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NIB Shooter
October 11, 2003, 05:47 AM
I am sending my Python to Colt to correct the timing. While it is there I was wondering if there are any modifications you guys have had Colt do to a Python that will make this great shooter even better.

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Old Fuff
October 11, 2003, 09:24 AM
If I was going to the expense of having the timing corrected I'd also price some of the action-tuning jobs. The additional cost might not be that much, and any problems with timing would be taken care of anyway.

NIB Shooter
October 11, 2003, 10:51 AM
I figure I am paying the shipping anyway. Action job sounds good. I will call them and find out what they offer. Correcting the timing is $60.

Standing Wolf
October 11, 2003, 09:44 PM
I have my Python barrels ported and crowned by the good folks at http://www.magnaport.com

That doesn't do anything for their collector value, but a.) I don't sell guns, and b.) it slightly improves their shootability and accuracy. It's a rare Python manufactured after about 1970 that couldn't be improved by an action job—assuming the gunsmith knows what he's about with Pythons, to be sure.

Sean Smith
October 13, 2003, 05:54 PM
There is a particuarly tasty action job out there for Pythons called a "super tune."

http://www.pistolsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=15147&highlight=python+super+tune

JohnBT
October 13, 2003, 06:32 PM
IIRC, a Python action job from Colt was $220 in 1990 when my dad bought his last one. He declined, but I sort of wish he'd sprung for it so I could see what kind of difference it made.

John

Sean Smith
October 14, 2003, 04:05 PM
I once handled a Python with an action job, maybe a super tune. It was just unreal. :cool:

JohnBT
October 15, 2003, 04:49 PM
I just knew it. I told him he should have anted up for the action job. :mad:

John

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