Never understood the allure of a Python? Backwards cylinder release, cylinder turns the wrong way, and piss poor double action. Stacked against an older, smooth S&W revolver, a Python won't make a pimple on a M19s azz.
I have to agree, right now out in the safe I have a 6" Python and a 6" S&W 19. I find the cylinder release on the Python awkward (but maybe I'm just used to S&W) the trigger pull on the 19 smoother, and the weight of the Python excessive. Most likely the Python is a stronger handgun, but I have shot a couple of boxes of Buffalo Bore in the 19, and it handled them fine, no excessive recoil. People talk about the deep blue finish of the Python, but side by side the finish on the 19 seems to have more luster.
