Fools market. The stupid gun wasn't all that good in 1980. I wouldn't pay 500 for one then, sure as hell won't pay stupid prices for one now.
Best thing about the gun is the blue. So let me get this right. Your going to pay Freedom Arms prices for a Colt?
My memories are a stacking trigger, with good accuracy in SA.
It WAS a beautiful gun.
Problem is, I can't think of a gun that's better made, DA, in the same caliber.
But you solved that for me, since you are going to trade a better gun, a 29 for the Python.
The best thing about the Python was the beauty of the blue.
Send your 29 to Jack Huntington Advanced Gunsmithing. Tell him you want a Colt Blue on your 29. You'll have a better gun, with the same, best feature of the Python. I'm not even going to go into the sintered finish on the internals on a Python.