Colt Python, what's the appeal?

Re-post from previous...but on topic....

Bought a '73 4-inch factory blued Python from a friend's father-in-law's estate for $350 back in 1996 or so...I've thought about selling it a couple times, as the prices went through the $1,000 range, but My wife won't let me. Yeah, you heard me right...I'll take my lumps on that one.

But the thing is...she's right. That thing is a beauty, and, even trying not to wax poetic, perhaps the pinnacle of the revolver as an art form. That double-action pull may be a little long, but mine is...silky. Liquid. And cocking it turns it into a damn rifle; that single-action trip is glass-rod-breaking crisp and SOOOO light. If you can squeeze it, tame your flinch response, concentrate on your sights, and bed into a good rest, you'll bust watermelons at 100 yards 5 out of six times....even with just the four-incher.

But that's not what it's for. That's my wife's baby, her defense gun. She keeps it loaded with Federal .38 Special +P Hydra-Shoks, and practices with .38 +Ps, and can put six into a paper plate at 10 yards just about as fast as she can squeeze them off. She's got her Jerry Miculek reload down pretty good...though not quiiiiiite as quick. I wouldn't want to be on the other end.

Seems to me that a few, if not most, of the negative responses to the original post are from folks who have never gotten to know one of these pistols...and some are just laughable ("I much prefer big bores"...what?)

When I couple my personal experience with this Cadillac of revolvers with the undeniable cultural cache the Pythons have always projected...well, my vote is obvious.

Besides, watching my wife shoot her Python in her short shorts and bikini top makes me feel funny.
 
Seems to me that a few, if not most, of the negative responses to the original post are from folks who have never gotten to know one of these pistols...and some are just laughable ("I much prefer big bores"...what?)
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Then there are some who have owned, still own, shoot many different revolvers. Some who never found that Python that matches its rep. I think they're good, but the "best" to me would be different than a Python
 
Then there are some who have owned, still own, shoot many different revolvers. Some who never found that Python that matches its rep. I think they're good, but the "best" to me would be different than a Python
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Just wondering, do you have an Ex who is happily married or in a relationship with someone else? If so, do you feel the need to crap all over her to her current husband/boyfriend? You have spent a lot of effort to poop on the party of people who actually like Pythons. You don't care for them. OK WE GET IT. Please give it a rest.
 
Yeah...what he said....

Man, Overkill, ain't that the TRUTH. I mean, I thought my post was pretty innocuous. But...some folks got time to kill, and a lot to say, so.....

But that's alright, bless their hearts; I actually find Win73's overheated posts endearing in a...um...well, sort of Bubbles-from-Trailer-Park-Boys kinda way.

Self-righteous indignation? You're soaking in it!

Pythons freakin' rule, man....woo.....hoo.....
 
I'm not sure how this thread went from "what's the appeal?" to "why did Colt stop making the Python".

I believe the appeal to many is: (in no particuar order)
They look good in style, fit, & finish
Many tout them as excellent shooters, great trigger, accurate (reputation)
They are no longer made
They appreciate in value
They are made by Colt
The name "Python" is cool
They were hand assembled by craftsman of a bygone era
They were expensive when made
They are expensive now
They were Colt's "top of line"

I believe Colt stopped making the Python because:
The company was on the brink of going under due to poor management and legal fees. The decision to stop making Pythons was made in the accounting department. We are lucky to have any Colt handgun production survive that era at all. Keeping the 1911 & SAA was a good decision given the dire circumstances. Colt just isn't Colt without them.

My analogy.. Jump off a crab boat in the Behring Sea and your body will start making tough decisions. No blood circulation to hands and feet, but the core will be protected as long as possible.

Anyway.. JMHO
 
Just wondering, do you have an Ex who is happily married or in a relationship with someone else? If so, do you feel the need to crap all over her to her current husband/boyfriend? You have spent a lot of effort to poop on the party of people who actually like Pythons. You don't care for them. OK WE GET IT. Please give it a rest.
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I do think that analogy is a bad one for this, but I won't even bother. If you don't like the content of the thread, remember you opened the thread. Like any referee, I call things as I see them and I really don't care for the popular opinion, only my own.

Pythons freakin' rule, man....woo.....hoo.....
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+1. Pythons are almost as cool as X-box and facebook combined! Pythons also rule because they can kill zombies on TV.
 
If you don't like the content of the thread, remember you opened the thread.
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Back at you, smarty pants. You could have rained on the parade and moved on, but no, you have to keep bludgeoning away at the happy people and their Pythons.

Like any referee, I call things as I see them and I really don't care for the popular opinion, only my own.
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So you're the self-appointed Python referee? Is that lifetime appointment or can you be fired? You of course realize that a referee is supposed to at least pretend to be objective? Unlike yourself.
Yours is the only opinion that matters? Well, hell, at least your honest about your arrogance.
 
@ Overkill:

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"We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem." Douglas Adams
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My advise to all: move on. We cannot cope with different points of view.
When even just normal ettiquete amongst well upbrought and civilized humans goes out the door it is that time.

This thread is going absolutely nowhere.
 
I own two Pythons. One made in 1960 the other in 1957. The '57 is at Colt getting a fluff-n-buff. The python is a very precise, accurate, slick-smooth revolver. It's the "anti-glock".
 
To all:

I was only ever trying to discuss the gun itself, not people who own them. I didn't mean to offend anyone here. We all like guns, and we don't have to be the same. I had no bad intentions in my posts.
 
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