Would you shoot a 98% Python?

[ColtPythonElite]

I certainly have no problem doing it....I just picked up this 98% blue 6". It barely had a turn line and appeared to have been shot very little. I put a nice sized pile ammo thru it today. FWIW, they weren't .38 Specials,either.

 

[1KPerDay]

Cool... that's what they're for.

 

[guyfromohio]

You've essentially destroyed it.





Might as well sell it now. To me, please.

 

[JSNAPS]

I think you ruined it. Ship it to my FFL at once. It will need to go under extensive testing that could take years. I will be glad to take it off your hands.

 

[highpower]

I would never shoot a 98% Python....I would, however shoot one that was worn down to 97%.

 

[SaxonPig]

I shoot all my guns. I have had many nib handguns come into my possession. None stayed that way very long.

As for Pythons specifically, these get used regularly.

 

[WardenWolf]

Guns are made to shoot. It's not doing anyone any good sitting in a box. You're just depriving yourself of fun and the value of the money you spent on it. Enjoy your beautiful gun. May she serve you well.

I've had a few "safe queens" come into my hands. I shoot them whenever I can. Shooting them doesn't hurt them, and it gives me joy.

 

[pbearperry]

Shoot it like you stole it.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Lots of folk put $1000,000 on red just for the fun of it. The examples are endless.

Dang right I'd shoot that thing. It's exceedingly cheap entertainment/provides utility over a very long period of time compared to many things.

 

[OilyPablo]

So tell me this. How much different is shooting a Python from a Trooper Mk III?

 

[mavracer]

I'd shoot so many unique powered cast bullets through it, you'll swear it's stainless they'll be so much soot on it.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

So tell me this. How much different is shooting a Python from a Trooper Mk III?

The average Python has a much smoother trigger in both SA and DA than the average MKIII.

 

[kozak6]

I can't afford to buy guns I can't shoot.

If I wanted to buy collectables to lock up in a safe, I would buy ones with less recreational potential.

 

[snooperman]

Mine have blue and wear marks after much use over 40 years and that is a good thing. I bought them and I intend to use and and enjoy them before handing them over to the grand children.

 

[OilyPablo]

The average Python has a much smoother trigger in both SA and DA than the average MKIII.

Thanks for that. I have MKIII Trooper that I basically restored the inner moving parts (got it for a song) - which amazingly had been shot very little, yet someone butchered the hand and didn't put the trigger spring in correctly. Anyhow, I put lighter Wolff springs in and stoned the appropriate areas, etc, per Kuhnhausen and it shoots amazingly well. And so accurate. SA action is like a dream and DA is smoother and easier than any DA I've shot. If a Python is better than that I better start saving my money.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

Yes!



But only with hot 2400 reloads! (50 shots 15 yrds offhand).

 

[DM~]

Would you shoot a 98% Python?

NO, i'd get rid of it to someone who was willing to pay big $ for it, and buy the superior OLD origional 357 Magnum!

The quality of an origional 357mag. blows the Pythons right out of the water!

DM

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Yes I would. I'd also drive a 100% vintage mustange. They are meant to shoot. If you want an investment you don't touch, buy a painting by Remberant.

 

[Jim Watson]

I shot mine starting at 100% and applying holster wear down to about 90%.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Yup!

 

[CraigC]

With rare exception, Colt SAA serial number 1 being an extreme example, there are no guns "too nice to shoot". Although I have seen some that were too valuable to shoot based on rarity, that I'd prefer to liquidate in favor of several alternatives. Like the NIB S&W 2nd Model Hand Ejector Target model .44Spl a guy was given over on TFL a few years ago. More rare and valuable than a Triple Lock Target. Worth seven to eight thousand dollars, I'd rather sell it in favor of a handful of more common 1950 models. But $1200 Pythons??? Shoot them all day long.

 

[Guillermo]

Would I shoot a 98% Python?

Every time I go to the range (darned near anyway)

 

[MrBorland]

Would you shoot a 98% Python?


I certainly have no problem doing it.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[Texan Scott]

Yes.

 

[adelbridge]

if you bought it as investment dont shoot it.