A little bit of Python love for a change, and a question.

micromontenegro

Did you look to see if they are Jay scott grips? Also check out sile grips. As Bob Wright said, with Herrett and fuzzy farant (they don't look like a pair of fuzzys) that in short, it has to be a pair made by one of the big custom grip makers of the time.

I've noticed a similar checkering pattern from jay scott, so good luck in your search.
 
BTW, I never got this "I like X, so I must hate Y" thing.
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I've always found it interesting that there's no group of humans so small that it won't try to sub-divide itself even further.

Among photographers, most fall solidly into either the "Nikon camp" or the "Canon camp". In motorcycles, it's "cruisers vs. sport bikes". Among the cruisers, it's "Harley-Davidson vs. everyone else", and even among Harley riders, there's a lot of infighting between the Sportster riders and the "Big Twin" riders, and I don't think that either of them fully accepts the liquid-cooled, Porsche-designed V-Rod engine yet.

I agree with you - there are too many great products out there for it to make sense to self-segregate ourselves.
 
The key is to be ready to strike when you see one.
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Ready to strike?
Like a... wait for it...
python?! :eek::p
Keep looking. You never know what or when you'll find something.
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Well, always, of course. But you simply HAVE to know that your story is like the exception that proves the rule. Just because it has happened and it happened to you...it's not much of a data point to convince others that they, too, can find a Python for a really good price the way that you did.

Myself, I purchased a fairly high-dollar 1911 that was unfired, and it wasn't one of those crazy "husband died and old lady had no idea what it was worth" stories, either. But you could give me 10 years and free travel all over the country and I could NOT repeat the feat. And if I told you what it was AND what I paid, most would figure me to be lying.

Your Python story is a cool one, but you couldn't pull that off again and I'll bet you know that even if you don't want to agree.

Now then... you could make a complete fool of me and make me ONE HUNDRED PERCENT wrong and all it'll take is for you to sell me that pretty snake for eight hundred bucks. I've got it here, in hundreds, just let me know. My FFL is merely a phone call away. ;)
 
I was lucky enough to get a python a couple of years ago only because a bunch of people in my family kicked in together to give me the 1,200 dollars that I never would have been able to afford myself.

Blued, with a 6" barrel, it is an awesome piece of work to hold in your hands.
Sometimes, I just hold it and stare at it..lol.
As cool as it is though, I like my Ruger GP100, and my SW 686 just as much as the Colt.
 
Your Python story is a cool one, but you couldn't pull that off again and I'll bet you know that even if you don't want to agree.
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That's the whole point. No, they're not common, but if I wasn't looking for one, and knew enough about what I was looking for, I would have passed it up thinking it had to be a piece of junk because it wasn't priced at $1500-2000.00. I knew what to look for, and how to check it out to make sure it didn't have timing issues, and that it locked up properly (thanks to a couple of fellows on here). I didn't have to go home and do research.

Sell it to you? Not now...but check back in a few months. I haven't gotten tired of it yet. I doubt I'd take $800.00 for it, but I doubt I'd get much more for it really. It's a good shooter, but it's not in class that brings the big bucks either. There is a world of difference.
 
Thanks again for all your kind responses.

Kcub, I did mail him, thanks a lot for the address.

Winchester, thanks a lot for mentioning Jay Scott. I think that is the closest I have gotten- in fact, already found a pair so similar that I am going to get them as a meanwhile solution :)

Still, I am going to mail Herrett the pic and ask them- they could be Troopers
with a lot of custom features. I think they are too coarse to be Farrants.

The hunt is always fun :)
 
...but don't you understand, its because Packard automobiles were so refined, perfect, and high quality, that Packard couldn't afford to make them, because on the open market, no one wants the best, but they sold a lot because everyone knew they were the best, but then they couldn't sell enough, because the demand was so high, they couldn't make enough and then because they wanted to make them all hand fitted and perfect, that the production cost was so high, that no one could afford them anymore even though everyone knew they were the best. Since they were the best, and the best cost money, and no one likes the best, Packard had to cease making automobiles. But today, today we know the truth, and by golly, they're the best damn automobile ever made, and Chevrolet is just a wannabee Packard! Chevrolet is only around because they couldn't make a car as good as the Packard. That's why they survived, because their product and company were second fiddle. Its easy to understand
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That was actually pretty funny. Parts of it reminded me of the Yogi Berra quote "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
 
So the mystery is solved. Maybe you will find a pair on ebay.

out of curiosity, how hard is it to get a good quality DA revolver in Venezuela?
I've always wondered what prices they brought, and how they get there. Whats the gun market like down there?
 
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Whats the gun market like down there?
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In a word, strange. Good times (money wise) from the 40's until the 80's left a world of relatively interesting revolvers floating around. Pythons, Diamondbacks and Masterpieces are specially plentiful, and not expensive. On the other hand, the tropical climate has taken a heavy toll on many of them.

In the late nineties, as Venezuelan politics turned a somewhat carmine hue, things changed radically. Importation dwindled, and all you can buy new today is Taurus. And in fact, you can't buy anything new today, as there is a one year moratorium in the sale of firearms which is thankfully nearing its end.

Prices of handguns is about double of what they would cost in the USA, with two excpetions: old fine guns are cheaper here (a fine but not mint Python, M29, or M27 can be had for about $700; my not-that-bad M30 from 1959 was about $150), and Glocks, that are insanely expensive (about $1,500 for just about any model,used)
 
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Glocks, that are insanely expensive (about $1,500 for just about any model,used)
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Good grief! :eek:

I own two Glocks. Just think I have close to $3,000. Well if I was in Venezuela that is. That is incredible though. So is that an indication that Glock is very popular, very hard to get or both?
 
Very interesting. Got to be careful about getting off topic though. After all this is the Revolver Forum. But I always find it interesting to learn about differences in other nations. For example I have German friends (in Germany) who find it very amusing that the model Hedi Klum is so popular in the U.S.Don't really know if she isn't very popular in her native country or what. I know Heidi Klum isn't a firearm, but I'm sure you understand what I'm saying. There are differences.
 
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