[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Colt Python... (Page 2 of 2)
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Had her about a year, shopped and researched SAA for a year before that. A lot has changed at Colt over the last 5 years or so.
Here is an interesting article on FA. http://www.gunsandammomag.com/cs/Satellite/IMO_GA/Story_C/Inside+Freedom+Arms When I mean they are a diff sroy, FA is pretty much a custom gun. And they should be at $2000 a pop. Heck they line bore the cyl ( bore the chamber and cyl whild in the gun. And while they CNC, they have craftsmen that final finish everything. More like a heirloom than just a gun. |
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remember when they were like $300 new.
I must be showing my age. I remember the Python selling for $190 retail back in 1972. By comparison, a Colt AR-15 was selling for $235 at the time. A Walther PP in .22 was $122 and a Ruger Standard Model .22 pistol was a whopping $47.50. 
Of course, a dollar back then is the same as $5.08 today. 
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The colt python was the first handgun I ever shot. My girlfriend's dad's 4" inch colt python.
Didn't do so well but my dad got me a 1911 as a grad. present so I got some practice with a handgun. Shot the same colt python several months later and offhand shot 3 shots of .357 at 15 yards all within a quarter of an inch. I couldn't believe it. For me this was amazing. However, he will not even think of selling it (i asked). 
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I still don't understand why Colt won't make Python revolvers anymore! My completely uneducated guess is that, with today's labor prices, compounded by declining interest in D-A revolvers over the years, plus the extensive "human touch" the Pythons were built with, would mean a newly manufactured example would probably cost close to 2k ––––- then they would only sell 40 or 50 of them a year. A SAA is between 1300 - 1500, and a Python is likely a more complicated gun to manufacture properly Someone proposed earlier in the thread to CNC 'em and crank 'em out, like the USFA revolvers. That would be a cool idea, but i don't think would be good for the Python, as people expect the hand tuning and custom fitted lockwork but , maybe a newly manufactured CNC King Cobra would be good though ! Price it within a hundred bucks of the 686 and they would sell like hot cakes |
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I still don't understand why Colt won't make Python revolvers anymore! My completely uneducated guess is that, with today's labor prices, compounded by declining interest in D-A revolvers over the years, plus the extensive "human touch" the Pythons were built with, would mean a newly manufactured example would probably cost close to 2k ––––- then they would only sell 40 or 50 of them a year. A SAA is between 1300 - 1500, and a Python is likely a more complicated gun to manufacture properly Someone proposed earlier in the thread to CNC 'em and crank 'em out, like the USFA revolvers. That would be a cool idea, but i don't think would be good for the Python, as people expect the hand tuning and custom fitted lockwork but , maybe a newly manufactured CNC King Cobra would be good though ! Price it within a hundred bucks of the 686 and they would sell like hot cakes It would have to be more than a hundred bucks since the 686 is full of MIM, and has that crush fit barrel. Though I read on another forum that S&W is going back to doing barrels the right way so they don't fly off with the bullet when you are shooting. 
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