Does the Colt Python Appeal to You? (poll)

Does the Colt Python appeal to you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 109 70.8%

  • No

    Votes: 45 29.2%
  • Total voters
    154
  • Poll closed .
I've shot one, nice revolver but not for the money, I also heard from an older gentlmen they don't hold up to dropping compared to S&W, or Ruger. I'd only buy one if I knew I could turn it for a profit. That's only if I had the extra money to buy one.
 
I have owned a python, Colt 357 and an officer's Model Match. All with the same action. I do not like the double action as well as a K38 and they seemed to get out of time easier than the S&W revolvers I have. My Officer's Model was not as accurate as the K38 I shoot.

Doug
 
YES & NO, Got one trled to like it couldnt keep it running.Now its in the safe taking up space.Prettiest door stop I ever had.NO MORE.:eek:
 
Bought a 6" royal blue in 1979. Best and most accurate handgun I own.

Bought a 4" electroless nickel this year, no regrets.

I'm eyeing a 2 1/2" on gunbroker.
 
They definitely appeal to me, but - sad to say - I don't think I'd ever buy one unless I got a crazy deal on it. IMHO buying a used gun carries to much risk to spend that kind of money. I don't do guns as investments.
If they started making them again I'd pay S&W performance center prices for one, but probably not a whole lot more.

I do greatly admire them though - beautiful weapons.
 
I've had a few come and go over the past 40 years and always liked them. I have a 6" blue now and am glad I do. They are beautifully finished and the old long action is fine once you get used to it. The Python and a model 27 5" S&W blue are probably my favorite DA revolvers.
 
I voted no. It's not that I wouldn't like to have a quality firearm. If I was crazy rich, I'd buy one or two. But I think they are ugly and there are a couple hundred other guns I buy first.
 
Yes!!

I collect Colt "snake guns" - currently have 3 Pythons, a Diamondback, and a Cobra....still searching for an Anaconda and a Kind Cobra.

The Pythons are in a class by themselves - for a production gun, they all came with fantastic fit/finish...and SA trigger that feels like it's on a roller bearing, it's so smooth.

Just my $0.02...YMMV
 
Nope! Strikes against: 1. not a Single Action, 2. not a big bore. 3. Ugly ... Other than that :) .
 
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love my snakes

Bought my first python back in the mid 1970s and have loved them ever since. I now own a few as well as Cobras, Diamondbacks, Anaconda, King Cobra and a Viper. All of my Colts are shooters (don't believe in safe queens). I will admit that, in my opinion, the King Cobra is my favorite to shoot.
 
The first pistol I ever bought was a used 6" for $400 in the early 80's, beautiful gun. Sold it for $600 about 20 years later at lgs. I regretted that for years. Bought another 6" from same store in better shape last December for $1,200 and have no regrets. I love my Python. Shoots great, looks great.
 
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One of these days I'll come across one and I'll buy it,but I'm not going out of my way to find one. They are a beautiful revolver and a Colt to boot, can't go wrong in the long run as an investment.
I tell my wife all my guns are our retirement fund,so she does'nt complain when I buy them.
 
The Python does appeal to me. I have a 4" and a 6" Python both made the same year I graduated High School (1978). Now I need a 2 1/2" Python from 1978, but half the fun is looking for it.
 
the colts i have to say sure do appeal to me. Always wanted a colt python its just for the money ive got my gp100s gonna have to do it and it does it just fine. This coming from one whose never shot anything else i bought it just the way it was and just learned to shoot it that way. Pythons amongst other old colts seem to be the nicest revolvers but for the price of one i could have like 3 of mine. Wish they were still made dont know why theyre not demand sure seems to be there.
 
To the gentleman who was worrying about risking his money on a used gun, any Colt DA revolver bought close to right is as good, if not better, than money in the bank.
 
Wife's Python

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.
 
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