Colt Python
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I would love to have one. Better revolvers? Yep, probably. I've only fired one, and it wasn't mine. Since then it has been my dream 6 gun. I have a Colt .357, not a Python. I need to find out what it is exactly. Prices will climb. I could have bought one a couple years ago that had been Cerakoted and had aftermarket grips for 800 bucks. I'm an idiot as I don't have it. mtmuley
RELH
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What I am hearing is that the price has seemed to level out and may go down due to many persons not willing to pay the high price for a used one.
The one I wished I would have bought when they came out was the 500 special edition of the three Snakes in a wood presentation box. That would be the Python, Diamondback, and Anaconda. Unfired condition were selling for $30,000 plus for those special edition Snakes.
With police PPC match shooters, the Python had the reputation of being the most accurate factory production revolver for use in service revolver PPC matches from 7 yards to out to 50 yards. Also fine tuning the action would get you a lighter trigger then you could with a Smith & Wesson and still be very reliable to detonate the primer.
RELH
The one I wished I would have bought when they came out was the 500 special edition of the three Snakes in a wood presentation box. That would be the Python, Diamondback, and Anaconda. Unfired condition were selling for $30,000 plus for those special edition Snakes.
With police PPC match shooters, the Python had the reputation of being the most accurate factory production revolver for use in service revolver PPC matches from 7 yards to out to 50 yards. Also fine tuning the action would get you a lighter trigger then you could with a Smith & Wesson and still be very reliable to detonate the primer.
RELH
deadibob
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I've owned 6 Colt Pythons over the years and several Anacondas, Including one limited edition Colt Kodiak. The Colt Python right now is the most overpriced handgun on the market. That's what you get when a T.V. show (The Walking Dead) popularizes an out of production gun. Before TWD craze, Python prices were around $1,200-$1,500 and for me personally they were overpriced at that.
If you want a revolver with a fine lockwork that will be mostly a safe queen and pulled out for show and tell, shot occasionally, then the Python is a great handgun. If you want a gun that is going to be shot a lot and used on a regular basis, skip the Colt. Get a S&W or Korth.
Pythons are much more delicate and have a tendency to go out of time with lots of use. Try finding a gunsmith who truly knows his way around Colt revolvers these days. They are few and far between. Pythons had a lot of hand-fitting when they were produced and all of those Colt gunsmiths are long-retired now.
If you want one for an investment, you are late to the party. Colt started making revolvers again last year with the Colt Cobra (actual manufacturing is being outsourced) and rumors are they will expand the line.
If you want a revolver with a fine lockwork that will be mostly a safe queen and pulled out for show and tell, shot occasionally, then the Python is a great handgun. If you want a gun that is going to be shot a lot and used on a regular basis, skip the Colt. Get a S&W or Korth.
Pythons are much more delicate and have a tendency to go out of time with lots of use. Try finding a gunsmith who truly knows his way around Colt revolvers these days. They are few and far between. Pythons had a lot of hand-fitting when they were produced and all of those Colt gunsmiths are long-retired now.
If you want one for an investment, you are late to the party. Colt started making revolvers again last year with the Colt Cobra (actual manufacturing is being outsourced) and rumors are they will expand the line.
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I have a Smith and Wesson model 29 nikle plated 44 mag with a 8 3/8 barrel. It gets shot a lot. It gets carried in a shoulder holster or a conventional side holster. The colt Python 6? barrel bright stainless 357 mag. Is like a fine clock. Just hearing it as you cycle the hammer is art. But it stays in the safe in the original box and bag and has never been shot. Almost like a fine painting you hang on the wall. Except I don't like paintings .
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Back before smartphones, and you actually had to get on the desktop to look at the Internet, I found a 6" posted in the last ten minutes for $250. I called and said I would take it sight unseen. Showed up and ran the serial number, and it was clean. The seller said he paid $250 when new and thought that was fair. I think he was mistaken and offered him more money. He was adamant on his original price. It's way too pretty to use, so it's just a safe queen. I have been offered 2 grand for it. I'll likely sell it one day, just because of the investment potential.
Few years later, I'm at a bowling pin shooting match. A local shooter had a 4" Python elite he wanted $1,200. I used a king cobra in the police academy, so I thought I would pick up the elite to remind me of my youth. I also thought the elites were not as valuable since they were later productions. I went out and shoot it some and scratched my head at how I ever passed the academy shooting that 4" at 25 yards. Thought to myself I'll stick with my 1911. Lol. I was starting up a new gun business and needed some spare cash to buy some dealer sample machine guns. Checking gunbroker blew my mind. The elites where regularly bringing in close to 5 grand. I put it on gunbroker and quickly made 5 grand that bought some nice machine guns.
So pythons have been good to me if you luck into deals
Few years later, I'm at a bowling pin shooting match. A local shooter had a 4" Python elite he wanted $1,200. I used a king cobra in the police academy, so I thought I would pick up the elite to remind me of my youth. I also thought the elites were not as valuable since they were later productions. I went out and shoot it some and scratched my head at how I ever passed the academy shooting that 4" at 25 yards. Thought to myself I'll stick with my 1911. Lol. I was starting up a new gun business and needed some spare cash to buy some dealer sample machine guns. Checking gunbroker blew my mind. The elites where regularly bringing in close to 5 grand. I put it on gunbroker and quickly made 5 grand that bought some nice machine guns.
So pythons have been good to me if you luck into deals
deadibob
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>
>Back before smartphones, and you actually
>had to get on the
>desktop to look at the
>Internet, I found a 6"
>posted in the last ten
>minutes for $250. I
>called and said I would
>take it sight unseen.
>Showed up and ran the
>serial number, and it was
>clean. The seller said
>he paid $250 when new
>and thought that was fair.
> I think he was
>mistaken and offered him more
>money. He was adamant
>on his original price.
>It's way too pretty to
>use, so it's just a
>safe queen. I have
>been offered 2 grand for
>it. I'll likely sell
>it one day, just because
>of the investment potential.
>
> Few years later,
>I'm at a bowling pin
>shooting match. A local
>shooter had a 4" Python
>elite he wanted $1,200.
> I used a king
>cobra in the police academy,
>so I thought I would
>pick up the elite to
>remind me of my youth.
> I also thought the
>elites were not as valuable
>since they were later productions.
> I went out and
>shoot it some and scratched
>my head at how I
>ever passed the academy shooting
>that 4" at 25 yards.
> Thought to myself I'll
>stick with my 1911.
>Lol. I was starting up
>a new gun business and
>needed some spare cash to
>buy some dealer sample machine
>guns. Checking gunbroker blew
>my mind. The elites
>where regularly bringing in close
>to 5 grand. I
>put it on gunbroker and
>quickly made 5 grand that
>bought some nice machine guns.
>
>
> So pythons
>have been good to me
>if you luck into deals
>
Pythons have been good money makers for me as well. I never paid more than $500 for one. Those days are over though and I don't foresee me ever buying another.
>Back before smartphones, and you actually
>had to get on the
>desktop to look at the
>Internet, I found a 6"
>posted in the last ten
>minutes for $250. I
>called and said I would
>take it sight unseen.
>Showed up and ran the
>serial number, and it was
>clean. The seller said
>he paid $250 when new
>and thought that was fair.
> I think he was
>mistaken and offered him more
>money. He was adamant
>on his original price.
>It's way too pretty to
>use, so it's just a
>safe queen. I have
>been offered 2 grand for
>it. I'll likely sell
>it one day, just because
>of the investment potential.
>
> Few years later,
>I'm at a bowling pin
>shooting match. A local
>shooter had a 4" Python
>elite he wanted $1,200.
> I used a king
>cobra in the police academy,
>so I thought I would
>pick up the elite to
>remind me of my youth.
> I also thought the
>elites were not as valuable
>since they were later productions.
> I went out and
>shoot it some and scratched
>my head at how I
>ever passed the academy shooting
>that 4" at 25 yards.
> Thought to myself I'll
>stick with my 1911.
>Lol. I was starting up
>a new gun business and
>needed some spare cash to
>buy some dealer sample machine
>guns. Checking gunbroker blew
>my mind. The elites
>where regularly bringing in close
>to 5 grand. I
>put it on gunbroker and
>quickly made 5 grand that
>bought some nice machine guns.
>
>
> So pythons
>have been good to me
>if you luck into deals
>
Pythons have been good money makers for me as well. I never paid more than $500 for one. Those days are over though and I don't foresee me ever buying another.
RELH
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Check GunBroker and Gunsamerica web site and see what a Python has sold for in the condition your revolver meets. Do not take the asking price for face value, you want the prices they have sold for. Also ignore any price that a 3 inch barrel sold for as they are more in demand and command a higher price.
RELH
RELH
deadibob
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>where can you find a full
>size korth for $2500??
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>
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SHOT show ;-) One of Korth's employees hooked me up. To be honest, I haven't jumped on the deal and I don't recall this years actual M.S.R.P. or street prices, but they are probably the finest, production, double-action revolvers ever built. I say double-action as a qualifier because it is hard to beat the quality of a freedom arms revolver, but the freedom arms is single-action only.
>size korth for $2500??
>
>
>
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SHOT show ;-) One of Korth's employees hooked me up. To be honest, I haven't jumped on the deal and I don't recall this years actual M.S.R.P. or street prices, but they are probably the finest, production, double-action revolvers ever built. I say double-action as a qualifier because it is hard to beat the quality of a freedom arms revolver, but the freedom arms is single-action only.
>I had a beautiful Colt Python
>in polished bright stainless steel
>six inch barrel. I bought
>it new for $375 in
>1985 and sold it in
>2011 for $1800. Those crazy
>Californians will pay just about
>anything for a shiny toy.
>
>PB
You must have got a deal on yours. My python with presentation box cost me $569.00 back in 1982.
>in polished bright stainless steel
>six inch barrel. I bought
>it new for $375 in
>1985 and sold it in
>2011 for $1800. Those crazy
>Californians will pay just about
>anything for a shiny toy.
>
>PB
You must have got a deal on yours. My python with presentation box cost me $569.00 back in 1982.
