I've had four Pythons over the last 35 years, nine or so N-frame Smiths (four of which stayed). A 6.5" M29 needed a factory smoothing job, and was perfect thereafter. None required for the rest, all of which I preferred to any of the Pythons (four and six inch) for both action and feel.
The Colt action (Python inherited from the Officer's Model Match) is nice and smooth, but I find the heaavier stacking of the Colt actions an impediment to accurate and fast double action shooting.
