Mark_Mark
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sounds convenient and easy…. maybe too easy
Colt Python 2020 vs. Colt King Cobra Target
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jobu07
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It's expensive, that much is for sure.
Yes, and yes, but I was able to buy some cool stuff I would have never seen around here.
Mark_Mark
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I understand if you folks live in the sticks or desert, and want the good stuff, then Online all day long. I’ll stick to cash and local shops!
CajunBass
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Other guns might be "just as good" and they are really. Heck, I've owned examples of most of them over the years. I've never seen one I didn't like. But I wanted a Python when I went to buy my first handgun back about '78 or 79 or so. I was surprised to find out a Python then, cost about twice as much as a Model 19. I did the sensible thing and got the Model 19. And it was, as is a great gun. But it really wasn't what I wanted. I had, and have no particular reason to "want" a Python. I didn't really think they were any "better" than any other 357 revolver. But they were a Python. That was just enough to give me an itch that I never really scratched. I love the look. I love the feel. Heck, I'll admit it and say I love the panache.
Oh, I had one of the "old Pythons" for a while. A 1964 model, with a 4" barrel, and Colt's Royal Blue finish. It was everything I thought it would be. It didn't shoot any better than any other 357 I owned, (more accurately I should say I didn't shoot it any better) or had owned, but it was "my Python." Alas, I lost my job and had to sell off a lot of guns. The Python was one of the first to go. After all, it was a "logical" decision. I could get the most for it. It would sell the fastest (it did). And I had other guns that were "just as good." I still hated to sell it.
When they announced the Python was coming back, I knew I'd be at the head of the line. I was, and now I've got two, and am thinking I'm going to get another one before too long. A 3" this time I think. No real reason other than to shoot some wadcutters at the range, and wax at night while watching TV. I "need" it as much as I "need" the other two.
Oh, I had one of the "old Pythons" for a while. A 1964 model, with a 4" barrel, and Colt's Royal Blue finish. It was everything I thought it would be. It didn't shoot any better than any other 357 I owned, (more accurately I should say I didn't shoot it any better) or had owned, but it was "my Python." Alas, I lost my job and had to sell off a lot of guns. The Python was one of the first to go. After all, it was a "logical" decision. I could get the most for it. It would sell the fastest (it did). And I had other guns that were "just as good." I still hated to sell it.
When they announced the Python was coming back, I knew I'd be at the head of the line. I was, and now I've got two, and am thinking I'm going to get another one before too long. A 3" this time I think. No real reason other than to shoot some wadcutters at the range, and wax at night while watching TV. I "need" it as much as I "need" the other two.
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