Colt King Cobra Value?

[Steve-O]

Hey guys,

A coworker of mine has a 4" King Cobra (stainless finish, .357 cal) that he is thinking of selling. He states he has the original box and about 400 rounds of factory ammo (mix of .357 and .38 SPL, mostly .357). He says that it is in really good condition. I don't know a whole lot about these, other than you don't see them very often. I did a search in the For Sale section and it seems that one hasn't been sold on here for a while and was hoping you guys could give me an idea of what it is worth.

Thanks in advance,
Steve

[ronrichards64]

Colts have gone up , I would think 600.00. It was around 400.00 new . 4 inch is a nice size, 400 rds = 160-200 at prepanic dollars , I have a Colt Trooper MK 111 , Will never sell that gem. I would buy that KC.

[Steve-O]

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=747552&highlight=colt+king+cobra

Never mind, a recent 6" sold for $1400 in 20 minutes with no ammo. I think I have a pretty good idea of what to value it at.

[opie4386]

if its a good price (under 1k) get it. it will be worth over 1k with time

[Steve-O]

I am going to help him list it on here.

[FNH5-7]

Colts have gone up , I would think 600.00. It was around 400.00 new .

LOL! good luck finding one at that price. Same goes for the Pythons, wish I lived during those times they sure don't make classy guns like those anymore.

Deals like that typically can only be found when coming across an old gun owner who doesn't use the internet and no longer visits gun shops very often.

[jakejake527]

Im about to buy a used king cobra tomorrow. Anyone wanna give me pointers on what to look for in person other than the usual timing etc?

[vantage]

I may have over paid, but as has been said, they don't come up for sale in great condition often. I bought mine for $1250 with no ammo or box. I think it's a late 80's model.

[cpatbay]

I may have over paid, but as has been said, they don't come up for sale in great condition often. I bought mine for $1250 with no ammo or box. I think it's a late 80's model.

Very nice! I don't think I have seen any sold for less than $1000 in the past year in this forum.

[adamo360]

I may have over paid, but as has been said, they don't come up for sale in great condition often. I bought mine for $1250 with no ammo or box. I think it's a late 80's model.

Beautiful gun. Its been on my list for a while, and the python as well.

[vantage]

I wouldn't mind over-paying for a nice blued 4" Python either.