Despite the obvious visible differences between the new Anaconda and the old Python, it was the memory of a successful hunt with a look-alike Colt revolver that made the moment so vivid. I think the ...

preferring instead to promote its racy Python in .357 Mag. Finally, in the early ‘90s, Colt introduced the first version of its biggest “snake gun”: the .44 Mag.-chambered Anaconda.

According to Colt's testing, the addition of the ports reduced muzzle velocity less than 100 f.p.s. compared to rounds fired out of an unported Python or Anaconda. Aside from the differences in ...