This was predicable, and actually predicted by multiple writers who said they'd never bring the Python back, because the skilled workforce who created the original version have been retired for a long time.
I know.. and I would never take anything away from the guys that used to work at Colt and did so much of the work by hand, but FFS, in today's world of modern manufacturing, computer design, 3-D modelling and all the technology at their disposal, these issues really are inexcusable. No one expected the new Python to be as great as the virtually hand made, hand polished beauties of the past, but I expected them to work.
I figured there might be some issues reported like sights loosing up, or polishing that looked a little rough, or diminished accuracy. But I didn't think they would ship a bunch of literal garbage that would fail to function. Like the well fed redneck whose voice I can stand, in the youtube video said, even the $300 POS Taurus revolvers go boom when you pull the trigger.
They could have, for all intents and purposes, straight up copied the S&W internals, and produced a revolver that worked. Hickock 45 pointed out the slight differences in the new revolvers, but nothing that was a non starter or deal breaker. Poorly made internals are a deal breaker.
I am so disappointed, but I should be used to that by now with Colt. I was encouraged because it seems they got their shit together with the current 1911's. On the whole, they are much better than what they were spitting out 15-20 years ago, when you bought a new Colt 1911 and sent it directly to a gunsmith for a reliability service.
I have wanted a Python for a long time now, but just couldn't justify spending $2500 plus for a revolver that was 40 plus years old and I wouldn't shoot the shit out of it because of the guns value. But I always figured that once I got the kids through college, I would add one to the collection. When they announced the re-release I thought "Cool, I will wait until they are out a year and the price drops a little, then buy one I can really enjoy" But noooo... the motards at Colt released $1500 paper weights.
Colt has been teetering on the brink of disaster for a long time. You would have thought that no matter what they had to do, they would have made it a priority to make sure that the first 5000 Pythons they made, did not get sent back. Nope, not Colt. Dumbasses. And this isn't the type of issue that was not caused by a couple of people that work there. This is a leadership and management fiasco, created by suits who made piss poor decisions. What a shame.