Need help with off brand?

[1943]

I recently acquired an off brand revolver. The thing is a Colt Python blue with original wood grips ( sorta like maagnas) It is approx 90% finish and is a 2 1/2 in barrel. Can some one please give me some idea of what to try to sell this thing for. From what information I can find , it is a 1975 model. I would post pics , but dont know how.-------Thanks 1943

 

[G-Mac]

Without seeing it, I'm thinking minimum $1000.00

When you said "off brand", I was expecting Taurus.

 

[DeathGrip]

Have you shot it? You might want to keep it. I've never shot a short one but have shot a longer one and that thing was light on trigger pull but deadly accurate once you got a handle on it.Wish I could make an offer that you wouldn't find insulting.

 

[feralmerril]

They are called service grips and are what the 2 1/2" guns came with. Mine is very accuarate. And as G-Mac said, a good one will START at $1,000.

 

[DeathGrip]

Dang thats pretty. feralmerril.

 

[1943]

Thanks for the information.



Thanks for the information. The lockup on this python is like nothing that I have ever checked out. With the trigger back and the hammer down there is absoutly no rotational movement and no end shake. Dont believe I have ever seen a S&W that does not have at least a small amount of movement. Does that indicate this revolver has not been fired much---------------
1943

 

[feralmerril]

No, thats just how all colts lock up when they are right. When the trigger is pulled it kind of winchs the clyinder tight up. Also I belive the python and old troopers etc had kind of a tapered bore chokeing down. They do have a slightly tighter bore and clyinder than smiths in my experience. Early into my reloading and experimenting days I found if I had sloppy reloads that were too tight to fit my colts, they would fit my model 27. Sometimes the high primer sloppy loads wouldnt revolve in the smith but they would in the colts. Sorry, but truth is that two handed off the bench, I usualy found the colts to be a little more accurate. I have always heard colts are more apt to go out of time faster, they are a little more complicated and harder to find a good gunsmith to work on them that knows what he is doing. Thats because they dont make them anymore. Most of the last that I wrote isnt from personnal experience, but seems to be parroted by writers. In my case I must have been extreemly lucky as I have owned dozzens over the years without need of a gunsmith. I do have a bone to pick with colt on overboreing their clyinders in .45 colt on their single actions. Who should get it right if not them? Yet they insist on their overbored clyinders! Here is another python I have. I still own a couple old troopers, a nickle scout and 4 single actions. Thanks.

 

[n4zov]

I haven't seen a Python priced under $1000 in several years, and most are going in the $1250-1500 range at gun shows. If you stash it away for a couple of years, it is sure to increase in value.

 

[walkinghorse]

I understood the 2-1/2" Pythons carry a premium.
Maybe one of the experts on colts will chime in?

 

[G-Mac]

Originally posted by walkinghorse:
I understood the 2-1/2" Pythons carry a premium.

2-1/2" anything carries a premium.

 

[Andy Taylor]

The lockup on this python is like nothing that I have ever checked out.

And now you know why many of us love the Colts. That is how they are. While I do find the Python to be overrated (only because Colt also made the Trooper and the 357) It is a rather impressive revolver. A snubby will almost always bring more $$$ than a 4" or longer barrel.