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New verified release · exact official source · Official source checked Sept. 24

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Colt's three-inch Python becomes the 300-piece Sidewinder.

The exact official release documents a blued .357 Magnum revolver with a KAGE compensator, Vortex Venom, SureFire X300 and gold-plated flat trigger.

GE / ED.0658 · .357 Magnum · 300 consecutively numbered revolvers · Original MSRP not separately published · $2,999.99 official listed price Official source checked Sept. 24 ↗

Colt Python Sidewinder limited-edition revolver with compensator, red-dot optic, weapon light and gold-plated trigger

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September 27 source check1 firearm backfill · 1 knife record113 maker domains attempted36 suppressor sources checkedPrimary sources verified

Daily verification ledger · September 27

A Colt Custom Shop auction record clears the archive.

The engraved 250th Anniversary Python Serial No. 2 is documented as a September 14 catalog backfill, not a September 27 launch. The exact listing confirms its configuration, serial, commemorative package and place within the 500-piece base run; MSRP and the final auction result remain unknown.

Confirmed · dated source checksFirearms · 1 verified backfillKnives · 1 new recordSuppressors · 0 material changesAmmunition · 0 new records

1Colt archive record002USA250 · 500-piece base run ↗1CRKT record addedBHQ-225294 · 2376DW · $54.95 ↗113Maker domains attempted4 usable · zero confirmed broken ↗36Suppressor sources checkedNo material product change ↗

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Colt's three-inch Python becomes the 300-piece Sidewinder.

A Colt Custom Shop auction record clears the archive.

Evidence before excitement.

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BANISH COMP 6.5 Ti

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CRKT Folts Minimalist Dessert Warrior

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Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW Copper

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