Price check on 4 inch nickeled Python

[sigstroker]

Manufactured in 1978. Used, but hardly any turn marks, and almost no wear on the top strap. Bore was basically spotless. Grips have a few big dents like it got dropped a few times, but otherwise I couldn't see anything wrong with it.

$2460 in LGS. It's Not In California, but I figure there's not really any California premium on something like this. What's the verdict from you Python experts?

[FlyingShooter]

Been dropped? $2K tops...

[sigstroker]

Marks only in the grips. Metal looks great.

[Erion929]

Been dropped? $2K tops...

[Litespeeds]

The price is only worth as much as what you are willing to pay for it. If you are looking for buying it as an investment, then you will need all the original stuff that came with it and maybe replace the wood grips with a perfect set. If you want a shooter, $2,500 range sounds about right. The 70's Python's definitely are better made than the later years in the 80's.

[sealocan]

Have you even considered getting 2 ( or 3 if you're lucky) nice old Smith & Wesson revolvers for the same price?






I'm just joking but that price seems kind of in the California price range.
In other US states I could see that being too much money and there's probably a few states where it might be a bargain.


Consider my post just a free bump to help you find a Colt pricing expert.

[nickel plate]

Do the grips look like either of these two different styles of Gen2 or Gen3 Colt factory grips? It would help if you posted a photo for appraisal purposes.
There is a fellow in Texas who works miracles on injured Python grips, I'll look him up if you buy the Python.
Also be prepared to spend three to five hundred dollars+ on period correct Colt Python walnut grips but be careful as there are more fake sets for sale than originals. I went this route several years ago purchasing a factory set of NIB still in original packaging.

[sigstroker]

It was made in 1978 so it probably has the ones like the second set. At least they aren't rubber.

It also has a smooth, sort of round faced trigger. I don't know Pythons that well but every other one I can remember had a couple three grooves in the trigger face.

No pits, no scratches of any kind, it hardly has any cylinder turn marks. It has been shot because there's carbon around the forcing cone and on the top strap, but I couldn't feel any flame cutting at all.

Can't take pics because my camera went tits-up a few months ago and I haven't replaced it yet. It was an old Sony with a Carl Zeiss lens.

As for nice old Smiths, I already have at least 3 I can remember off the top of my head, including a NIB in presentation case Model 29-2. Other two are Model 19's.

When I shopped for my first revolver, which was about the time this Python was made, I looked at a Dan Wesson, a Model 19, and a Python. The DW was $240, the Smith was $260, the Python was $280. The DW was the smoothest of the three so I bought it. Yes, smoother than the legendary Python. Turned out the DW was a piece of ****, lol. Sold it later to a friend for $125 and warned him he was overpaying.

[hambam105]

The price on Pythons is always high.

Always. Always. Always.

If buying a Python or any other gun is fulfilling an barbeque bragging rights emotional gap then any advise from me is worthless. However, if you intend on shooting The Snake well then that's a different story.

Making any big purchase without knowing exactly what you are looking aint good. There are plenty guys here with a lot of excellent knowledge on Pythons able and willing to assist you. And if you can't take advantage of that because...because....