Python, good deal?

[samrob77]

It's a generation gun that can be passed down...$2k will seem like throwing a penny in a wishing well when looked back on. If you have the money, buy it.

[The Gleam]

It's a generation gun that can be passed down...$2k will seem like throwing a penny in a wishing well when looked back on. If you have the money, buy it.

Exactly.

[The Gleam]

$1800 for a 4" 357 revolver? Seriously??? Buy yourself a ruger gp100 match champion and buy yourself a really nice 1911.

And no, the Python won't "go up in value". The dollar will just become worth less and less.

Exactly! Why buy a Corvette Z06 when a 9-year old Nissan Sentra with an interior that smells like Chicken McNuggets and dog barf will get you from point A to point B just as well? Pshaw to you people that like nice things or understand appreciation versus depreciation - even with use!!

[bsg]

It's a generation gun that can be passed down...$2k will seem like throwing a penny in a wishing well when looked back on. If you have the money, buy it.

so true, and one heck of a family heirloom.

[static2126]

Thanks for all of the good info.

I've seen the Baboosh collection... crazy.

My step dad has wanted a Python for 20+ years, never has had a chance to own one. I've grown to like them over the last few years. I'm really not that interested in any other wheel guns (if I were the gp100 would be awesome though).

Mentally I can't get over paying $2k... we'll see, I'm talking to the owner today.

For certain guns 2k is nothing..I collect Sig P210s =(

[GW]

You are not going to lose on this deal.
Get it.

[jazman]

Definitely buy it, the chance may never come again. Nothing better than shooting a nice Python. You will always make more money, they will never make Pythons again.

[Baboosh]

Buy it. If you don't then let me know I'll buy it

Don't be one of those guys who in 5 years go "Wow, I should have bought it when it was $1,800". Especially here in CA.

[dpop24]

I just bought a well used 6" for $1500 which I thought was a screaming deal. I'd gladly have added a few hundred dollars for a 4" in great condition. Buy it without remorse and then trade me for mine and $300.

[Baboosh]

$1800 for a 4" 357 revolver? Seriously??? Buy yourself a ruger gp100 match champion and buy yourself a really nice 1911.

And no, the Python won't "go up in value". The dollar will just become worth less and less.

Comparing a Python to a GP100 Match Champion?

Have you shot a Python? Extensively? Leaps and bounds above a GP100. Your comparison is like saying your Rock Island 1911 is on par with a Wilson Combat.

The Python will 100% go up in value, people will always want to complete a collection, start a collection, add to a collection or buy one of those infamous Pythons their dad/grandpa always spoke about. The surge in Pythons the last few years is not because the buying power of the dollar. Hell I remember turning down some for under $1k, Boas for $4k, California Combats for $1,500 because 'that was way too high'. Difference with these guns and other commodities is the people buying these are not doing it with credit, it's spare play money they have laying around. I don't see anyone fire selling their collection of finite items because they cannot afford their car payment next month.

[NYT]

buy it or better yet let me...smokin deal.

[cbr9290318]

Well, he and I are too far apart at the moment, but I made sure he knows I'm a buyer in the $1800 range...

[Che762x39]

I have an opportunity to purchase a Colt Python, 4", blue finish, manufactured ~1980, k4xxxx for (possibly) $1,800, the owner may be stuck at $2k. It is in very good condition with the original wood grips. What do you think, good deal or pass?

Get it. I had a Python for a few years. If your a revolver guy it is a must have.

[viet4lifeOC]

I don't currently own a revolver, but it would be a python if and when I do.

I hear simply holding one allows you to transcend the fifth dimension so you can high five yourself for owning one.

[perpetual otter]

Nobody has mentioned the real reason pythons cost so much more now: the Rick Grimes effect.