check out this python!

[TheDeej]

I gather you guys don't know how rare a Python in .38 spl is...there were only 250 made

Rarity is cool, but I'm still too much of a practical thinker for that. Now if it were a rare motorcycle, I'd probably spend way more than I should

[GM4spd]

All I know is that if I ever payed $2500 for a revolver it damn sure wouldn't be .38spl

Especially when REGULAR Pythons come chambered in 357 Magnum--WHY
would you buy one in 38SPCL? Pete

[fennecfrank]

this particular python is the special target version that only comes with 8-in barrel.

from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_years..._8_barrel_made

Colt only made these in 1981.


Cabelas has a blued one for sale right now for $1,900:

http://www.cabelas.com/colts-colt-python-target-38-special.shtml

There's another bright nickel one on gunbroker for $3,000:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=218104508

[den888]

Very nice Python!

[dascoyne]

I gather you guys don't know how rare a Python in .38 spl is...there were only 250 made

I really don't care how many were made. Sure, it's worth that much to some folks because of the rarity ... just not to me. That's all I'm saying.

The most valuable pistol in my collection is a mint condition 1925 Colt Commercial 1911A1 which has been appraised at north of $5000. I purchased it because I appreciate the beauty and history behind it (also because I found it for significantly less). To someone else it might not be worth that much but to me it is.

Bottom line ... I don't think pythons look good with nickel finishes. Colt Royal blue is extremely handsome.

[jackandblood]

So its a .38 spl cylinder. Since .357 fires .38 spl, isn't this just a Python with a cylinder of inferior steel, unable to handle .357 pressures and with a long barrel? It sounds like its rare in that noone would buy a python that shoots .38 spl only, when they could just as well buy one in .357 and shoot either cartridge. Or i'm missing something that justifies a $3000 price tag.

[Fishslayer]

Although it would look great in my safe.

It wouldn't fit in my bedside safe...

[Mntngoat]

my 6" .357M Python I picked up from co- worker last year was less than 1/3 the asking price.



ML

[PandaLuv]

my 6" .357M Python I picked up from co- worker last year was less than 1/3 the asking price.



ML

lol it looks exactly the same like the python in COD Black Ops

[wu_dot_com]

Hily shot !
Is it really that huge?
What would you use that for?

yes, the total length is about 14.5" about the size from my elbow to my knuckles.

the uses for it is for hunting, or target. even at full 357 loads, the muzzle barley have any movements. you are more likely to get movement from fatigue or bad trigger discipline than recoil.

I gather you guys don't know how rare a Python in .38 spl is...there were only 250 made

i think there were more in .38 SPL than 250. i know that back in the 60-70s there were regular supply of python target in 8" 38 SPL, but blue. i think the 250 is only for the recent production (i.e. 90s) SS 8" variant.

So its a .38 spl cylinder. Since .357 fires .38 spl, isn't this just a Python with a cylinder of inferior steel, unable to handle .357 pressures and with a long barrel? It sounds like its rare in that noone would buy a python that shoots .38 spl only, when they could just as well buy one in .357 and shoot either cartridge. Or i'm missing something that justifies a $3000 price tag.

i dont think its the steel, but rather the taper in font of the cylinders. since 357 case is longer, the taper at the end of the cylinder is further ahead than .38SPL. properly length taper will prevent unnecessary gas leakage thus producing higher muzzle velocity which improves accuracy over longer distance.

most modern revolver have this taper rather than the bore through cylinder of the old revolvers. this tape also improves the bullet alignment to the forcing cone as the bullet is leaving the shell.

[d sauce]

For me it would be hard justifying spending that much cash on a .38spl. Thats just me though.

[wamphyri13]

The .38spl targets were a limited run. They were designed for, duh, target shooting. lol
That price is way too high though. I sold my 8" royal blue .38spl target for $1200 just over a year ago. NIB. Unfired. They're more valuable as collectors items for the limited run, but not for that much.
Ryan

[wu_dot_com]

The .38spl targets were a limited run. They were designed for, duh, target shooting. lol
That price is way too high though. I sold my 8" royal blue .38spl target for $1200 just over a year ago. NIB. Unfired. They're more valuable as collectors items for the limited run, but not for that much.
Ryan

[toby]

They only made 250 cuz no one wanted them in 38's just cuz it was a short run does not make it a rarity. As for a target gun?? well most are blued versions due to glare, It has to have some value to fetch a price like that and that only comes from demand! or someone just really want's it?

[TheDeej]

Especially when REGULAR Pythons come chambered in 357 Magnum--WHY
would you buy one in 38SPCL? Pete

I never said I'd pay that for a regular python either, so