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Title: colt python?
Post by: splitshot on May 10, 2013, 10:46:13 PM: 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
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Post by: earlmarne on May 10, 2013, 11:01:14 PM: 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
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Post by: PolarBear on May 10, 2013, 11:15:21 PM: 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!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 10, 2013, 11:44:38 PM: The colt handguns are amazing. Can't go wrong with a python or king cobra if you are looking for a 357 :IBCOOL:
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Post by: RadSav on May 11, 2013, 12:09:33 AM: Of all the guns I've gotten rid of the Colt Python is the one I regret the most.
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Post by: RadSav on May 11, 2013, 12:45:45 AM: Quote from: earlmarne on May 10, 2013, 11:01:14 PM
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.
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Post by: washelkhunter on May 11, 2013, 06:12:26 AM: Quote from: RadSav on May 11, 2013, 12:09:33 AM
Of all the guns I've gotten rid of the Colt Python is the one I regret the most.

:yeah: :'(
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Post by: splitshot on May 11, 2013, 08:47:27 PM: 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
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Post by: PolarBear on May 11, 2013, 11:14:39 PM: 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.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv103%2FPolrbear%2FDSCN0197.jpg&hash=8f7636d9df171397882b4971ced48e8a907bbbf5)
Title: colt python?
Post by: Austrian Hunter on May 12, 2013, 01:22:59 AM: 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
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Post by: Bofire on May 12, 2013, 09:13:40 AM: :) :) 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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Post by: splitshot on May 13, 2013, 02:52:22 PM: sounds like someone screwed with them, literally. doesnt seem like a gun from a factory would do that. mike w
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Post by: Huntboy on May 13, 2013, 09:20:54 PM: Quote from: Austrian Hunter on May 12, 2013, 01:22:59 AM
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
:yeah: me too, would've never really took a second look. That's why we always have to keep learning I guess.
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Post by: shrek on May 14, 2013, 06:54:28 PM: Far and away the best 357 pistol out there... Buy one, you won't be sorry.
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Post by: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 07:05:24 PM: 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
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Post by: shrek on May 14, 2013, 07:09:56 PM: They aren't made anymore, a buddy just sold a mint 6'' for $1500.00. Worth the $$ though a 4'' is more to my liking....
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Post by: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 07:33:18 PM: shrek, just curious why do you like a 4 better than a 6? mike w
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Post by: shrek on May 14, 2013, 07:43:30 PM: Portability, just sweet on 4'' ers vs 6''ers.. Personal preference...
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Post by: splitshot on May 14, 2013, 08:08:43 PM: just figgered out that pythons are not made anymore so what is a ballpark range to look for to buy a "used"one? are all pythons in 357? what do they weigh? mike w
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Post by: Fishnclifff on May 27, 2013, 09:08:35 PM: Quote from: RadSav on May 11, 2013, 12:09:33 AM
Of all the guns I've gotten rid of the Colt Python is the one I regret the most.

me too :cryriver:
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Post by: hillbilli on May 28, 2013, 09:00:43 AM: my understanding is that the python was the only production revolver where ALL of them went through the custom shop on the way out.. thus the triggers, etc.. very smooth, but pricy if you can find one..
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Post by: b23 on May 28, 2013, 05:43:53 PM: I bought a new 4in blued Python about 18yrs ago and never got around to shooting it. Then they started going crazy on price and I just kept it in its unfired fired condition. To this day it's still new, unfired, in the blue box and that box is inside that thin colt cardboard box. Every so often I check it all out and put it back in the boxes and tuck it away in my safe.
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Post by: fishingfool on May 28, 2013, 06:15:52 PM: Thats brutal....