4" Python
In `61, I bought a 4" Python but due to finances and going into the Army, I had to sell it. The dealer told me that it was the first 4" Python sold in Texas. Supposedly, he had to special order it from Colt. I don't know if he was telling the truth but it was a great gun. The very first round was centered in the X of a 15 yard target. The other four were all touching. Being young and foolish (stupid) I didn't save the target.
In`65, I bought another one. It didn't have the same feel as the first and was not as accurate but I still qualifed as Expert with it. The second one cost $125.00 NIB but LEO's got a $25.00 discount from Colt. The dealer carried his own credit for LEO's and I paid the $100.00 off in 4 months. My wonderful wife knew that I could have bought a Smith for less but she knew about the first Python and agreed that we could scrimp and save so that I could get another. (In those days, I was making $540.00 per month & working a six day week. They gave us one day off, whether we wanted it or not.) That $25.00 a month for the Python sure made finances tight.
I carried it until `85 when I was forced, under protest, to switch to a Sig 220 when the department went to autos.
The Python still looks good, as I had it re-blued in `85. Twenty years of daily holster use showed. Now 38 years later, it is as good as new and still shoots as well as the day I bought it. Thirty-eight years with the same gun and 40 years with the same wife.....I think I'll keep them both.
No....it is NOT for sale. Too many memories,
John
That sounds like a double whammy!
) as well as my Ruger MKII pistol.
