The Colt Boa??? Holy Cow!!

I remember seeing one at my LGS at some point not too awfully long ago. I don't remember the price but it was more than the average Python, so I didn't even ask to see it.

Colt, S&W, Ruger...even Taurus. I like 'em all.
 
clang444 said:
The reason the Boas are so expensive is some Colt collectors want to complete their "Snake" collection and obtain one of each revolver named after a snake (Python, Diamondback, Cobra, Anaconda, etc.).

The Boas being so rare, they are often the one gun missing from the collection. Nobody is buying a Boa because it's such a great gun, they are the last piece to complete a collection.
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Makes me want to go out and dry fire all of them.

When I was dealing we had a new in the box, straight from the distributor , Python Hunter delivered to us. It wouldn't shoot! Don't they check those things?

By the way, Python+Smith would be Pith. Or am I mithing something?
 
Birdgun said:
Never heard of a Colt Boa!

Other than the rosewood grips and "BOA" stamped on the barrel, what makes the Boa different from a Python?
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It's junk compared to the Python

Uses the cheap King Cobra action. It's just rare.
 
I saw one at a local auction a few years ago. The auction house owner didn't even want anyone to touch it. I talked him into "letting me hold it". It brought $12k plus the auction juice.
 
ditrina said:
It was made by Colt as a special run, with the entire run bought by Lew Horton Distributing.

Unlike many special distributor guns, the Boa is considered to be a FACTORY model. These were Colt Mark V revolvers fitted with a Python barrel and given the Royal Blue Colt finish.
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The Boa and Vipet have stupid prices because of low numbers and folks wanting the complete snake gun collection.

A Trooper MKIII and a Python are better guns everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

I recall when Colt had the strike and they could give the MKV Troopers the deep blue finish, so they parkerized them and called them the Colt Peacekeeper.

What an ugly gun it was, as was the MKV in general.
 
clang444 said:
The reason the Boas are so expensive is some Colt collectors want to complete their "Snake" collection and obtain one of each revolver named after a snake (Python, Diamondback, Cobra, Anaconda, etc.).

The Boas being so rare, they are often the one gun missing from the collection. Nobody is buying a Boa because it's such a great gun, they are the last piece to complete a collection.
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The Viper is the rarest gun of the snake guns.
 
shocker said:
In collectors terms, Boas are not rare, but they are scarce.

Stuff like this causes me some concern about the financial system, there's an awful lot of money sloshing around in the economy with no USEFUL place to go. Houses most of us would call shacks, in Silicon Valley are selling for millions. Florida real estate is in yet another bubble. I don't want to get caught by surprise when the next crash occurs.
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Hey, that bubble is doing me good!

About to sell my house for twice what I paid for it ten years ago. Have a new construction being done and I locked the price down before the prices went stupid. My new house if I bought it today would cost me an additional $50k from what I paid back in April.
 
Man am I glad I was NEVER IN MY LIFE fascinated with colt revolvers. I've seen the BOA auction hammer prices and thought it was crazy. Because I never really paid much attention to Colt revolvers, I never knew the boa was basically a sub par Python. Mystifies me even….Good explanations above, but I'm out for life.
 
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