Posted: 11/1/2007 3:50:54 AM EDT
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but what finish should i go with? either stainless or nickle? or would it just be personal prefrence? thanks |
 Not the best pic in the world but you get the idea. If I had my way (I don't, it was inherited from my father-in-law), it would be stainless, but there's just something about the classic looks of a Python. Shoots like a dream, too. Get one, you won't regret it. Bub |
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Wow - that is a toughy. I bought a SS one thinking I would shoot it as SS is easier to cleanup. To be frank, I then went out and bought a older (70's vintage) Royal Blue one to shoot. The 'pre-strike' Pythons have a much better DA trigger than the 90 vintage SS ones IMHO. Plus I actually found it easier to clean up the blue'd one than the SS. The SS shows every spec of dirt. Believe me, I was strickly a (bright & shiny) SS revolver man, but there is something classy about the Royal Blue finish. Nothing like it out there today. I think waxing the blue'd ones makes it easier to clean up. I mostly shoot the older blue one. If you take care of it will give you many years of great plinking.  |
Dood, you mix the Koolaid STRONG!! I like the flavor, though. |
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I have a mid-sixties vintage 4" Royal Blue Python. I understand the logic of a stainless one, but the looks of the Royal Blue finish trumps logic. That piece is a stunner. Anyway, I doubt you will regret getting your Python no matter which finish you decide upon. |
 I do like them but have many other brands I like just as well. It is hard to beat the python as far a revolvers go. Oh, that photo is not up to date, I recently picked up another python 6 inch that looked like it had been dragged behind a car on a paved road. I sent it to Colt to have it refinished and the timing done. I don't have a camera good enough to show the excellent work they performed on this wreck that I sent them. And they timed and tuned it while it was there. It looks new and feels new. I can't say enough good about the work they did on that particular gun.
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Sounds like you rescued a wayward Python and gave it a good and loving home... I have been tempted several times to do the same thing and pick up a shooter Python. There was (is) a gunsmith in Florida (Wally(?) something) who customizes Pythons with roller bearing actions. I shot one at a PPC shoot a long time ago, and the trigger action on it was absolutely  . It didn't have the usual stacking sensation in the action, like the standard Python does. I wish I could shoot (loose nut behind the grips- not the gun's fault) Pythons in DA as well as I can do with my Smiths. I almost never shoot a DA revolver in single action.Anyway, the Python is a true classic. |