colt python

[Army]

Having the factory do any custom or repair work, rarely makes the value fall. Quite often, the value rises depending on the upgrades, or factory engraving.

[1911su16b870]

While I certainly love your Python, IMO the Colt blueing on Pythons is the best!

[savasyn]

While I certainly love your Python, IMO the Colt blueing on Pythons is the best!

I 2nd that, I much prefer blued Pythons to SS ones. That said, yours is an outstanding example!

Why not keep it? The value will continue to rise, and perhaps more so each year if the stupid "safe handgun" list don't get overturned.

[wbray1966]

battleship,i do agree with you that there is a slight difference between the old python and newer python(not much).that also go's for the colt s.a.army.there is one thing that im pretty for sure on is that the python and single action army revolvers have proven that they are highly desireable and have always gone up in value.with that said, i have never seen any buyer of these guns not want to pay what the guns worth.

[wbray1966]

im, going to dig around for some more pythons(if i dont get bit).i will try to put more pitures on.

[wbray1966]

colt python(other pictures)

here's those other pictures of some pythons that i went digging for.i almost got bit by one).two are bright stainless and the other is blue.all of them are n.i.b.(matching numbered to gun original box).i hope you like them.i pretty much stopped collecting them because they have went up so high in price.i have 17 n.i.b. pythons in all.i might buy one if it was the right price.but they are real hardddddddddd to find new in box.

[wbray1966]

colt python (here's the other three)

here are the other three pictures.i hope you like.would only let me put so many on one message

[Toolbox X]

When I see these absolutely stunning firearms that are arguably one of the to most magestic pistols ever to shoot, it always makes me want to cry to think that they spend their entire existence locked up in the dark, never once getting a chance to do what they were designed and so gracefully intended to do.

What a waste.

Can't you collects savings bonds, or stamps or something else that actually likes the dark, and let these snakes go free to people who will love them, shoot them and share them?

[CALI-gula]

Yikes! Sorry, as a high-end Colt and Colt Python collector (I have a few dozen more or less) I must say that the refinishing in Ultra-Bright (polishing it out) and the porting really hurt its value - whether done by Colt or not. Only those that left the factory as Ultra-Bright Stainless are very sought after, as those were few and far between.

The stainless and later models are not sought after as much as others have noted, and for the stainless to fetch attractive pricing, they must be as New-in-Box. Equally said by others, I have found those made from the mid-1980s on, tend to have clunky actions and fit is not as finely done in tolerance (where the work you had done probably corrected all of that). They tend to look more like assembly line revolvers rather than the hand-hones examples of earlier.


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[CALI-gula]

When I see these absolutely stunning firearms that are arguably one of the to most magestic pistols ever to shoot, it always makes me want to cry to think that they spend their entire existence locked up in the dark, never once getting a chance to do what they were designed and so gracefully intended to do.

What a waste.

Can't you collects savings bonds, or stamps or something else that actually likes the dark, and let these snakes go free to people who will love them, shoot them and share them?

Not really a wasted venture. Look at it this way. For those in my collection that look just like that, of which are over a dozen or so, I have an equal number of those that I do shoot. It's balanced.

They are sitting as new, untouched, either for preservation of that which can never be obtained again, or sitting around new for the day to come when I'm old and gray, and wishing I had a brand new Colt Python (again) to shoot, after I've exhausted the life of those that I have used regularly. Hell, pulling them out now gets ooohs and awwws, fifty years from now they might just cause orgasms. They might even be considered museum pieces one day, like you might see with a late 1800's Colt Single Action Army at the Autry Museum of the West.

And yes, they might be sold off one day to people who will love them, shoot them, or given as gifts, heirlooms to kin that will love them, shoot them. It could be that when I am old and gray, people might just pay me dearly for that luxury.

(There are plenty of as New-In-Box Colt Single Action Army examples fetching tens-of-thousands from people who will love them, AND shoot them).

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[Toolbox X]

Yeah, now that you've ruined the value of this pistola by making it look and function extremely awesome, GO SHOOT IT!!! Have some fun! I'll bet that thing at the range will bring a smile to your face like no pistol locked in a box, sitting in the dark ever will.

[battleship]

Friggin awsome set of snakes you have there, im in love.

[CALI-gula]

Yeah, now that you've ruined the value of this pistola by making it look and function extremely awesome, GO SHOOT IT!!! Have some fun! I'll bet that thing at the range will bring a smile to your face like no pistol locked in a box, sitting in the dark ever will.

Yep - I would as well. With this one.

It's two different aspects altogether. I can afford both cases. Just remember, in some cases, the pistol locked in a box, sitting in the dark is done so while its clone is at the range. I get smiles on both ends of the spectrum. And just because it's locked away doesn't mean it will never see the range - just not yet.

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[Toolbox X]

Yep - I would as well. With this one.

It's two different aspects altogether. I can afford both cases. Just remember, in some cases, the pistol locked in a box, sitting in the dark is done so while its clone is at the range. I get smiles on both ends of the spectrum. And just because it's locked away doesn't mean it will never see the range - just not yet.

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At least you've got a good balance there.

Personally, I take all the money I could spend on guns I wouldn't ever shoot, and spend it on more guns I will shoot.

I stopped collecting when I looked at the huge (expensive) collection of comic books and baseball cards I had, and realized they were just stupid boxes of paper wrapped in little plastic bags, and simply owning them did nothing for me. Now I desire nothing that will just sit in the dark. Life is too short to spend tons of money on things I will never use, where there are so many cool things out there that I don't yet have that I want to use, explore and adventure with.

But to each their own. Some people get their jollies from collecting. I understand. Whatever floats your boat.

[hawk1]

...there is one thing that im pretty for sure on is that the python and single action army revolvers have proven that they are highly desireable and have always gone up in value.with that said, i have never seen any buyer of these guns not want to pay what the guns worth.

I have a "few" NIB Colts and I can tell you first hand, I never want to pay what the guns worth! That doesn't take away the value of them. As always, buy as low as you can, sell as high as you can...