Posted: 8/18/2014 11:17:21 PM EDT
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I've got a colt python 6 inch barrel. This gun was the first pistol i was able to purchase when i became of age to own a handgun(two years ago). It is a 1978 6 inch royal blue with original wood grips... I love this pistol and it is very accurate. I just wonder if this should stay in the safe to preserve it's beauty and history of colt (something to show the grandkids one day.). Then I think "you'll regret not shooting the shit out of it now, so when your old or sick and can't handle the 357 mag boom anymore you can at least have enjoyed it the way it was meant to be used in your younger years" just wondering whats everyones train of thought on pythons role in your arsenal. (like would this be a good shtf revolver? I have heard they are kinda delicate guns that shouldn't be handled rough) Also general python talk is acceptable here as well (have prices been going up or down as of late?) |
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I shoot mine. If I didn't I'd sell it.
Prices only go up thanks to the internet and Walking Dead. People routinely drop 3 Large on the 6" stainless. Mine is a 4" and probably the best one. 6" looks cool but not as fun. Still supported by Colt if it goes out of time or 'needs' refinishing. Anyone who just pounds .357 magnum every time anyway is a little off. That's like this guy I knew who dropped almost 3 grand on a Galil 308. The way of the gun looking one. Never shoots it. Not once. It just sits up in a safe. Kinda lame to have something and never mess with it. Like old men who car hoard. If you don't use it and never plan to sell it you just wasted your money. I'd shoot some of my stuff MORE if I had the time. Like I have a 1911 and it's a name brand. I was blasting nasty grungy Soviet Tulammo like whole boxes at an indoor range. I no joke popped 250 rounds or more. Just felt like blasting at my bad guy target. This fat older guy comes bumbling up saying "Stop! Stop!" and I'm all what? And he goes "you can't do that!" And I'm all do what? "You can't use that anmo in a Kimber!" So I go why? "Because it's a KIMBER!" So I say well is it yours? "No" Did you pay for it? "No" Then I smirk and go back to shooting And my gun was REEEEEAAAAALLLY dirty when I got home too. But I had fun and dude didn't. YOLO man. YOLO |
yes - python # 1 (blued 6") has a b-day in the 1950's - 1000's of rounds through it - all low power lead hand loads...
#' 2 (nickel 4") and #3 (stainless polished) also get used... what is the point of not using a beautiful machine for its intended purpose and I loves wheel guns! the photo below compares the nickel to bright stainless finish... the newer gun (stainless) does not have the trigger of the older two... 
ETA: the 6" stainless was a swap for a deagle... kid wanted a deagle, had the python as a trade... I FO'd...
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I've got a colt python 6 inch barrel. This gun was the first pistol i was able to purchase when i became of age to own a handgun(two years ago). It is a 1978 6 inch royal blue with original wood grips... I have the identical revolver, same year and everything. No I have not shot it yet, I've only had it a year or so. Mine is pristine other than turn line, if it has been fired beyond the factory it hasn't been fired much. |
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yes - python # 1 (blued 6") has a b-day in the 1950's - 1000's of rounds through it - all low power lead hand loads...
<a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/heron163/media/Guns/pythonpair.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/heron163/Guns/pythonpair.jpg</a> #' 2 (nickel 4") and #3 (stainless polished) also get used... what is the point of not using a beautiful machine for its intended purpose and I loves wheel guns! the photo below compares the nickel to bright stainless finish... the newer gun (stainless) does not have the trigger of the older two... <a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/heron163/media/Guns/IMG_0756_zps31b16b11.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/heron163/Guns/IMG_0756_zps31b16b11.jpg</a> ETA: the 6" stainless was a swap for a deagle... kid wanted a deagle, had the python as a trade... I FO'd... Three? Fuck you, man.
Those are beautiful. 
My Uncle has a Python that he has shot the shit out of the past 40yrs. Still is one of the smoothest guns I've ever fired. |
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Meh...
Cylinder release moves the wrong way. Sell it, buy three new S&W's with the money. You can shoot them more (a lot more) without parts breaking and still find parts for the S&W if and when you finally do need a part. The only good thing to do with a python is pull the barrel off it and put in on a S&W and throw the rest away. 
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| My father bought a 4" blue Python new in 1974 and shot it a bit. I really don't remember him ever shooting the thing at all though. I inherited the gun a little over a year ago and haven't shot it. The gun is in pretty much brand new condition, and I'd like to keep it that way. I figure if my dad didn't shoot the thing trying to preserve it, who the hell am I to? That gun will remain my one and only safe queen. |
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Yes.
It's a late 70's made Nickel 4" Python. I took the nice OEM stocks off and use cheap rubber pachmayr grips for shooting. My wife used it to qualify for her KY concealed carry license shooting requirement. 
Mostly 158gr LSWC handholds in .38spl brass, not because I don't wanna wear it out, but because I have about 2,000 pieces of .38spl brass and my dies are setup to make that ammo. |
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A Colt Python is a revolver and not a pistol. Just sayin'. Chris It's both. Subsets you know. A revolver is a pistol. The "revolver" is a function of operation. By your terms, I guess a Lever action rifle isn't a rifle.... |
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I shoot mine, a 1961 4" in Royal Blue.
I shoot a few magnums but the majority is 160 LSWC and 148 WC that I cast, size, and lube. In all honesty I prefer the way the S&W triggers stack up in double action. My other .357 is a 66-4 in 6". I would like a 686 in 4 or even 5" but with a the old lock work and just 6 chambers please. |
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A Colt Python is a revolver and not a pistol. Just sayin'. Chris It's both. Subsets you know. A revolver is a pistol. The "revolver" is a function of operation. By your terms, I guess a Lever action rifle isn't a rifle.... Precisely. |
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A Colt Python is a revolver and not a pistol. Just sayin'. Chris It's both. Subsets you know. A revolver is a pistol. The "revolver" is a function of operation. By your terms, I guess a Lever action rifle isn't a rifle.... Precisely. ETA: even though the ATF is dumb and thinks that a pistol and revolver are different. |
| I have a 6" nickel python that I got from my uncle for helping him out with an AR. He bought it new a long time ago and it had very slight signs of use. Still looks amazing though. I shoot it now and then, not all of the time. I figure its a good investment and they are expensive and kinda hard to find so I'm hanging on to it, plus it was from my uncle. I like the way it shoots. I got into S&W revolvers also and take those to the range more though. |