I dunno. I visited a gun store last week and they had as many if not more full size handguns as compacts. It's a high volume store and I'm sure they wouldn't be on the selves if they weren't selling. That said, I would guess the ratio of wheelguns to auto's was probably about 5 to 1 though.

I think the Python would sell like hot cakes if they brought it back. I just don't think they will. Colt is in deep financial dodo and I'm sure it would be a huge investment to dust off all those old machines and teach people to run them and hand fit the parts again. I may be wrong and hope I am but I just don't see it happening. This seems to come every year after the shot show for some reason.