Had to have it...!!!!

@Snake Plisskin That is a nice acquisition you should be proud of. Being the finest revolver ever could be debated at length. The Python (in the 4” version) could be argued as the finest of the pythons. The Python is among the best handguns, that is a fact.

It would be better if it were mine. I would get a 90 gal tank, a warming pad and feed it a steady supply of high quality healthy mouse guns.

Snake Plisskin said:

Went to to the local gun show today. I had a Python back in the 70's and like a dummy I sold it for something else I thought I needed. I had been looking for a long awhile so when I saw this beauty this am I went oh man " this was a want but not a need " but I broke down anyway. Now I have my bucket list snake gun back in my possession. 1979 vintage a very good year.
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I had a 6" about that vintage. Loved that gun and used it for target/combat shooting, hunting, and as a sidearm when I was a reserve cop, and firearms instructor, using a Bianchi Break-Front holster.

Well, I paid $525 for my 6" Electroless Nickel Python.....in 1981.

Turned down $2600 offer for it awhile back.

Snake Plisskin said:

Probably too much I guess without a box but I thought I have seen them for more $$ online and not too many around here for sale and I was specifically looking for a blued 4" .It is in pristine condition so having said that $2500 , I know but what the heck.

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Seems in line with asking prices around here for the same gun in that condition.

Also, you made me feel better about what I spent for my Trooper, lol.

My 6" Python in the Seventies cost me $125 in Augusta, ME. I got a discount at a Firestone store, where I knew the sporting goods manager. I wished it had a trigger mechanism like the S&Ws and eventually decided to sell it. I still have the Bianchi Break-Front holster that fits a 6" Snake, should someone want one.

I had a 6" nickeled 1978 Python, NIB and unfired. It was my one Bucket List gun. However, I never fired it...every time I considered it I contemplated how much that first shot would cost me in terms of devaluation through use. When my children told me that they had no interest in my guns, I reluctantly sold it...for a tidy profit. I like full underlug DA revolvers and will probably replace it with a 6" S&W 586 or 686 that I'lll enjoy less but will feel good about shooting.

Corpral_Agarn said:

I'm a simple man.



I see revolver pics, I hit 'like'.

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Dare you!

@Snake Plisskin

Sweet looking Python, glad you got one back in your hands.

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Dare you!

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OOF.

You got me. I can't bring myself to hit that 'like' button.

FlSwampRat said:

Yes, but the one downside, they'll make you such a trigger snob.

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Another revolver that will make you a sycophant, if not a connoisseur, of da trigger pulls is the new Colt Cobra/King Cobra. Simply exquisite in my judgment.

Snake Plisskin said:

Went to to the local gun show today. I had a Python back in the 70's and like a dummy I sold it for something else I thought I needed. I had been looking for a long awhile so when I saw this beauty this am I went oh man " this was a want but not a need " but I broke down anyway. Now I have my bucket list snake gun back in my possession. 1979 vintage a very good year.
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I love it and your attitude as well. I think of all the fun so many people miss out on because they don't buy a gun based on "I didn't need it". I've probably owned well over 200 revolvers in my life and probably only "needed" one of two, but I've certainly had a ball with the ones I wanted!!! Great score. No go out and shoot the snot out of that beautiful Python

Congratulations Snake. NICE Python. That's about the going price for one around here. I mean I paid $800.00 for one, but that's a "Star Wars Price." A long time ago, and far, far away. And of course I sold it. (sigh) I gotta say, I don't think they're a lot better than some other guns, but they're just not Pythons. And when you want a Python, nothing else will quite scratch that itch.

Snake Plisskin said:

Thanks, the 4" IMO is the perfect size for the Python , just could never get my head around a 6" just too long and heavy.

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When revolvers were relevant in Bullseye competition, you would spend a lot of time looking before you ever spotted a revolver with a 4" barrel "on the line." Six inch long barrels have their place and some places are when shooting offhand with one hand shooting at targets fifty yards in the distance or shooting with two hands in the sitting, kneeling or prone positions when hunting.

Most Pythons that I see are $2800,and up.You did ok.

One of the all time classic icons of the revolver world. I’ve owned a dozen or so Colts over the years bur never a Python. Wish I had held on to the Colts as they would be worth 4X what I paid for them. Probably never will own a Python as they have become crazy expensive and generally too valuable to shoot or carry. Kind of gripes me a bit. Back in the day, you could buy a model 27 S&W for $168.00 NIB. The Python retailed for $500. I remember thinking who would pay more than double for a Python...Who knew? Woulda, shoulda, coulda!!! Congrats Snake.