For other uses, see Revolver (disambiguation).
Dangerous peace-maker. One shot certain put a man down. Approach with extreme caution.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City promotional website.
The Python, also known as the .357, is a revolver featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (as the Equalizer).
Design
Appearing in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the Python is based on the Colt Python, a .357 Magnum caliber revolver, specifically the version with a 6" (15 cm) barrel.
The GTA Vice City Stories rendition is named Equalizer and features a scope, although this scope cannot be used. However, the cutscenes of the missions Caught as an Act, The Exchange, and Blitzkrieg Strikes Again feature a non-scoped Python.
Performance
The Python is the most accurate handgun available in the 3D Universe and is also the most powerful handgun (along with the Desert Eagle), able to kill an NPC with a single shot. However, the gun cannot be fired while running, and must be fired from a standing position (grasping the butt of the gun with the right hand, then cradling the right hand and gun with the cupped left hand, all while planting feet at a wide stance) due to the heavy recoil. It also has a moderate cylinder capacity of 6 shots, making it excellent against small groups.
3D Universe Overview
| Damage | Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 250 | 30 / 98 | 6 | N/A | 1000 (GTA Vice City) |
| N/A | Vice City: 85 RPM (standing) Liberty City Stories & Vice City Stories: |
Cannot be determined | 6 independent rounds (All games) | Cylinder | N/A |
Gallery
In-Game model
HUD icon
Locations
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- 48 rounds are given to Tommy during The Job.
- 24 rounds are mandatorily collected in the mission Gun Runner.
- 120 rounds are available in the record room of the Vercetti Estate after completing Keep Your Friends Close....
- Available to buy from the Downtown Ammu-Nation for $2,000.
- In an alley near the 'Welcome to Hell' billboard in Little Haiti.
- Available at the Ocean View Hotel, Hyman Condo, and Vercetti Estate after finding 30 hidden packages.
- Is one of the weapons acquired in the mission Gun Runner.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- At the Francis International Airport front roof behind an electronic billboard, the roof can be reached by a ramp.
- Spawns at each safehouse after finding 50 hidden packages.
- In the mission The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade, there is a Python spawning right before the staircase that goes down to trigger the mission.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- To the left of the Jetski that activates the Watersports courses, on the InterGlobal Films studio.
- Hidden at the hotel swimming pool, next to the Pole Position Club.
- Available at each safehouse after bursting 80 red balloons.
Trivia
General
- Rockstar North remodeled and renamed the Colt Python to .357 in later versions of GTA Vice City, possibly to avoid copyright and trademark infringements.
- In GTA Liberty City Stories, the spent shells are ejected while firing, which is impossible for any revolver.
- Though the weapon itself does not appear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the model from GTA Vice City is used for the giant Python at the entrance of the Ammu-Nation in Market, Los Santos.
- Animation assets under the same name exists, which are used for the Desert Eagle (another heavy handgun with high damage), alongside a
pythonbadvariant for the 'Poor' weapon skill.
- Animation assets under the same name exists, which are used for the Desert Eagle (another heavy handgun with high damage), alongside a
- The name Equalizer may be a reference to the saying "God made man, Samuel Colt made them equal".
- The scope on the Python in GTA Vice City Stories may be visually inspired from a gun used in the movie "The Terminator", although the gun from the movie was actually an AMT Hardballer (clone of the Colt M1911) rather than a revolver. Another possible pop culture reference is from "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior", a raider boss name Lord Humungus uses a Scoped Revolver, the slight inaccuracy being that Lord Humungus' scoped revolver is a Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum, not a Colt Python.
- Within GTA Vice City game files, the model and the texture files of a shorter Python exist.
- Since the Manhunt 0.69 build was leaked, it was revealed that the Python's firing sound was shared with the Tranquilizer Rifle during Manhunt's development. [ref?]
Oversights
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- If the player fires the Python while pressing the move left and move right buttons, Tommy will stick his knees together, but after the firing animation ends, he will also stick his legs to next to each other, and then will slowly return to his normal position (tested on PC).
- Against groups of enemies, it is possible to increase the fire rate of the Python to near that of the standard pistol by pressing the "Fire Weapon" and "Cycle _target" buttons at the correct time, one-shot killing several enemies in a few seconds. This is difficult to achieve, as the inputs must be during the same frame. If timed incorrectly after firing a shot, Tommy will cycle his aim to the next _target and the firing animation will play, but a round will not be fired. This can be dangerous as the standard wait time between shots is already high. (Tested extensively on the PS2 version, both console and emulator copies).
See Also
- Snub Nose Python – An unused short-barrel variant in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- Heavy Revolver – Another revolver featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Executives and Other Criminals update.