Aguila Blanca
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Dilemna: trade gun or no?
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Vern Humphrey
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No trade Python. Send Python to Vern. Vern make ju-ju with burning chicken feathers. Next morning, you wake up and find Python and M1A under bed.
(But if you think about white bear, ju-ju no work. Vern keep Python to pay for expenses.)
(But if you think about white bear, ju-ju no work. Vern keep Python to pay for expenses.)
Monkeyleg
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I understand the opinions of those who don't like "safe queens." And I also understand the car analogy. I had a 69 Jaguar E-Type (XKE) that I built from a rustbucket into a trophy car, all by myself. But it was meant to be a driven car, not a trailer queen.
Prior to this Python, I had 6" nickle model that had been fired. I decided that it was so pretty that I wanted one that was NIB. It's just pretty to look at.
I have several other guns, and they get shot from time to time (not enough time to shoot them all). I go through rotations where I shoot one frequently, then move on to another.
Since my 586 more than fills the role for a great .357, I don't see a need to shoot the Python.
Having said all of that, if I saw Python prices reaching what I thought were "stupid" levels, I'd seriously consider selling it and taking my fortunate gains off the table.
That's the mistake I made with my Jaguar: I was offered $44,000 for it back in 1990, and turned the offer down. I sold it in 2000 for $20,000. A guy I know who has a 1960's vintage Ferrari Testa Rosa was offered $750,000 for it in 1990, and he said no. In 2000, the car was worth $175,000.
Having seen two 6" nickle Pythons sell on Gunbroker.com for $1600, prices may be reaching the "stupid" level. Or maybe not. Crystal balls are hard to come by.
But I didn't buy this Python as an investment. I just wanted to have a pristine specimen of one of the absolute classic revolvers. And, as I said before, I consider my 586 to be a better revolver in just about every respect, so I don't need to shoot the Python. If anything, it would disappoint me. (Putting flame-retardent suit on now).
I could have sold my pre-ban Colt Delta H-Bar for a lot more than what it's worth now, but I spent a lot of time getting that rifle to the point where it shoots tiny little groups.
Please keep the opinions coming.
Prior to this Python, I had 6" nickle model that had been fired. I decided that it was so pretty that I wanted one that was NIB. It's just pretty to look at.
I have several other guns, and they get shot from time to time (not enough time to shoot them all). I go through rotations where I shoot one frequently, then move on to another.
Since my 586 more than fills the role for a great .357, I don't see a need to shoot the Python.
Having said all of that, if I saw Python prices reaching what I thought were "stupid" levels, I'd seriously consider selling it and taking my fortunate gains off the table.
That's the mistake I made with my Jaguar: I was offered $44,000 for it back in 1990, and turned the offer down. I sold it in 2000 for $20,000. A guy I know who has a 1960's vintage Ferrari Testa Rosa was offered $750,000 for it in 1990, and he said no. In 2000, the car was worth $175,000.
Having seen two 6" nickle Pythons sell on Gunbroker.com for $1600, prices may be reaching the "stupid" level. Or maybe not. Crystal balls are hard to come by.
But I didn't buy this Python as an investment. I just wanted to have a pristine specimen of one of the absolute classic revolvers. And, as I said before, I consider my 586 to be a better revolver in just about every respect, so I don't need to shoot the Python. If anything, it would disappoint me. (Putting flame-retardent suit on now).
I could have sold my pre-ban Colt Delta H-Bar for a lot more than what it's worth now, but I spent a lot of time getting that rifle to the point where it shoots tiny little groups.
Please keep the opinions coming.
leadcounsel
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Consider this too...
If Colt or someone else immediately decides to revive the Python and start making them tomorrow for $500 (a scenario that is a real possibility), you're Python will immediately depreciate to that level or less and you'll be kicking yourself for NOT selling it.
I agree that they have reached the stupid expensive level and would part with one, if I had one, in a moment for over $1000.
Then if I wanted a great .357 I'd find one for $300 and put the rest toward the M1.
Good luck.
If Colt or someone else immediately decides to revive the Python and start making them tomorrow for $500 (a scenario that is a real possibility), you're Python will immediately depreciate to that level or less and you'll be kicking yourself for NOT selling it.
I agree that they have reached the stupid expensive level and would part with one, if I had one, in a moment for over $1000.
Then if I wanted a great .357 I'd find one for $300 and put the rest toward the M1.
Good luck.
Monkeyleg
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leadcounsel, I appreciate your input.
I hoped I'd made it clear from above posts that I don't regard any gun I have as an investment. In selling guns, I've either broken even, lost a few bucks or, rarely, made a few bucks.
I highly doubt that Colt, or any company that might buy the rights to the Python patent, could produce 1960's, 1970's or 1980's quality Pythons for $500. What gun maker today can sell a hand-fitted revolver for $500?
I traded a small commidities account for several years. Didn't lose much, didn't make much. But I learned to recognize some signals.
When a market--guns, cars, soybean oil, what have you--begins to gyrate wildly, it's time to step to the sidelines.
It was disinterested outside speculators who drove up the prices of 60's muscle cars, foreign sports cars, and pre-1986 full-auto's. From the emails sent to me from the guy in Zurich who bought my E-Type (through the rip-off dealer I sold it to), he didn't know a valve spring from a coil spring. He got ripped off. His fault, not mine.
In the larger scheme of things, it really doesn't matter much to me, America, or the world if I sell my Python and buy an M1A.
What matters to me is whether or not I'll feel regret for selling it. I already feel regret for selling a number of guns that are either now prohibited by the powers that be, or just now out of my price range.
When I bought this Python, I was reminded of the scene in "Outlaw Josey Wales," where Chief Dan George held up a piece of hard rock candy and said, "it ain't for eatin', though. It's just fer lookin' through."
I hoped I'd made it clear from above posts that I don't regard any gun I have as an investment. In selling guns, I've either broken even, lost a few bucks or, rarely, made a few bucks.
I highly doubt that Colt, or any company that might buy the rights to the Python patent, could produce 1960's, 1970's or 1980's quality Pythons for $500. What gun maker today can sell a hand-fitted revolver for $500?
I traded a small commidities account for several years. Didn't lose much, didn't make much. But I learned to recognize some signals.
When a market--guns, cars, soybean oil, what have you--begins to gyrate wildly, it's time to step to the sidelines.
It was disinterested outside speculators who drove up the prices of 60's muscle cars, foreign sports cars, and pre-1986 full-auto's. From the emails sent to me from the guy in Zurich who bought my E-Type (through the rip-off dealer I sold it to), he didn't know a valve spring from a coil spring. He got ripped off. His fault, not mine.
In the larger scheme of things, it really doesn't matter much to me, America, or the world if I sell my Python and buy an M1A.
What matters to me is whether or not I'll feel regret for selling it. I already feel regret for selling a number of guns that are either now prohibited by the powers that be, or just now out of my price range.
When I bought this Python, I was reminded of the scene in "Outlaw Josey Wales," where Chief Dan George held up a piece of hard rock candy and said, "it ain't for eatin', though. It's just fer lookin' through."
johnster999
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One of my favorite movie lines. Good luck with your decision.
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Hutch
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Don't remember who said it, but it's true: "You can have anything you want. You just can't have EVERYthing you want'. Do you want the Snake more than the M1A?
As an M1A "Loaded" Owner, I can say definitively--
Keep your Python!
I love my M1A "Loaded" and believe me you, I have it now fully decked out! But, your Phython is no longer made! You have history in your hands--hold it tight and cherish it!
You have made this mistake before; so have I. You know that you now regret the past mistake of selling firearms, and you already have hints that you will regret this sale.
The M1A is so common it renders it nothing "special". Your Python is special.
DO NOT SELL IT!
JMHO
Doc2005
Keep your Python!
I love my M1A "Loaded" and believe me you, I have it now fully decked out! But, your Phython is no longer made! You have history in your hands--hold it tight and cherish it!
You have made this mistake before; so have I. You know that you now regret the past mistake of selling firearms, and you already have hints that you will regret this sale.
The M1A is so common it renders it nothing "special". Your Python is special.
DO NOT SELL IT!
JMHO
Doc2005
XDKingslayer
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There's nothing wrong with safe queens. We all drive everyday vehicles we'd trade for Corvette's to park in our driveway if we could.
There's nothing wrong with trading guns for guns either. Especially if it's one you don't use. But I'd never trade a Python for an M1. Ever. Even if I didn't touch the Python and used the M1 every day, I'd find another way to quench that thirst.
There's nothing wrong with trading guns for guns either. Especially if it's one you don't use. But I'd never trade a Python for an M1. Ever. Even if I didn't touch the Python and used the M1 every day, I'd find another way to quench that thirst.
Working Man
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Regret is something you want as little as possible in life. There are guns that I
regret not buying but there aren't any I regret getting rid off..... and I never
sell a gun unless that idea was there in the first place.
I'm not a Colt man but I do like the Python, keep it.
regret not buying but there aren't any I regret getting rid off..... and I never
sell a gun unless that idea was there in the first place.
I'm not a Colt man but I do like the Python, keep it.
Honestly, I see no purpose in keeping a gun you'll never shoot. Now, I have a lot of guns a hardly shoot, but they get shot. Who are you saving that Python for? What are you doing with it? Showing it off to your buddies?
I see it like this: you have a gun you never shoot, but want to buy a gun to shoot. Sell the Python, especially if you can get top $.
I see it like this: you have a gun you never shoot, but want to buy a gun to shoot. Sell the Python, especially if you can get top $.
gulogulo1970
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I would keep the Python, save for the M1A. They still make the M1A not the Colt.
I would only sell the Python if your state was about to outlaw possession of M1A's and you needed a grandfathered one quick. But that is me.
And to say again what others have said, the Python is a special gun.
I would only sell the Python if your state was about to outlaw possession of M1A's and you needed a grandfathered one quick. But that is me.
And to say again what others have said, the Python is a special gun.
bigun15
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One more for keeping the Python. Just buy the M1A another time in your life when you've got more money for it. The Python is a classic. Your grandkids could end up owning that gun when you're long gone. Would it be the same for the M1A? Possibly, but it wouldn't mean as much as the Python would.
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