Will export gun marks devalue a revolver?

Those are the so called "2nd generation" stocks and look to be a stretch at $200. I would take the gun without them and shop around for a different pair of wood grips, if you want a pair. I always felt Colt target grips left something to be desired though, except for the early fully checkered stocks.
 
Winchester, thanks for your advice. I my budget is tight anyway and I would hate to shell another two hundred, unless it's a very good deal... I probably don't really need this gun altogether. But there is this "legend" going around about Pythons, especially earlier models. I really want to have my own opinion.
My local dealer had one, he was asking $2200 and sold it in less than a month. The gun at the shop was in a little better condition than this one, but not LNIB, not even unfired. There is no way I could afford it. This one I can :rolleyes:
 
Sounds like a fantastic opportunity for you here. No doubt, any manner of an alteration that wasn't done by Colt will negatively affect the value, that's just a given. However, Pythons have almost irrational "values" and it seems obvious to me that your intent if you get one is to shoot it, and here you have a chance to get one and shoot it... which is another thing that can (or more likely will also lower the "value."

Being that it is a Python and the marks in question aren't from some 12-year old with a jack knife or scrapes from being dragged by a truck... as time passes on, you'll still have a Colt Python, and even with the devaluing and detracting marks on it, it will be worth a lot of dough.

You're a shooter, and you want to see what the fuss is all about. This sounds like a deal you need to make! :cool:

(FWIW, I have -never- in my life handled a Python, and obviously, I've never had the chance to feel the DA trigger pull. Yes, I would love to, but I refuse to even ask someone at a show such a question. Frankly, they are too valuable for what they are for me to even want to dry fire one that I have -zero- intention of buying. ZERO. They aren't my thing.)
 
That's why I bought my 1974 Python. Aftermarket wood, holster wear at the muzzle and just small wear and tear items, but perfect action, so I can shoot it! That means my 61 Python gets to stay unmolested save for fancier wood to preserve the originals, which are the only things showing wear on the 61, save a faint turn line.

Anyway, the 74 is only the second one I've ever shoot, third I've handled. Had wanted one since the latter part of the '80s when I shot my first one. The 61 was the first one I had ever seen for sale, not online, and that was 2005, IIRC.

I think they are worth the hype, some of the prices? I have about $1200 in the 61, after trade+cash, and $800 in the 74. But they are something all shooters should try to experience, just because of the hype. For that reason I want to shoot a Sig P210.
 
mrray13, it must have been a number of years since you bought you 74 Python. Nowadays you can't even touch them for the kind of money you are declaring.
I recently saw a guy selling a 70s Python online for $1100. The guy was an honest seller and stated that lockup is very loose and his gunsmith recommended not to fire the gun at all until it gets fixed. Thus the reason for such a low selling price. The gun was sold in a matter of a few days...
 
I maybe coming late to the party, but I have to throw this in. Python's in almost any condition are still desireable. Some as shooters, others as throphies, and then safe Kings (I think it deserves that title :p). So $1000 is not bad at all, can't touch one for less than $1500 or more in my area. And that if you can find one. As for the proof marks, I doubt this is a one off. Makes no sense for someone to take it to Germany and than have that goverment's laws enforced on a singler revolver, I could be wrong though. I feel it was part of a larger shipment and should be well documented by Colt. Possibly for private sale, but I would think some type of law enforcement use. Don't know for sure, but it would be fun to find out. If you can afford it, do it. If it feels right to you, than don't worry about it. Good luck either way.
 
For slightly north of $1k I'd buy it.

I'd check Ebay to see if I could get Python stocks for a better price. If I couldn't, then I'd pay the $200 for the wood stocks.

I have replaced some Pachmayrs with wood stocks on other Colt revolvers years ago. Glad I did now.
 
It's been a few years, 3-4 yrs ago at the longest. It's amazing to see these prices climb and climb. At the time I was thinking I was just about breaking even, if not over paying some. I'm glad I got mine when I did.
 
Well, unfortunately the deal is off. The guy called me this morning an hour before we had to meet and said "I am sorry, I just realized your gun is blue, I though it was nickel, I only wanted a nickel gun! I apologize..." That's after he was looking at seven or eight hi-res pictures of the gun for about a week. What a BS! And that comes for the Navy man in the rank of captain, no less... Sorry about the rent, I am just too upset right now. :rolleyes:
 
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