Colt Python for xmas

wayne8661 · 12-25-2016, 10:12 PM

Got this today. Not my normal area of interest but a nice gun none the less .

DavidJayUden · 12-25-2016, 11:27 PM

Congratulations! I understand that they are pretty hot items.
dju

tomaustin · 12-26-2016, 01:06 AM

FBI agents I know love those......they will blow the doors off of a Cadillac....enjoy that sucker....tom

gunnertwo · 12-26-2016, 04:19 AM

They are Hot, some incredible high prices. Good gift!

G2

Sergio Natali · 12-26-2016, 07:02 AM

Probably the most beautiful revolver ever built.
I used to collect them; the ones made in the Sixties are particularly sought after by collectors.
Thanks for sharing.

CJS57 · 12-26-2016, 07:41 AM

I would say the the earliest guns bring the highest prices. Followed closely by the bright stainless steel variations. Also the few 3" guns made are near $10,000. Other variations are up in this price range as well. A ANIB first year 1955 shipped 3-digit gun recently sold for near $20,000. Here is my 3 digit 1956 shipped gun.

Vlim · 12-26-2016, 09:55 AM

I love those Mauser copies

Edward Tinker · 12-26-2016, 11:09 AM

only had one, sold it and bought my first luger

still have the luger - although I'd take a Python in a second, I really like my S&W 686

Ron Wood · 12-26-2016, 12:21 PM

I once had a 1966 4-inch Python. Sweetest shooting, most accurate handgun I have ever owned. They wouldn't let me take it along to Viet Nam and eventually I sold it. Sure wish I still had it.
Ron

rhuff · 12-26-2016, 04:34 PM

Many years ago I decided that the Colt revolvers just didn't fit my hand like the S&W revolvers did. My shooting showed the same with each handgun, so I just lost interest in the Colt revolvers, as I am a shooter. If the Colts had fit my hand, perhaps I would own as many Colt revolvers as I currently do S&W guns.......I never get it right!!!

apis mellifera · 12-26-2016, 05:57 PM

My dad has a vintage 6" in SS. I remember when he got it. I broke a rib falling on an 8" SS Python while hunting this year. I slipped and the long barrel allowed the grip to be driven right up under my ribs. The little dangley one let go. Those Pythons are not only very well made, but nearly lethal even when holstered.

tomaustin · 12-26-2016, 10:09 PM

apis mellifera..........I laughed at your story, but that is not funny...everything hurts with a broken rib.........Tom

12-26-2016, 07:02 AM	#5
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Probably the most beautiful revolver ever built. I used to collect them; the ones made in the Sixties are particularly sought after by collectors. Thanks for sharing. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

12-26-2016, 12:21 PM	#9
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	I once had a 1966 4-inch Python. Sweetest shooting, most accurate handgun I have ever owned. They wouldn't let me take it along to Viet Nam and eventually I sold it. Sure wish I still had it. Ron __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

12-25-2016, 11:27 PM	#2
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Congratulations! I understand that they are pretty hot items. dju

12-26-2016, 01:06 AM	#3
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 523 Times in 202 Posts	FBI agents I know love those......they will blow the doors off of a Cadillac....enjoy that sucker....tom

12-26-2016, 04:19 AM	#4
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 643 Thanks: 854 Thanked 958 Times in 374 Posts	They are Hot, some incredible high prices. Good gift! G2

12-26-2016, 07:41 AM	#6
CJS57 User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 224 Thanks: 0 Thanked 81 Times in 41 Posts	I would say the the earliest guns bring the highest prices. Followed closely by the bright stainless steel variations. Also the few 3" guns made are near $10,000. Other variations are up in this price range as well. A ANIB first year 1955 shipped 3-digit gun recently sold for near $20,000. Here is my 3 digit 1956 shipped gun.

12-26-2016, 11:09 AM	#8
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,609 Times in 2,123 Posts	only had one, sold it and bought my first luger still have the luger - although I'd take a Python in a second, I really like my S&W 686

12-26-2016, 04:34 PM	#10
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,315 Thanks: 2,748 Thanked 998 Times in 733 Posts	Many years ago I decided that the Colt revolvers just didn't fit my hand like the S&W revolvers did. My shooting showed the same with each handgun, so I just lost interest in the Colt revolvers, as I am a shooter. If the Colts had fit my hand, perhaps I would own as many Colt revolvers as I currently do S&W guns.......I never get it right!!!

12-26-2016, 05:57 PM	#11
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 149 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	My dad has a vintage 6" in SS. I remember when he got it. I broke a rib falling on an 8" SS Python while hunting this year. I slipped and the long barrel allowed the grip to be driven right up under my ribs. The little dangley one let go. Those Pythons are not only very well made, but nearly lethal even when holstered.

12-26-2016, 10:09 PM	#12
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 523 Times in 202 Posts	apis mellifera..........I laughed at your story, but that is not funny...everything hurts with a broken rib.........Tom