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Colt Python
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| Damage |
40 (75 in HL2:DM) |
| Magazine/reload type |
6 round speedloader clip |
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| Rate of Fire |
Medium to low |
| Recoil |
High |
| Projectile Speed |
Hitscan |
| Accuracy |
High |
| Range |
All distances (best overall for long range) |
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| Designer(s) |
Stephen Bahl (HD GoldSrc version)[2] |
The Colt Python (or .357 Magnum Revolver) is a powerful handgun: more accurate and powerful than the USP Match or the Glock 17, though with less common ammunition and considerably slower fire and reload times. It is featured in most of the Half-Life series' titles.
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[edit] Overview
The Python is a double-action revolver which fires one round. Whilst it is very powerful, it has a long reload time and low rate of fire. It has near perfect accuracy, but rapidly firing shots will cause accuracy to significantly decrease because of the weapon's fair amount of recoil.
[edit] Appearances
- In Half-Life, the Python can first be picked up near a dead security guard in the chapter Blast Pit, near the Tentacle roots under Silo D.
- In Blue Shift, the weapon can be found in the chapter Captive Freight next to a dead security guard outside of a car.
- In Half-Life 2, the weapon can first be found in the chapter Water Hazard, at Gate 5. Like most weapons, it can also be acquired later; near a Citizen's corpse at the Petroleum Station along the Coast, for instance.
- In Episode One, it can be found in the first room of the Technical Trainstation.
- In Episode Two, whilst in the Antlion caves in the Victory Mine, the Python can be found in one of the Antlion's nests, with ammunition available throughout the caves.
[edit] Tactics
- In the multiplayer maps of Half-Life, the secondary fire button triggers a zoom which may be used for long-range sniper shots.
- Since it has no built-in scope in Half-Life 2, the HEV Suit zoom can be used to aim for long distance shots. It is advised to zoom into the target and have it in the center of the crosshair, then quickly release the zoom, then fire. Alternatively, the primary fire button may be held down while the zoom is being released to instantly fire a round and diminish jolting.
- Ammunition for this weapon is very rare in all of the games, so players should use this weapon only when its pinpoint accuracy and stopping power is required, such as against Alien Grunts or Overwatch Elite soldiers standing far away.
- Using this gun in the deathmatch modes can result in many easy kills at any range as long as the gun is aimed at the head.
- This is the most effective firearm against Hunters. The source code for Episode Two states that this is because players perceive the weapon as the strongest in the game.[3]
[edit] Behind the scenes
- As heard in the Half-Life sound file
get_44pistol.wavand as seen on the cut ammo box model, the Half-Life Python was originally to be a .44 Magnum revolver.
- The Half-Life Deathmatch Python model features an attachment under the barrel that resembles a laser pointer but acts as a scope and emits a fake laser (as a small red dot in the center of the screen). While that scope is not present in Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, its function remains. This attachment was originally to appear in Half-Life's singleplayer mode as well.
[edit] Trivia
- In the Half-Life 2 series, all six bullets of the Python's cylinder are reloaded together, but there is no speedloader (the bullets just float in mid-air as a circular group). The animation is instead more suited for the application of a moon clip. Overall, this is merely a design oversight.
- In the Half-Life 2 arc, "Colt Python Elite" can be seen on the weapon's viewmodel. However, the worldmodel has the words "Colt Anaconda" on the side.
- During the Python's reload animation in Half-Life 2, the casings ejected by the gun will not appear on the ground. This has been fixed in Episode Two.
[edit] Gallery
[edit] Half-Life story arc
Half-Life HUD icon.
Half-Life worldmodel.
Half-Life viewmodel, single player version.
Half-Life HD worldmodel.
Half-Life HD viewmodel.
Half-Life Beta ammo box, displaying ".44 Magnum".
.44 ammo box boxart.
Unused speed reloader model.
.357 cartridge, as part of the viewmodel. No worldmodel is used when firing.
Early Half-Life viewmodel, with the attachment under the barrel.
Half-Life ammo box.
The Python as first found in Blue Shift.
[edit] Half-Life 2 story arc
Half-Life 2 HUD icon, from "HalfLife2.ttf".
HUD pickup icon, from "HalfLife2.ttf".
HUD ammo pickup icon, from "HalfLife2.ttf".
Half-Life 2 worldmodel.
The Half-Life 2 viewmodel.
Half-Life 2 ammo box.
The Python's first appearance at Gate 5.
Citizen who committed suicide with a Python at the Petroleum Station, along the Coast.
[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life (First appearance)
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Source Particle Benchmark (Game files only) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
[edit] References
- ↑ Half-Life 2 texture files
- ↑ Stephen Bahl as quoted on Marc Laidlaw Vault on the ValveTime.net Forums
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode Two source code
