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[spencer60]

A modern python if built to the same standards of the original python would retail for over 4 grand. If anything it will increase the value of the originals...

I've heard at least two different interviews with Colt execs say the exact same thing. The snake guns required a ton of hand fitting, and Colt got rid of a lot of the tooling needed to make them after they stopped production. They both estimated that the start up costs alone would put a 'new' Python at $5K or more.

 

[CQB27]

MSRP is $699

Too High....IMO.

 

[CQB27]

I've heard at least two different interviews with Colt execs say the exact same thing. The snake guns required a ton of hand fitting, and Colt got rid of a lot of the tooling needed to make them after they stopped production. They both estimated that the start up costs alone would put a 'new' Python at $5K or more.

.......5K!
What does a "in good condition" vintage Python go for these days?

 

[MRH]

MSRP is $699

And it's a .38...Pass!

 

[NWSharpshooter]

.......5K!
What does a "in good condition" vintage Python go for these days?

Seems like 2k is about the bottom from what I've seen.

Makes the 300 my dad paid for mine seem like a pretty good deal.

 

[CQB27]

Seems like 2k is about the bottom from what I've seen.

Makes the 300 my dad paid for mine seem like a pretty good deal.

I saw that earlier post where you said you had a Python, Detective Special, and Trooper in the safe!
$300 bucks.............

 

[NWSharpshooter]

I saw that earlier post where you said you had a Python, Detective Special, and Trooper in the safe!
$300 bucks.............

Funny thing, they had a GP100 next to it at the store for the same price. I was 12. I wanted him to buy the GP100 instead.

 

[ColtAR15]

If Pythons are so lousy makes you wonder why prices went to the sky. Must be something Good about them. I bought my first 4 inch Nickel Python in Germany at the Rod & Gun club for $200. S&W 66s were selling for retail and you could not get one at the time (early 70s). Love Colts and S&W both but there is just something about a Python's Beauty and slick action. Have owned several of them since the 70s and never had a problem. Some People like them???

 

[CQB27]

Funny thing, they had a GP100 next to it at the store for the same price. I was 12. I wanted him to buy the GP100 instead.

LOL!
I could find you a GP100 to trade for and make you childhood dreams come true!

 

[CQB27]

If Pythons are so lousy makes you wonder why prices went to the sky. Must be something Good about them. I bought my first 4 inch Nickel Python in Germany at the Rod & Gun club for $200. S&W 66s were selling for retail and you could not get one at the time (early 70s). Love Colts and S&W both but there is just something about a Python's Beauty and slick action. Have owned several of them since the 70s and never had a problem. Some People like them???

You still got that $200 Python?
The first gun I ever bought at the Rod and Gun Club was in 1991....Glock 22 , I think I paid $350.
No comparison, LOL!