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Posted: 7/11/2022 7:48:52 AM EDT
[#1]
For me it would have to be the 6 inch blued one. Total grail gun for me.
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Posted: 7/11/2022 9:00:02 AM EDT
[#2]
I'd rather buy a new one if I was going to shoot it.
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Posted: 7/11/2022 9:44:08 AM EDT
[#3]
4 inch
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Posted: 7/11/2022 10:33:05 AM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 4 inch 4” isn’t an option in this situation and even if it was, I wouldn’t want it. Maybe if I was planning to carry it, but I have much better options for carry. |
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Posted: 7/11/2022 10:44:19 AM EDT
[#5]
I'd go 4" and it' on my list of things to pick up this year.
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Posted: 7/11/2022 12:53:56 PM EDT
[#6]
I'd buy the 4.25 inch blued model. I have an older 6" bright stainless Python.
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Posted: 7/11/2022 12:57:57 PM EDT
[#7]
Of the two 6” but I want one of the new ones in 3”
I think 6” is a great balancing gun 8” is a bit nose heavy. Either should make for a fine edition to the collection. Blue imo makes the decision easier they did great on there nickel but that beautiful blue I’d kind of there signature |
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Posted: 7/11/2022 12:57:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/11/2022 2:07:18 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 4” isn’t an option in this situation and even if it was, I wouldn’t want it. Maybe if I was planning to carry it, but I have much better options for carry. 6 inch then. More versatile in my opinion I love the Python. Currently own two One made in 1969 and one in 1971 Both 4 inch. |
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Posted: 7/11/2022 4:32:17 PM EDT
[#10]
I know how to read OP, so, out of the 2 you have to choose from, a 6" blued or an 8" nickel (not a 4" or a 4.25"), I personally, think the 6" blued is the more "classic look".
If it were me though, I'd get the 4" 
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Posted: 7/11/2022 4:59:31 PM EDT
[#11]
The 6" blued is more practical but I'd definitely go with the 8" nickel given the choice of those two. Then you need to shave your head and buy a leather trench coat.
Yeah, Spenser for Hire is why I want a Python too. I'll probably wind up with a 6" stainless and polish it. If I stumble onto a 8" nickel for a good price at some point I'll grab it. |
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Posted: 7/11/2022 5:58:31 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 4” isn’t an option in this situation and even if it was, I wouldn’t want it. Maybe if I was planning to carry it, but I have much better options for carry. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 4 inch 4” isn’t an option in this situation and even if it was, I wouldn’t want it. Maybe if I was planning to carry it, but I have much better options for carry. Buy a new 4" for $1400 And unless you have a 3" python then you don't have a better option. |
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Posted: 7/11/2022 7:39:47 PM EDT
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6" blued would easily win that debate if it were me. I'd rather have the 6" barrel and I'd rather have blued. You're not me though. Pick the one YOU prefer. Just know that if you go with the 8" nickel you're wrong
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Posted: 7/11/2022 7:42:10 PM EDT
[#14]
I'd go 6" blued out of those choices. 8" is just too long for me
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Posted: 7/12/2022 10:16:35 PM EDT
[#15]
6” blued
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Posted: 7/12/2022 11:49:07 PM EDT
[#16]
Python purchases are wants, like which one do I want now and which one can wait till later.
 Attached FileAn 8" is a sweet shooter. |
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Posted: 7/13/2022 8:58:23 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Python purchases are wants, like which one do I want now and which one can wait till later. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180908/20210604_102924_jpg-2450825.JPG An 8" is a sweet shooter. Nice! I don't understand all the dislike for longer barrels in this thread. OP said it won't be for carry. My first handgun was a 8-3/8" S&W .44 magnum which I stupidly sold years ago. Recently I've been trying to decide if I want a used S&W just like it or a new Anaconda 8". ETA: also can't decide if I "need " another .44 or a Python first. |
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Posted: 7/13/2022 11:20:35 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice! I don't understand all the dislike for longer barrels in this thread. OP said it won't be for carry. My first handgun was a 8-3/8" S&W .44 magnum which I stupidly sold years ago. Recently I've been trying to decide if I want a used S&W just like it or a new Anaconda 8". ETA: also can't decide if I "need " another .44 or a Python first. I want them all 3" python and the 8" anaconda are both on the list. I'm glad the desert eagle platform has calibers and barrels that are easily interchangeable. My 4 different 10" barrels for that would have been pretty pricey to buy an entire gun each time. |
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Posted: 7/13/2022 1:05:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I want them all 3" python and the 8" anaconda are both on the list. I'm glad the desert eagle platform has calibers and barrels that are easily interchangeable. My 4 different 10" barrels for that would have been pretty pricey to buy an entire gun each time. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Nice! I don't understand all the dislike for longer barrels in this thread. OP said it won't be for carry. My first handgun was a 8-3/8" S&W .44 magnum which I stupidly sold years ago. Recently I've been trying to decide if I want a used S&W just like it or a new Anaconda 8". ETA: also can't decide if I "need " another .44 or a Python first. I want them all 3" python and the 8" anaconda are both on the list. I'm glad the desert eagle platform has calibers and barrels that are easily interchangeable. My 4 different 10" barrels for that would have been pretty pricey to buy an entire gun each time. All is the correct number for sure. I’ve got a 2 1/2 and an 8” had a 6 I let get away. I’d like a 3 for carry. |
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Posted: 7/13/2022 1:54:20 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Python purchases are wants, like which one do I want now and which one can wait till later. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180908/20210604_102924_jpg-2450825.JPG An 8" is a sweet shooter. Brother, that picture just made up my mind! 
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:05:08 AM EDT
[#21]
I like blued finishes better than stainless as far as overall prettiness. I'd get the 6" blued of those two choices. But I also like long barrels, so if you like long barrels more than a particular finish, get that.
I just got a monstrously huge S&W 29 with the 8 3/8 barrel. It is my first revolver (not counting the j-frame I got rid of because I couldn't hit crap). It sure looks cool, should make 1400 fps without excessive loads for deer hunting, has a ton of heft so hopefully recoil won't be that bad, and it sure looks cool. I figure if I actually get into revolver shooting regularly, I can always pick up another model 29 with a 4 inch barrel. I might get that in nickel just to change things up.
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:41:03 AM EDT
[#22]
4" for Magnum Force/ Barry Burton vibes.
6" for Rick Grimes vibes. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 4:31:39 PM EDT
[#23]
Of the two you mention, the 6" blued. Ideally, for me, an older 6" stainless, which is what I have. Nicest looking are the older 4" and 6" blued models. If the new ones are less likely to go out of whack and need timing adjusted, then perhaps one of those, or better yet, an older 4" S&W 686, since the new Colts don't have any nostagic appeal.
If all you're going to do is stare at it, then buy the one that best reminds you of whatever era you're trying to go back to. Alcohol and dvds of old episodes can help with that too. I don't do drugs, but I think they may also add to the experience. Back then, I believe I had a poster of Heather Thomas in a pink bikini, and another of a Lamborghini Countach on my bedroom wall. I'm not sure I'd want Heather now, and I still can't afford the Countach; neither the original nor the remake! Good luck! |
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Posted: 7/23/2022 9:50:09 AM EDT
[#24]
If you just want it because and are mostly going to look at it (as opposed to shoot it) I get the 6" blue model. Visually, nothing is more sexy then that one.
if you want something to shoot, I get the new model 4.25" |
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Posted: 7/23/2022 10:19:06 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you just want it because and are mostly going to look at it (as opposed to shoot it) I get the 6" blue model. Visually, nothing is more sexy then that one. if you want something to shoot, I get the new model 4.25" My favorite overall is the 6” nickel but that’s not an option in this case. This won’t be a carry gun but I will shoot it occasionally. I wouldn’t really be interested a Python under 6” at all. |
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Posted: 7/23/2022 2:40:19 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite overall is the 6” nickel but that’s not an option in this case. This won’t be a carry gun but I will shoot it occasionally. I wouldn’t really be interested a Python under 6” at all. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and shootability is in the hand of the shooter. I stated my preferences (perfect IMO would be a 5" blued Python) but not my gun and your options are limited apparently so go with what's best for you and/or floats your boat the most? |
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Posted: 8/8/2022 5:07:00 PM EDT
[#27]
Did you decide?
Can I buy the one you don't get? I'm also in KY. |
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Posted: 8/26/2022 10:21:20 PM EDT
[#28]
I have a '68 Blued 6"bbl, BUY IT! Python blueing is legendary, NONE better!
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Posted: 8/27/2022 6:43:18 PM EDT
[#29]
I bought my Python pre-owned but pretty much unshot in Chicago in 1985 for $400. It was shot over 20,000 rounds by me and a friend who borrowed it for state matches. The bulk of the rounds fired were in .38 Special. It became a gift to my son when he graduated police academy and is still going strong.
Nowadays a box of .357 Magnum costs about $40 and 20,000 rounds will cost you about $16,000. I reload but factoring the time in, there are no savings. Stay clear of the guns that were made when Colt fired the UAW workers. 
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Posted: 8/27/2022 9:11:32 PM EDT
[#30]
For me when choosing gun finishes for top of the line guns I choose blued first , stainless second and I really try to avoid nickel . A perfect nickel gun can look decent but with any amount of hard use or minor abuse it goes to crap and there are no good fixes for it .
Note: some of the high polish stainless guns are difficult to tell apart from nickel. |
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Posted: 9/3/2022 5:00:14 AM EDT
[#31]
If talking "original" Colt then you have to get the blue for sure.
The Colt quality and bluing of those original can't be replicated. Old and new SS look about the same. |
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Posted: 9/3/2022 5:39:17 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If talking "original" Colt then you have to get the blue for sure. The Colt quality and bluing of those original can't be replicated. Old and new SS look about the same. The vintage bright nickel finish Pythons really look nothing like the modern stainless guns. |
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Posted: 10/13/2022 10:35:47 PM EDT
[#33]
Sadly I don't own any Pythons anymore, but I do own 1 each of both generations of Anaconda, and aesthetically the 8" guns win hands down on the sexy scale. The bonus is they are pretty nice shooters as well................
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Posted: 10/15/2022 1:24:36 PM EDT
[#34]
I want a new one in 6”
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Posted: 10/15/2022 1:29:06 PM EDT
[#35]
If a new one, I would only want a 4'' or shorter one in Royal blue.
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Posted: 10/15/2022 1:46:27 PM EDT
[#36]
Here’s a pic of all common barrels lengths in blue & nickel. The 3 in the middle are the new stainless guns. The bottom guns are Diamondbacks.
 This is a shot of the new stainless 6” with an old model 6” blued one from 1959. 
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Posted: 10/15/2022 2:49:07 PM EDT
[#37]
The original pythons had such SMOOTH action
I wish I had bought one years ago Heck a 4 inch python was twice as much as my S&W 586 lol Somewhere I read that Colt made a run of 3 inch 38 special only pythons I would have loved to bought one of those The six inch that Hutch carried on Starsky and Hutch was beautiful also |
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Posted: 10/15/2022 4:19:04 PM EDT
[#38]
Colt only made the 38 special in the 8” version, both blue and nickel as shown above. The 3” “combat pythons” in 357 were a special run and command a substantial premium in today’s market.
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Posted: 10/15/2022 4:57:26 PM EDT
[#39]
FWIW they only made 8" nickel for one year and as an enduring investment is far rarer than most Python variants
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Posted: 10/15/2022 6:30:40 PM EDT
[#40]
True on the nickel 38, I think it was just over 200 made. Quite a few didn’t survive in the 8” configuration as people bought them at a discount and changed them to shorter 357’s. There was even a company that bought quite a few and converted them to 41 magnum. Ive seen original nickel 38’s go for well in excess of $7k on gunbroker.
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Posted: 10/30/2022 4:23:42 AM EDT
[#41]
I have one of each... if I only would keep one, it would be blued 6"...
I can only imagine how many rounds that blued one has down the pipe since it was born in the "50s... I have only shot 38 through it. If I wanted to shoot a ton of rounds, I would probably buy a new one but I don't see that happening... 
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