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Originally Posted by buzz754
All of you who are so enamored with the old school, hand fitting nonsense should take a look at the latest YT post from GunBlue490. CNC and Mim are where we are now and it is not going to go away. My first handgun purchased was in 1975. I bought a new S&W m-19. Beautiful revolver, deep blue finish, wonderful trigger, shot to hell, loose as a goose in 2 years. My friend had similar results with a 1 owner Python he had purchased around the same time. Soon after they were released, I bought a 2019 King Cobra. While I have not had it long enough to truly know yet, after well over 500 rounds through it, 250 of that being .357, I can tell how much more sturdy this revolver is than any other I have owned. It shoots point of aim, and is well balanced. I could not be more pleased. The new Python will probably only be offered in stainless, and that will probably not be as beautifuly done as the old ones, but I would not presuppose that the old school Pythons will hold up or be better revolvers than the new iteration.
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I agree. Everyone has this idea that old stuff was all made by magical goblins living in the enchanted forest and anything new is junk. There is not a single person alive today capable of doing anything right. What a load of nonsense!
You want a python made as good as the old ones and don't want to pay more than $600. Not going to happen. Colt is capable of making new Pythons that are much better than the old ones. But it is going to cost. There are plenty of shops out there making very high quality guns and they sell for thousands of dollars. Maybe Colt is making something that they can sell for $1000. If so, you are going to complain about the quality. Or maybe they will be making some of the finest guns ever built. Then you will be complaining about the $5000+ price.
When Colt first came out with the SAA it would take about a month's wage for the average guy to buy one. Today that is about $4000 or so. At that price it is possible to get a very high quality gun.