New Python Recall?

[Chief Wiggums]

Call me old school , but I really appreciate the simple , easy going pleasures in life.

Things that work when you want them to work , like a 686.

I do understand the attraction to the Colt snake series , but they are not for me.

 

[Laketime]

Once I saw the page from Bud’s listing cash price $1469 for one ,I moved funds into my account in order to buy one as soon as the listing went public.I am no longer interested in a new Python Since the level of trust with the gun is not there.I planned on keeping it in the back of the gun safe.A future buyer would want to know if the gun actually works , and Colt may not even be around then if there were issues with the fixes.

 

[Telecaster]

Hmm
I didn’t experience stacking with the two examples I shot/fondled. I sure appreciated the smooth, 7.25 pound DA. Felt better than a Smith with the strain screw backed out.

I wish I hadn't seen that...

 

[Luvmine]

That recall might explain why I haven’t gotten an in stock notification from Grabagun in the last two weeks. Prior to that, I was was getting them every other day. I just wasn’t quick enough to cash in. Lucky me.

Jay, I hope they get it all worked out for you sooner and not later.

 

[moosedog]

Just like the first year stock of a new car model, I always wait until they work the bugs out.
If I buy, it will be at least a year from now.

 

[misswired]

Wondering if after a years wait, will you get a new or modified recall pistol?

Asking for a friend.

 

[stansdds]

Wondering if after a years wait, will you get a new or modified recall pistol?

Asking for a friend.

I hope that Colt will mark the modified pistols with some sort of stamping, much like S&W did with the early 586/686 revolvers. That will make it easier to identify which Pythons have been fixed and which ones were not.

 

[runscott]

Call me old school , but I really appreciate the simple , easy going pleasures in life.

Things that work when you want them to work , like a 686.

That's the great thing about revolvers, especially an old S&W or old Colt. I do have an old Python, and I love it - also love my Colt 3-5-7. The first thing I did when I heard about the 2020 Python, was try to figure out why it was $1,499 when my 686+ had a MSRP of $730. Additional machining and 'Python mystique' don't add up to $770, but even if they did, I would expect a gun as reliable or more-so than my 686+. I think the real reason for the high price point is that if it were higher no one would buy it (except the folks on GB) and if it were lower, people would think it was a cheap gun.

Having said all that, I'm on the list for a new 4.25"

 

[Puller]

Have you spent your hard earned money on one, or are you just virtue signaling for a once-great, but now inept, American gun company?

I belong to the first camp, and buddy let me tell you, mine was junk. It’s been back at Colt for three weeks and they have yet to so much as give me a peep as to what they’re doing to fix their prom night dumpster fire baby they delivered to me when I was stupid enough to buy one of the first ones off the line.

Lord no, why would I spend my hard earned money on a gun that has so many production problems. I'm just not giddy about it.

 

[sigp220.45]

I will patiently wait for my new Python, while the old ladies cluck and squawk.

No gun in recent memory has elicited the excitement this one has.

I’ve had three old Pythons, and sold them all. They were not the masterpieces folks would have you believe. I have high hopes for this one. If it ain’t right, at least Colt will fix it.

Once Colt sells every one of these $1500 guns they can make, maybe S&W will get a clue.

 

[Texas Star]

I don't get it, seems a lot of folks on all the gun forums are downright giddy that Colt might have a issue with the Python.

I'm more of in the support camp for Colt. I'm not interested in buying a new Colt revolver, but I say thank you Colt for listening to the market data and bringing back some quality American made revolvers to the market.

Judging from your avatar, you don't really need a Colt. I've never seen a complaint about a Phaser/Faser with a clocked barrel or cylinder that won't turn!

And you can set a Phaser to warm up a big rock to stay warm in a cold cave!

 

[LostintheOzone]

I would like to see my Colt Python collection appreciate. I wish them luck, not.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. It's going to be like the S&W Heritage series or possibly the Colt 1911 Black Army reproductions.

Colt can't/won't build a Python with the same finish and hand fitting that the original Python received. Just ain't going to happen.

If you want collector value and appreciation you have to buy the original.

 

[raljr1]

Rush to market, finish development in the field.....I have heard that in more than just the firearms industry.

 

[CajunBass]

Have you spent your hard earned money on one, or are you just virtue signaling for a once-great, but now inept, American gun company?

I belong to the first camp, and buddy let me tell you, mine was junk. It’s been back at Colt for three weeks and they have yet to so much as give me a peep as to what they’re doing to fix their prom night dumpster fire baby they delivered to me when I was stupid enough to buy one of the first ones off the line.

Well, I'm in the first camp also, and I'm truly sorry you got a bad one, but mine has been quite the opposite. A couple hundred trouble free rounds, and hundreds of dry fire cycles. Looks like a million bucks too.

I hope yours come back quickly, good as it should have been new

BTW. What was your S/N range if you don't mind? Mine is in the 0027xx range.

 

[Telecaster]

Once Colt sells every one of these $1500 guns they can make, maybe S&W will get a clue.

And do what? Raise their prices?

 

[stansdds]

Rush to market, finish development in the field.....I have heard that in more than just the firearms industry.

That is a common occurrence with computer software.

 

[Sgt911]

I don't get it, seems a lot of folks on all the gun forums are downright giddy that Colt might have a issue with the Python.

I'm more of in the support camp for Colt. I'm not interested in buying a new Colt revolver, but I say thank you Colt for listening to the market data and bringing back some quality American made revolvers to the market.

It seems people relish failure, and distain success on most internet forums.

 

[Borderboss]

Once Colt sells every one of these $1500 guns they can make, maybe S&W will get a clue.

What "clue" are you looking for S&W to get? Raise their prices and reduce their quality? They already have pretty much the same models in the catalog that they've been making for decades, so I don't know what model they would reintroduce.

Enlighten the rest of us please.

 

[CajunBass]

What "clue" are you looking for S&W to get? Raise their prices and reduce their quality? They already have pretty much the same models in the catalog that they've been making for decades, so I don't know what model they would reintroduce.

Enlighten the rest of us please.

I suspect there was a little bit of "no lock" in there somewhere.

 

[THEmodelof1989]

I would also guess that the introduction of the new snakes will not affect the value of the classic snakes to the serious collector. But I believe that it will shrink the crowd of people that are willing to go the distance just to have an original.

These two sentences are condratictory to themselves. Demand dictates price. Less demand forces prices downward. Economics 101.

One statement will definitely correct.