Father's Python

[DougT]

When I was boy, my father owned a Colt Python which he purchased new in the mid 1960's. It was a 4" blued model. I badgered him until he took me shooting, and I remember a couple of shooting outings with it--and he let me clean it too. I watched him make a full flap holster out of cowhide, and he did a very nice job of it. The gun just sort of faded away over the years--he had some story about loaning it to an out of state friend, and then the friend buying it. But I never was too sure about what really happened to that gun. My dad's been gone for almost 20 years now, and I have always wished that I had inherited that old Python. For the last couple of years, I've been cruising Gunbroker and other places looking for the same model (4" blue), and I've seen several but just haven't gotten serious enough yet to buy one. I recently mentioned my father's Python to my older Sister, and she replied with the true story of it's ultimate fate: My Father could drink and become abusive at times, and after one particularly ugly episode my mother felt threatened enough that she dug a hole in the back yard and buried it--loaded in the flap holster and all!!! I almost cried. My Mom is still around, and I plan on verifying the story with her--but I have no reason to not believe my Sister. If there is a gun heaven, I hope that old revolver is there!

DougT