I paid less than $300 for my Python (in 1976!!). Last I heard they were retailing for $1000 and Colt had stopped production, so the price of used Pythons will skyrocket. $400 ? I'd sure like to know where I can get one for that. Fully loaded my Python weighs close to three pounds, if anyone can sneak a three pound chunk of steel onto a plane, then we've got some real problems with airport security. And that's the rest of the story.