This must be "the lifestyles of the rich and shameless". A Korth? C'mon already. Nice revolver, but I think for the money, I could buy a Colt or similar, put some parts in it, and have a pot load of money left for grips I like/holsters/optional finish/ammo for practice. Saw a nice S&W 27 with a 6 inch barrel go for $350 w/ammo which is not unusual around DFW. You might not be able to hod rod loads in a Python, but then it was designed as a target pistol, so I expect smooth and accurate with mid loads. Any N frame S&W ought to take the same abuse as a Ruger. Nothing against a Ruger-they all seem to be hell for strong, and some of them can be very accurate, and can't squawk about the price at all. Scares me to hear people who think you just have to have a $1500+sidearm or you couldn't hit a barn if you were inside it. There is such a thing as buying what you want/can afford, and working with it until you get used to its personality glitches, but I don't hear much of that anymore.