1962 4" Colt Python... The GOAT?

cundiff5535 · Nov 6, 2020

Ive posted some sweet revolvers of late. Figured since I was sharing away, why not what many consider to the GOAT... at least the GOAT of American made revolvers.

I acquired this one many years ago... I swapped out the original front sight (I still have the all black one), and had a friend recut and fix the grips (they were faded out and I thought the revolver deserved a better set).

I have not shot this gun much... like 15-20 total rounds. Smooth as glass in SA and the typical "C-O-L-T" DA action. The timing on the gun is still as good as the day she left Colt, which is nice as it seems like these guns all suffered timing issues over the years.

Not much else to say other than I was in a sharing mood so I snapped some pics for your enjoyment! Some of the best blueing I have seen... Ever!

BigBlue 94 · Nov 6, 2020

Sure is a beauty, but i cant get past that its sitting in the dirt!

UncleEd · Nov 6, 2020

Second great revolver you've shown this week.

But how come they are always laying in the mud?
You got "dropsy?"

I see BigBlue beat me to the same observation.

cundiff5535 · Nov 6, 2020

BigBlue 94 said:
Sure is a beauty, but i cant get past that its sitting in the dirt!

UncleEd said:
Second great revolver you've shown this week.

But how come they are always laying in the mud?
You got dropsy?

Its the place in my yard I find has the best natural lighting for capturing the beauty of these guns. If you go and take a look at every thread I have started here featuring one of my guns, this same comment pops up. Its pretty funny to say the least. Trust me, I am not just tossing the guns in the dirt or on the hard ground. Ive take enough pictures and handled enough super high end guns to know what I am doing with them!

Anyway, glad you both enjoyed the post!

DR505 · Nov 6, 2020

Great year for things to be made. Beautiful revolver.

BigBlue 94 · Nov 6, 2020

cundiff5535 said:
Its the place in my yard I find has the best natural lighting for capturing the beauty of these guns. If you go and take a look at every thread I have started here featuring one of my guns, this same comment pops up. Its pretty funny to say the least. Trust me, I am not just tossing the guns in the dirt or on the hard ground. Ive take enough pictures and handled enough super high end guns to know what I am doing with them!

Anyway, glad you both enjoyed the post!

I have noticed, and still cant get over it! And i am sure you are taking the utmost care. I have a high polished stainless/ nickel 6" python myself from I think the late 70s. Always jealous of the blued ones as i think they look better.

I do agree it makes a fantastic background.

SwampWolf · Nov 6, 2020

cundiff5535 said:
Its the place in my yard I find has the best natural lighting for capturing the beauty of these guns.

It's the stark contrast between the two subjects (iconic Colt and dirt; beauty and the beast) that makes the photographs as stunningly imposing as they are. Good work capturing the essence of the images by accentuating the disparity between the two elements (making you wince to see a gleaming Python laying on some mud), cundiff5535.

NIGHTLORD40K · Nov 6, 2020

As Jayne said, "If anyone needs me, Ill be in my bunk....."

JT-AR-MG42 · Nov 6, 2020

I once took a picture as good as those...Once.
Well, not really but it was not for lack of trying.

Magazine quality.

JT

cundiff5535 · Nov 6, 2020

JT-AR-MG42 said:
I once took a picture as good as those...Once.
Well, not really but it was not for lack of trying.

Magazine quality.

JT

Lay it in some damn dirt... thats the key to the whole thing

!! Ha

earlthegoat2 · Nov 6, 2020

cundiff5535 said:
I have not shot this gun much... like 15-20 total rounds. Smooth as glass in SA and the typical "C-O-L-T" DA action. The timing on the gun is still as good as the day she left Colt, which is surprising seeing that these guns all suffered timing issues as they were shot and used.

Maybe you forgot what you were saying here and I am cherry picking quotes but I need to ask: Why is it so surprising your Python's timing is "still as good as the day she left Colt" when you have not shot this gun much... like 15-20 total rounds. Seems to me you have not shot and used it often enough for it to happen. :rofl:

I am just poking fun a little. I have to because I am very jealous of such a beauty. That bluing is so nice its like looking through our mortal world and straight into heaven itself.

Armored farmer · Nov 6, 2020

Genesis 3:14.
Of the serpent:
"............and dust you shall eat all the days of your life"

I believe that it could be the goat.

cundiff5535 · Nov 6, 2020

earlthegoat2 said:
Maybe you forgot what you were saying here and I am cherry picking quotes but I need to ask: Why is it so surprising your Python's timing is "still as good as the day she left Colt" when you have not shot this gun much... like 15-20 total rounds. Seems to me you have not shot and used it often enough for it to happen.

It’s probably the way I worded it. I was just a generalize statement about the timing. Even ones that weren’t shot all that much seem to have some strange timing issues here and there. I don’t feel like editing it... so I’ll just deal with getting my balls busted

bannockburn · Nov 6, 2020

Thanks for the second time this week you've presented us with some ultimate blued revolvers! First the Manurhin MR73 Target and now a Colt Python! Got any more gorgeous looking revolvers you'd like to share with us?

robbt · Nov 6, 2020

wow , that is a honey of a sixgun

cundiff5535 · Nov 6, 2020

bannockburn said:
Thanks for the second time this week you've presented us with some ultimate blued revolvers! First the Manurhin MR73 Target and now a Colt Python! Got any more gorgeous looking revolvers you'd like to share with us?

can’t post everything at once

. I’ve certainly got a few more things coming in the near future

euclid · Nov 6, 2020

You put that beautiful work of art on the...dirt?

Ru4real · Nov 6, 2020

In order for a gun to be a GOAT, it must shoot well in addition to looking good. Beauty is only skin deep.

If a beauty queen was hitting on a non married you in a bar, would you give her the time of day?
No, not until you knew her personality, if she could cook, met her folks, etc.

jmorris · Nov 6, 2020

If a beauty queen was hitting on a non married you in a bar, would you give her the time of day?
No, not until you knew her personality, if she could cook, met her folks, etc.

If I wouldn’t give her the time of day, when asked, I likely would miss the opportunity to learn the rest...

One thing for sure is if she were a beauty queen in 1962 she wouldn’t look as fine as the revolver in the OP.

ColtPythonElite · Nov 6, 2020

That gun needs to be shot.

Old Dog · Nov 7, 2020

One of my kids asked me how I could characterize a firearm as "beautiful." I'm gonna show her the OP's pics. Been trying to tell her that a combination of mechanical engineering and craftsmanship can be art.

Were it mine, I think it would be in a shadowbox, hanging in a place of honor on my living room wall.

Uh, but, yeah -- I think I'd have shot it a bit more'n 15 or 20 times ...

Jonesy814 · Nov 7, 2020

Beautiful Python. The blueing is absolutely stunning.

Pat Riot · Nov 7, 2020

Beautiful revolver. The backdrop in your photos enhances the color and fine lines of your Colt.

Phaedrus/69 · Nov 7, 2020

A beauty to be sure! Even though I don't really need a wheelgun in a caliber that doesn't start with a 4.

Golfanaticshooter · Nov 7, 2020

Spectacular!

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