Hashknife Cowboy Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Went into a "new" gun shop here in Flagstaff and he was selling a good looking 6 inch Colt Python for $2400.00. Really? I did laugh..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 A FOOL and his Money are soon Parted. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I once started a collection of those until they got toooooo expensive for me to just keep around and not shoot. Sooooo, I sold them. My first Python was a 4". Cost: $250.00 ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Skinner, SASS#60697 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Reminds me of the story about the ol' boy in the chainsaw shop. Looking around he noticed all the saws were $1200-1500. He said, "Bet you don't sell many at that price!" Owner replied, "Don't have to." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hooker Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Python prices are going insane- see coltforum.com . All these auction places don't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillmore Coffins, SASS #7884 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 ...and they're not that great. Fillmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slate mike sass#29204 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Fillmore - I gotta differ with you on that. You maybe like the Korth better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I bought a circa Python 8" royal gun for $450 in 2001. This gun was 95%-plus and shot as well as my carbine leverguns. I sold it for $1250 in 2008. Now I cannot find the same gun for less than $2750. Are the good guns getting more valuable or is the might dollar not so mighty? I had five .357 mag pistols at one time (Dan Wesson, S&W 686, GP-100, Python and T/C 10"). The Python shot groups half the size of these other guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Rooster Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 It all depends on your perspective! A pound of sugar is still a pound of sugar - a gallon of gas is still a gallon of gas - a loaf of bread is still a loaf of bread - and an ounce of gold is still an ounce of gold! BUT....the number of dollars & cents needed to purchase everything is a lot more now-a-days - so it seems to me that it is just that the US Dollar is worth less and less every day - and has been going that way since WWII. (That's as far back as I can remember!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillmore Coffins, SASS #7884 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Fillmore - I gotta differ with you on that. You maybe like the Korth better? I never meant to offend. I handled a few when I had my store in the 90's. The ones of that period were just regular ole guns in my opinion. The older ones were smooth sure, but the gun has a reputation of not being all that strong and being prone to losing their timing. Conversely a similar period S&W is a comparable gun as far as strength, accuracy, and quality. Of course those nice S&Ws are commanding top dollar too but not $2000 + even though they are just as good if not better. Fillmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I never meant to offend. I handled a few when I had my store in the 90's. The ones of that period were just regular ole guns in my opinion. The older ones were smooth sure, but the gun has a reputation of not being all that strong and being prone to losing their timing. Conversely a similar period S&W is a comparable gun as far as strength, accuracy, and quality. Of course those nice S&Ws are commanding top dollar too but not $2000 + even though they are just as good if not better. Fillmore I agree. I prefer the S&W revolvers over the Colts too. The Colt SAA, the 1911's and the AR's are great but I'll go with the S&W DA revolver over Colt DA's every time. Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I curious to see what a Colt Police Positive in 38 in the original box may bring at a country auction in a couple of weeks. Auctioneer say it may not have been fired. Guesses? I told him I thought, in this crazy price time, it would bring at least $1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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