2020 Python or What?

There are a number of revolvers that meet and exceed its accuracy and reliability, it’s the grandeur part where it gets tricky.

I like the dan Wesson 715, if I was going to spend over $1000 on a 357 that's what i'd pick.

For non-Colt and something you dont see everyday, I vote for a 686 Silhouette.

Obturation said:

I like the dan Wesson 715, if I was going to spend over $1000 on a 357 that's what i'd pick.

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X2...DAN WESSON for sure for both function and grandeur... not to mention accuracy...my custom 715 is a incredible piece to shoot

S&W Model 27. Find a nice used one or a new one from the Classic line. The $$ you save will buy alot of ammunition.

That is a beautiful revolver!!!!!

My buddy bought a new 4.25" Python. It's nice, but doesn't do anything better than my 686-4 except cost nearly 3 times as much. And this may be an unpopular opinion, but Smith's are nicer looking than Python's

I’d find a original S&W model 27 in blue or nickel and not look back. Gunbroker will show you the going market.

A few year back I was jumping back and forth thinking about buying a python, just couldn't justify the nearly 3 grand price tag, ended up buying the above pictured DW 715 as a slightly used but rusted working gun...400.
A little over a grand later I have what I was looking for...
1, awesome looking gun
2, awesome shooting gun
3, DA pulls like butter
4, SA will scare the $&!# out of you( slightly alot less than 2#) (for professionals only, don't use at home)
5, Its a Dan Wesson
Moral of the story? Read above...

I too am tempted to get a new Python...they are just under $1500 here. I already have a 27, 28, and 686.

I'd grab a new Python if they are available for under MSRP

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I too am tempted to get a new Python...they are just under $1500 here. I already have a 27, 28, and 686.

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That's not too bad. I'd be tempted at that price. Around here they're $2K

You want the Colt and they’ve been making this one long enough now so the kinks are worked out. A less expensive 2020 Colt, Gunbroker

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I wouldn't buy a King Cobra priced over MSRP

I think the Dan Wesson, 686, 27, and Python are all fine guns. Youll be happy with any of them, Ill wager.

Huntolive,

Based on your glowing description of the
Python, I suspect that if you don't buy one
but something else you'll continue to pine
for the big snake.

So get one.

As a long-time double action shooter, my
preference would be a S&W K or L
frame .357. (I have owned a number of
Pythons and shot them extensively.) The
L frame is dimensionally the same as the
Python.

But I still say, get the Python as nothing
else will satisfy your wishes at this time.
There's more to owning a revolver than
just a preference for DA shooting.

For a perspective on DA shooting the
new Python, check out "Shooting the
New Python with Ken Hackathorn" on
You Tube.

A fellow just sold a nearly new 2020 Colt Python 6" for $1450 on another forum. If I had seen the post an hour earlier, I would have bought it. I want one, but not for over $1500.

I wanted one but I refuse to pay msrp or over. I just picked up a 4inch 686 for way less than msrp. Damn fine weapon with a great single action and double action pull. 6 inch is next when I find one at the right price.

Model 27 model 586 model 19 model 66

come to mind if I were to buy a .357 magnum a used one at that not the classic line that Smith is touting now

Here's my take on it. You get a Python because you want a Python. If that's what you want, nothing else will scratch that itch. I know. I "settled" for something "just as good" for about forty years before finally buying a couple of 2020 Pythons.

Are they any better? I doubt it. A Smith and Wesson, a Ruger, even a Taurus will put holes in paper just as well (at least in my hands) but they're Pythons. And that's what I wanted.

Oh...I forgot. What else would I buy in place of a Python. A Smith and Wesson Model 19-9 (one of the "new" Model 19's). I've got one of those too, and I think it might be the best Model 19 I've owned. Fantastic revolver, right out of the box.

If I was going to get something else in a DA revolver in that price range, it'd probably be an older S&W. I've always wanted a 1950 Target .44Spl. Though a few contemporaries qualify. Such as the 29 Classic or DX (full lug).

686 or 27, first with six inch, other with five inch.

Just was at the LGS, there sat a pretty new Python on consignment with 50 rounds through it for $1399.00. The guy apparently couldn’t stand the cylinder release and just wanted to get rid of it. If I hadn’t just won the bid on a Ruger Redhawk the same morning I would have grabbed it.

Take a look at a Royal Phoenix.