I have a Python that I bought in the early 80’s for about $360. It’s a 4 inch Nickel model. I assume, from the slight wear pattern, that was a cop’s gun. In and out of a holster. Wonderful single action trigger pull and a long but very smooth DA pull. What I don’t know is whether not it was ever ‘smoothed’ by a gunsmith. The grandkids love to shoot it, and they and their friends are TWD fans, so they like to have their picture taken with it. But, the gun was getting a lot of use, so I bought a 686 Plus, also 4 inch to take most of the use. Out of the box, it was nowhere near as good as the Python, so I found a good gunsmith and had it smoothed out. Right now I’ll say that they are about equal in trigger pulls, and both are great. That said, if I had one bullet to make one shot for all the money, I’d use the Python. I shoot it just a little bit better. But, that’s just me.