[Gordon]

But if I did it would really sine for a .357 with THAT ammo!
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/gordonhulme/oiling019.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/gordonhulme/oiling020.jpg

[CSA 357]

Come On Man Shoot It! The Way I Look At It Its No Good If Your Not Gona Run Some Powder Threw It, Good Lookin Colt~!

[Gordon]

NIB 1980 Nickle 8"- 1 shot would be at least $500! I have a WELL shot 6" Factoryscoped Python Hunter and a well shot 4" 1969 Blued Python,thankyou!

[Sistema1927]

Shoot it. Shoot it now!

You know that after you die the person that you leave it to will take it down to the local pawn shop to score some cash, don't you?

[Gordon]

My wife knows it is pushing $1800-NOW.

[General Geoff]

I couldn't imagine owning a gun I was afraid of shooting...

[Mike Franklin]

Lew Wallace was an optimist.
I thought he was in the Lions Club?

I bought 2 NIB Colt SAA, matching. My ambition is to put some history on both of'm and leave'm to my son.
I'd much rather own a gun that Grandpa used than a NIB that some collector kept in his safe.

[bannockburn]

Gordon

That is one beautiful Python! I've seen one other 8" Python, and that one was in .38 Special. I don't know if I would shoot it if it were mine, as the money factor comes into play on something as collectable as this.

[GUNKWAZY]

Don't do it.
Step away from the gun.:D
Thanks for sharing.

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)

[mtngunr]

I cannot, for the life of me, comprehend buying a gun I cannot shoot...I just don't get the attraction....it's like a buying a top-notch automobile and never driving it......the thing is, they all eventually go bad, anyhow, since nothing lasts forever.....so, who are you saving it for?.....or, is this just an investment?

[cottonmouth]

Take a few good pictures of it and frame them, then shoot the hell out of it. Enjoy it for what it was made for!:D

J.B.

[loneviking]

Yeah--shoot it! I just can't wrap my mind around taking a beautiful, made to be shot gun like that and storing it away in a safe. It just about makes me want to cry! I have a Colt Peacekeeper that has had several thousands of rounds through it and I'd love to get my hands on a Colt Python that looks like that.

[Shade00]

I know it's a tough call, but you should really just remove the temptation and give it to me to keep away from you.

[Gary A]

There must be some collector's forums where people would not tell you to shoot it. This is probably the wrong place to show something like that and tell folks you're not going to shoot it. I'm not a collector but I agree with you. Don't shoot it. It's only going to appreciate.

[Drgong]

What you need to do is send it to me and you won't be tempted to shoot it. ;)

That gun is as pretty as a Victoria Secret model...

[The_Sheriff]

Wow! You better shoot that Colt!

[SASS#23149]

It pains me to say this..
and I can't believe I"m saying it..

but don't shoot it,it's one of the few things that WILL appreciate these days.






ouch,did I jsut say 'don't shoot it' ??
I am definately getting old.

[Schmidlin]

wouldn't it be more of a sin to not shoot this. The gun gods will not approve of such an amazing beast just sitting around doing nothing....they will not approve

[Hawk]

Nothing wrong with being a collector but I lack the self-control to be one.

Because, sooner or later, I'd wonder "does it even work?". It'd get under my skin until I tried it.

The fact that I once bought a Python that didn't work wouldn't help me in this particular instance. Of the presumably thousands of Colts that will never be fired I wonder how many just wouldn't work, or would work unless Fiocchi primers were in use, or whatever? None, a half-dozen, a hundred? We'll never know.

My bet is less than 1% but it'd be like collecting scratch-off lotto tickets without scratching them. More power to those that can stifle their curiousity.

[Steve H]

My wife knows it is pushing $1800-NOW.


I sold my 1980 8" Nickle Python about 1 1/2 years ago 95%+ cond. $1300 It had about 300 rounds thru it. Damm I miss it.

[The Bushmaster]

And another fine shootin' iron becomes a "Safe Queen"...

[HB]

Do what whatever you want, but I'd say just take a single shot just to destroy that unfired status :evil:

[Brass Rain]

What are you going to do with that if you don't shoot it? Look at it? Pfft, use that Colt or give it to someone that will! It's an insult to a fine design to not use it as it should be used.

[Prose]

Go buy about 500 rounds of ammo and pound that thing. Look at it this way...

If you had a beautiful girlfriend that loved you, you would pound it. That gun loves you. Love her back. Never keep a lady in waiting.

[bflobill_69]

If you can own a gun that nice and not fire it...

...your a better man than I am!

Beautiful Python - always wanted a 4" one,

Bflobill_69

[Guns and more]

If you had a beautiful girlfriend that loved you, you would pound it. That gun loves you. Love her back. Never keep a lady in waiting.
Bang!

[Majic]

Keep it pristine. There are plenty of shooters out in the world. Get one of them and shoot till your heart is content.
I couldn't imagine owning a gun I was afraid of shooting...
It's not that we are afraid to shoot them. Some of us just like to admire a brand new gun so we keep it that way. As far as what happens to it after I'm gone I don't care because I would have gotten my enjoyment out of it.

[planetmobius]

If you don't shoot that thing, its not a gun, just another piece of your IRA.

[Gary A]

Quote:
If you had a beautiful girlfriend that loved you, you would pound it. That gun loves you. Love her back. Never keep a lady in waiting.

Bang!
And that explains a very common colloquialism in American English.

[Dgreno]

Leave it mint! That Colt has lasted this long. Imagine what it will be valued at in 10 years is NIB, unfired!!

[Beagle-zebub]

If you had a beautiful girlfriend that loved you, you would pound it. That gun loves you. Love her back. Never keep a lady in waiting.

The difference is that you presumably wouldn't sell your girlfriend.

[Stainz]

Don't shoot it - sell it - and get some firearm(s) you want that will get used.

Stainz

PS I'm not a Colt fan - but that's a nice one!

[Silvanus]

If I had two other Pythons, I woulnd't shoot that one either. The 4" and 6" ones are more practical anyway.


This thread kinda reminds me of this movie scene... :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbTE_nHwQto

[Master Blaster]

As far as the value of any collecable goes its all based upon supply and demand. The supply of unfired colts from 1980 is fixed, and for now the demand is still growing.

But, demand is based upon the number of new shooters who want a colt and can afford it. Years ago blue delft christmas plates were in demand collectibles, as were tagged beanie babies. Anyone remember Jim Beam collectible china bottles?? Now those collectibles are almost worthless because All the old folks who collected them died or lost interest.

Guns are different because you can always shoot them. Now there is the risk that this could change with a stroke of the legislative pen. Folks saving those old colts in Jolly Ole England found that out about 10 years ago. A few years ago a colt preban m4 semi auto clone would cost you $3500 at a gunstore in my state of Delaware, today the same gun may be worth $1500 even unfired. Also how many folks do you see at the gun club who are young (under 45) when you go shooting?

As older shooters die there is a risk that the demand for old colts could fall not increase.

I dont buy safe queens, I figure that I dont own a museum, and that land and stock are better investments. A shooter bought that way will lose very little value over time and may even appreciate. Meanwhile there is the dividend of fun shooting at the range they pay me every time I go shooting.

JMHO YMMV

[Cosmoline]

SHOOT IT NOW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ALySsPXt0

Unless you shoot it, NOBODY will get to the CHOPPA.

Seriously, I don't know if you should do it but that 200 grain stuff is great and not too bad in the recoil department. It's like a cranked up hardcast version of the .38-200 S&W. I use it for bear defense.

[Drgong]

Just curious, why did Colt stop making these guns?

[Hawk]

Just curious, why did Colt stop making these guns?

No money in it.

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2984991&postcount=11

My unsolicited conjecture is that someone like Freedom Arms, or possibly STI's Texican suppler could produce a Python but the collective howl when the 2,000.00 price tag was announced would be deafening. I can't picture any viable manufacturer lining up for the abuse.

Unless some engineering maven can figure out how to duplicate the Python's fitting with machinery only I doubt we'll ever see it again. Labor isn't only expensive - the folks that knew how to do it are gone.

[bflobill_69]

Its my understanding COLT was selling a custom made gun (Python) at mass produced prices...

...if they ever make the Pythons or Diamondbacks again, I think they will have a market for em!

I think you can still order them from their custom shop, BUT They are VERY expensive.

Bflobill_69

[Old Fuff]

There are guns that are shooters, and then there a guns that are investments. I know a gentleman that is enjoying a confortable retirement because of his "investments." :cool:

He once told me that he was very happy when someone took an "investment" out and shot it, saying "if they didn't mine wouldn't be worth as much as they are..." :evil:

Certain shooters I think, will seldom retire rich. But then again there are plenty of guns around that can be shot without hurting their value.

The difference between a shooter and investor is that the latter is smart enough to know which is which... :scrutiny: ;)

[Hawk]

I think you can still order them from their custom shop, BUT They are VERY expensive.
One of my dealers was of that opinion but reversed himself after trying - I believe they're well and truly dead.

If, by some miracle, Colt did start making the things again they'd probably not sell well just like they didn't sell particularly well toward the end of the time they were made.

It'd be a hoot if they re-started production and made nothing other than 3" barrel models for a couple years. Wonder what the folks that paid 10,000.00 for a 3" would think of that?

[Old Fuff]

It'd be a hoot if they re-started production and made nothing other than 3" barrel models for a couple years. Wonder what the folks that paid 10,000.00 for a 3" would think of that?

You have an evil mind... :evil: Think of the folks that won't be able to sleep tonight... :eek:

However the Old Fuff won't be one of them... :D

[Feanaro]

It'd be a hoot if they re-started production and made nothing other than 3" barrel models for a couple years. Wonder what the folks that paid 10,000.00 for a 3" would think of that?

Won't work. The current 3" models would be from "the good old days." New 3" models would be modern trash. Until all the old guys die off and a new generation can worship The Guns From Before. ;)

[Loomis]

Guns and more, beegle-zebub,

No, the difference is, that a woman depreciates whether you pound her our not. So you might as well pound her. If you had a virgin that somehow got more valuable as she got old, then you might not pound her, but only if you owned her and were able to sell her for cash at some point.

I've had guns, and motorcycles, and cars, that I felt guilty about owning because I knew I didn't have the disciplin to not use them. What did I do with them? I sold them so I knew I wouldn't end up feeling guilty. I figure...let someone else agonize over it. I don't want the responsiblity.

[Hawk]

Won't work. The current 3" models would be from "the good old days." New 3" models would be modern trash.

I dunno. The SIG 556 seems to have had a chilling effect on the pricing of "pre-ban" semi-auto 550s. The folks that dropped 10K on those guys seem not to be cashing in real well.

If the new 3" Python had a picture of a pony on it and, in fact, actually managed to be as good as older production, I can picture some of the owners of current 3" models taking it in the shorts to the tune of 50% easy.

But, it'll never happen. Colt's out of the DA business. Rather of a pity, really.

[MrBorland]

My unsolicited conjecture is that someone like Freedom Arms, or possibly STI's Texican suppler could produce a Python but the collective howl when the 2,000.00 price tag was announced would be deafening. I can't picture any viable manufacturer lining up for the abuse.


Yet, a Freedom Arms Single action revolver does go for about this, and "hosannas are sung"*. Go figure.

At one time, I contemplated plunking down the coin for a FA, even though I rarely even shoot a SA revolver. The minute they come out with a DA revolver, I'd likely tear my pants pocket trying to get to my wallet. And would I shoot it? Well, maybe I'd sell my car and buy 2.

*apologies to Hawk for the plagiarism, but that's classic

[Reed1911]

If it is in NIB condition leave it as it is, it is worth more as an investment piece than anything else. Want one to shoot, spend the profits from the sale of the NIB one on a used model pocket the original investment and go shoot your new gun. I used to feel the same as most about not owning one I would not shoot, but then I began to look at it the same way I look at stocks and bonds, and well you now know my theory.

[wheelgunslinger]

Yeah, it's your corndog. You don't want to shoot it, then don't shoot it.

I can't say I would shoot it either. Though, I'm not sure I could help myself. :evil: