colt python?

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  i  have been seeking a 357 i could afford and cant believe what they want for a colt python.  why are the in the 1000's of dollars?   thanks,  mike w

[earlmarne]

nicest pistol ive ever fired.had one around when i was younger.had an amazing trigger ,even double action was smooth as butter.i won 20 bucks from my uncle hitting a paper plate 1 out of 5 shots with it at 100 yards when i was 16

[PolarBear]

Because they are worth it!  I shot competitively with mine for years.  My favorite of all of my handguns, even over my custom built revolvers!

[carpsniperg2]

The colt handguns are amazing. Can't go wrong with a python or king cobra if you are looking for a 357

[RadSav]

Of all the guns I've gotten rid of the Colt Python is the one I regret the most.

[RadSav]

nicest pistol ive ever fired.had one around when i was younger.had an amazing trigger ,even double action was smooth as butter.

I remember it being so smooth in double action you would feel the clicks.  Was almost like shooting a set trigger.  Aggressive through the first click, gental through the second.  Then I got the 686 and took me for ever to get the feel of a normal double.  I knew right then and there I had made a mistake by not keeping the Colt.  I think it took me three nights of lapping and polishing the Smith to get it even close to the factory Python double.

[washelkhunter]

Of all the guns I've gotten rid of the Colt Python is the one I regret the most.

    

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  wow, after reading all that does anyone have one they want to sell?  would luv to shoot one.  well maybe not cuz then i would have to get one.  thanks,  mike w

[PolarBear]

My 2 favorite revolvers.  My Python and my custom built S&W.  They look pretty tame but both have a trigger pull measured in ounces.  Definitely NOT for the novice.  I have warned friends about them and they still almost shoot themselves in the leg.

[Austrian Hunter]

I like these threads, I learn every day.  If I walk by a yard sale and would see these revolvers there for a $100 I would walk right by.   Tells ya how much I know, lol

[Bofire]

  I have owned two a 4 and a 6, both of them, when I went out to shoot the first time, BOTH I aint kidding,  The barrerl unscrewed it self. Took both to a smith and he fixed both and I sold both,
Do not regret it.
Carl

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  sounds like someone screwed with them, literally.  doesnt seem like a gun from a factory would do that.   mike w

[Huntboy]

I like these threads, I learn every day.  If I walk by a yard sale and would see these revolvers there for a $100 I would walk right by.   Tells ya how much I know, lol

me too, would've never really took a second look. That's why we always have to keep learning I guess.

[shrek]

Far and away the best 357 pistol out there... Buy one, you won't be sorry.

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  hunt,  i like these threads also, but these guys are saying to get a python cuz they are they best.   this is not what i need to hear, like when a new awesome fly rod comes out.       i now need to get one so does anyone have a used python 357 for sale?   what does a new one cost?  thanks,  mike w