'Tell ya what, I have two Pythons -- the 2 1/2" pictured before and a 4", both bought close to 15 years ago. Paid $325 for the 4" and it was an ugly gun! Obvious holster wear, dirty like you wouldn't believe and had a set of broken after market target grips. It cleaned up real well and now wears a set of Hogue non-finger grooved pao ferro grips. It's a great shooter I have no real reason to get rid of.


Besides the holster wear, the 2 1/2" has some bad places I'm not sure how they even got there. Probably dropped on the pavement. Like I mentioned before it was at one time a stolen gun. (This is one gun I wish could talk!) But I actually prefer shooting the 2 1/2" over the 4". At least this one came with the original grips which I still have. Put the Eagle's on it because I was using it for CCW for a while.

I would strongly recommend taking it to the range and at least putting some .38 spls through it. You're gonna love it! And as nice as a prestine gun looks, there's something about a little blueing wear that does add character to a handgun.

Now that 4" .22 Diamondback I have in the safe will never see a holster again! My gun club holds a memorial .22 pistol match in the spring and has seperate classes for iron and optical sights. I took the iron sight match this year by swapping back to the 7" iron sighted barrel on my M41. Win, lose or draw, I have already decided to shoot the Diamondback in the match next year!

BTW, where are the pics of that Python???

Well, right or wrong, I went back to the gun shop this morning, and traded the Python back to him for a new S&W model 325 Night Guard in .45 ACP.

I feel better now, so it was the right thing for me.

Congrats, Ken! There ya go: It's all about what makes you happy!

(Now 'scuse me while I go off an oggle a Llama Comanche III. Oooooooooh....! )

I don't think so, since I never do anything in a nice way. I hope you like the Nightguard, I'm not into anything new from S&W. It's the same, different strokes for different folks argument that we just had. Only you will be able to tell if you like it or not.

You too! I wish mine was the satin nickle version, but that deep blue looks pretty good also. I never did adjust the scope on mine either.