Python heaven!
Like so many others, I had long wanted a Python but always found them too expensive, vs what I saw as their worth and my need.
Then, in 2001 I found one in a gun store in West Allis Wi for $375! I threw in a trade and a few bucks and I had it.
It has considerable holster wear, the grip is wonderfully worn and the backstrap is rusty. Clearly, methinks, a holster gun, probably LE, but no proof.
Barrel and chambers were perfect and lockup was tight. It may have been reblued since I can see what may be minor pitting and rust spots under the finish, a minor turn ring and what look like polishing lines from a hamfist. First time at the range it pitched the knurled knob on the ejector rod.
Collector's piece? Probably not, but, IT'S MINE!
I gotta say, at the range I found nothing special about it, other than pride of ownership. About a year later our oldest son, professional military, came home from The Gods Know Where for a visit and brought a bag full of his own guns. I proudly handed him the Python as I glowed from within, and waited for him to heap praise on it. Now, he was raised in a different era, and has been to a lot of spooky places with a bewildering variety of guns and has his own criteria of what's "great." Sooo - - -
He fires ONE SHOT and says "Oh, yeah. 'This' is way better."
And he pulls 'this,' a well-used GP-100 (that *I* gave him years ago!) out of the bag and says "This one's much better." And proceeds to match me hole for hole on a target at 10 meters. #$%&@#
Oh, well, *I* like it. Here's a picture:
