Suicide King" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python at Michonne for her to lower her katana, from a different angle | |
"Home" | Rick, aiming his Colt Python before he fires | |
"Home" | Rick, with his Colt Python in his hand after he used it to bash walker's heads in | |
"I Ain't a Judas" | Rick, with his Colt Python holstered in his duty belt | |
"Clear" | Rick, with his Colt Python as he aims it out a window to kill a walker | |
"Clear" | Rick with his Colt Python and Carl Grimes with a Beretta 92FS, raising their arms | |
"Clear" | Rick, with his Colt Python, as he aims it to fire at Morgan Jones | |
"Clear" | Rick, with his Colt Python as he loads it, hiding behind a car | |
"Clear" | Rick, with his Colt Python as he loads it, hiding behind a car | |
"Clear" | Rick, with his Colt Python as he loads it, hiding behind a car | |
"Clear" | Rick, with his Colt Python aimed at Morgan | |
"Clear" | Rick aiming his Colt Python at Morgan | |
"Arrow on the Doorpost" | Rick with his Colt Python out during his meeting with The Governor | |
"Arrow on the Doorpost" | Rick with his Colt Python as he aims at The Governor | |
"Arrow on the Doorpost" | Rick with his Colt Python as he aims at The Governor, from a different angle | |
"This Sorrowful Life" | Rick with his Colt Python holstered while talking to Daryl | |
"Welcome to the Tombs" | Rick with his Colt Python as he aims at Karen | |
"Welcome to the Tombs" | Rick with his Colt Python as he aims and searches for Andrea Harrison in the Woodbury dungeon | |
"Welcome to the Tombs" | Rick with his Colt Python as he aims it outside the dungeon cell | |
"Welcome to the Tombs" | Andrea with Rick's Colt Python inside the dungeon | |
"Welcome to the Tombs" | Andrea with Rick's Colt Python, with a closer view |
Season 4[]
"30 Days Without An Accident" | Rick, with his Colt Python, aiming at Clara after she attacks him | |
"Infected" | Rick holding his Colt Python after getting it out of a box | |
"Infected" | Rick, putting away his Colt Python after checking the remaining ammunition | |
"Isolation" | Rick, with his Colt Python aimed at walkers, who are approaching Carol Peletier | |
"Indifference" | Rick, with his Colt Python, aimed upstairs after hearing a noise made by survivors Sam and Ana | |
"Too Far Gone" | Rick, angrily firing his Colt Python towards The Governor and his army after The Governor kills Hershel | |
"Too Far Gone" | Rick, reloading his Colt Python after taking cover behind an overturned bus during the prison battle | |
"After" | Carl, aiming Rick's Colt Python at his father inside a house when thinking Rick's dead and has turned | |
"After" | Rick, laughing with his Colt Python in hand | |
"A" | Rick, about to stab a zombie with his Colt Python | |
"A" | Rick, putting his Colt Python to a bag of weapons before entering Terminus |
Season 5[]
"No Sanctuary" | Rick retrieves his Python from the bag of weapons | |
"Four Walls and a Roof" | Rick firing his Python into the forest | |
"Coda" | Rick shoots Bob Lamson with his Python | |
"Coda" | Rick draws his Python on the officers after Beth Greene is shot |
Fear the Walking Dead[]
Season 4[]
"What's Your Story?" | The Python can be seen in the Rick's holster |
Season 6[]
"Welcome to the Club" | The Python can be seen in Hill's holster |
The Telltale Series[]
Season Two[]
"A House Divided" | William Carver readying his Colt Python | |
"A House Divided" | Carver scouting the cabin with his Colt Python | |
"A House Divided" | Carver executing Walter with his Colt Python | |
"A House Divided" | Carver holding Alvin at gunpoint with his Colt Python | |
"A House Divided" | Carver holding Clementine at gunpoint with his Colt Python | |
"In Harm's Way" | Carver with his holstered Colt Python | |
"In Harm's Way" | Rebecca picking up Carver's Colt Python | |
"Amid The Ruins" | Rebecca holding Carver's Colt Python |
Trivia[]
- Andrew Lincoln has nicknamed the gun "Kevin".[1]