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Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:06 pm
by inthewaterky
Colt Python 357 nickel 7 1/2" barrell in near 100% condition
I want to get it.. But not sure a "fair" price?
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:25 pm
by Mike
Hard to say but I would say at least $1500
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:27 pm
by inthewaterky
That's what I was thinking.
Seems the 8 inch is hard to find.. Its 8 not 7.5
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:36 pm
by 1fastmach1
Nice pistols. I had one with the wood grip. I still regret selling it.
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:40 pm
by inthewaterky
Wish this one had the wood grips. I would be on it like fly on..... Still wondering if $1500 is a little stiff. No box... But was his FIL bought new.. Made in 81.. I was born in 81.
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:05 pm
by Mike
Pythons are a weird collector gun to follow. I have watched blued models easily go for $2500+ in the right barrel configuration, while others that seem as nice or nicer sit at half that price. Some barrel lengths sell really quickly while others seem to not really sell. The prices are all over right now and I think they are way over priced. Which is why I still don't own one.
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:58 am
by Wyldman
Mike wrote:Pythons are a weird collector gun to follow. I have watched blued models easily go for $2500+ in the right barrel configuration, while others that seem as nice or nicer sit at half that price. Some barrel lengths sell really quickly while others seem to not really sell. The prices are all over right now and I think they are way over priced. Which is why I still don't own one.
Truth!
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:41 am
by Dave1965
1500-2000
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:24 am
by Mike
The one you are looking at is so similar to the one used in Walking Dead that it would probably be pretty popular. I think that model has the 6" barrel though?
Wood stocks can easily set you back $250 right now as well.
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:35 pm
by Dave1965
That the one that the guy from Pewee Valley had for 1300 and said 90 to 95%??
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:56 pm
by inthewaterky
Yeah and he keeps changing it.
Re: Need to know value of Colt Python
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:59 am
by Mexican Kerry
Older thread but I'm gonna chime in here. Semi-classic wheel guns are a weird niche in the collecting race. The Pythons are the flagship for Colt's, and they are considered to be the be-all and end-all of modern spinny guns. I don't get this. I've had the chance to play with a few (thanks to my dad's appetite for collectibles) and I just don't understand why they are so sought after.
I understand the hype behind the whole "hand built" aspect of them, I just don't know if they are as great as the market seems to think. I've seen and handled a couple that were definitely beautiful, the blued variants have a finish unlike anything I've ever owned (stainless is meh). I find full underlug revolvers to be a bit muzzle heavy, I prefer a wheel gun that sits low in the hand.
Personal preference, but I'd rather have a Smith in .357 or .44 Magnum of the same vintage.
Just my 2 cents, take it or leave it. I'm no expert.