Looking Colt Python - End Up With S&W 500

[maddoggie13]

Was at the local gun shop today...there were a SS Colt Python 6" for PPT sale. Taking a second look at the display, there was a S&W 500 5" for PPT at hunderds less. When home with the S&W 500 rather than the Python. Too many toys on the market....will try the Python next year.

Both revolvers are or will become a collector's gun. Which one would you buy given the S&W 500 was few hunderds less (almost half the price of the Python)? I made money on the S&W 500 today given it was such a great deal...the Python price is at current market value, which will take months/years to make a profit.

[Rekrab]

I'm not a huge fan of collecting, I want shooters.

That said, I'd probably make some gunners cry by buying the Python and shooting it as often as fiscally possible. .500 is too expensive unless you're rolling your own.

[rg_1111@yahoo.com]

I would of bought the S&W to. I don't know what's the big deal with Colt Pythons.
They don't even hold there timing.

[leelaw]

The Python is in continual demand and not made anymore.

The 500 is newly made, and a specialty niche item with a low demand.

I think the Python would have probably been the better buy.

[Big Jake]

My personal opinion is that the S&W .500 is a ridiculous gun! I have fired it on several occasions and a gun that powerful should be a rifle. It is almost painful to shoot that thing!

Again, just my 2 cents!

[Clayface]

The day smith and wesson goes bankrupt is the day the you'll get some kind of return on it. Just shoot it. I personally would have gone with the colt.

[battleship]

Depending on the condition of that Python and for the right price i would of gone with the Python hands down. They will never be making Pythons again so the value will only increase in time.

I to was taken by the coolness of owning a SW 500 its a fun gun to shoot if your into S&M or for letting on lookers have a try. If your into hunting or just maximum protection in the wilderness you can not go wrong with that side arm, but beyond these realms its just a freak, Just like the Desert Eagle. I will say this, you will grow tired of shooting it only because of the pain in your hands and wrists but thats part of the fun. Its at that point you will be looking around for that stainless Python. So i hope this is not your only gun.
So what was the reason you bought the 500.

P.S. for maximum pleasure only use the 500 grain and up loads. After only five rounds you will feel tingerly all over.

[ivanimal]

The 500 is a great gun for hunting sparrows.

[battleship]

We don't talk about that.

[norcal77]

I honestly don't see a market for the 500...the Python would have been a better investment..the 500 seems like a novelty item unless you actually plan on using it for hunting big game, there is no way in hell that would be considered a self defense weapon...

[jazman]

The Python is in continual demand and not made anymore.

The 500 is newly made, and a specialty niche item with a low demand.

I think the Python would have probably been the better buy.

This.

[maddoggie13]

Going black bear hunting with the S&W 500 in AK next week...now looking for a WWG model 04 to go with my S&W 500. I have too many .357 mag and Colt's in my collection of 28 years plus hand-me-downs from 3 generation of collectors... My geart grandfather made Kentucky Rifles back in the Civil War, which I have 2 in my collection today.