Anyone think "Python Madness" is about done?

[Lavan]

I'm not seeing QUITE as many for sale at the high prices of 6 months ago.

 

[mcb66]

When the Walking Dead show started loosing viewers; the Python aura started to fade... Coincidence?

 

[NoSecondBest]

I sold mine years ago and haven't missed it since the day I sold it. That was over thirty years ago. I honestly never understood the following it had. It was a good gun, but it just didn't have that kind of appeal for me.

 

[jaguarxk120]

I just checked on Guns International and prices run from

$2,000 to $17,000.

It just depends on how the guns come as to price.

 

[T. O'Heir]

The Python has the only factory trigger that does not need work. Mind you, that's also why the MSRP started at a grand for a .357 revolver.
"...Walking Dead show..." TV shows and movies sell more firearms than any marketing dept. can ever dream about selling. Ever time any Dirty Harry movies runs on TV, sales of Smith 29's skyrocket. Ditto for M1 Rifles and Carbines when a new or old W.W. II movie runs.

 

[bedbugbilly]

I bought a 4" blued one about eight yeas ago - 'cause I'd always heard about the "Python Experience" - shot it twice I think - didn't really like it. Yep it had a good trigger and was pretty - but I'll take my old 5" S & W M & P anytime. Sold the Python - made a good profit on it and never looked back. Been there, done that. Chalk it up to "we all like different things".

 

[Jim Watson]

I should probably take the profit on mine and run.
In the 1970s, the Python was the leading edge, but the L Smiths and improvements in action work have pretty much obsoleted it.

 

[jaguarxk120]

Owning and shooting a Python is the same as shooting a Beretta, Caesar Guerini,
or Krieghoff shotguns, their made so much better.

As in all things that shoot there are many that go bang, but some just shoot better.
And they are built better!

 

[JMag1]

I should probably take the profit on mine and run.

In the 1970s, the Python was the leading edge, but the L Smiths and improvements in action work have pretty much obsoleted it.

Blasphemy, dear sir...blasphemy.


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[UncleEd]

JMag1,

Is Jim Watson's "blasphemy" in religious context
or just as to a debate of verifiable facts?

In either case, you should consider taking Mr. Watson'
to court. I suggest the old law firm of Dewey,
Cheatham and Howe.

Depending the way the verdict goes, will you be
willing to see a Python be burned at the stake?

 

[MTT TL]

Nope. Too many collectors with suitcases full of the things that they won't sell. It got to the point of ridiculousness well before TWD was a thing. That just threw some gas on the fire.

 

[Dfariswheel]

There'as a finite supply of Pythons and they're disappearing off the market and into private hands where they tend to stay.

The top grade condition guns are pretty well bought up so prices and sales tend to drop.

 

[MTT TL]

When I see an 8" blued model at 60% for $3999, I know it has been sitting for a while. But it makes a conversation piece for a small business owner.

 

[Pikie]

I paid $800 and change for my 4" Python new in 1981. They are going for three to five times that. My Remington 788 6mm was $99 in 1978. They are going for three to five times that. A Savage 24 was $79.00. They are going for three to five times that. See a pattern? The Python is a good gun. Not great, but good. The double action pull is very long. I had several S&W K frames that had work done on them and they performed better than the Pythons did. But hey they are as hot right now as the 6.5 "Manbun"! So go get what you want and enjoy! I hope the trend continues.

 

[reddog81]

It looks like the market has topped out. Now the question is do the prices maintain the lofty premiums or dip back down to reality.

FWIW Pythons have all been in private hands for a decade or much longer. TWD didn't do anything to sell anymore Pythons than were already out there. The Pythons that had existed just rose in value.

 

[mete]

I remember a time when some of the Colts I was working on had better triggers than the typical pythons !! When those Colts had the same lock work as the much higher priced pythons ! Marketing can do wonders !!

 

[Chainsaw.]

The Python has the only factory trigger that does not need work.

Thats what I've always heard. But, Ill put my 629s factory trigger up against a python any day, any time. The sad part is mine is most likely the exception rather than the rule.

And sorry, no offense to those who like the snake guns, but my personal opinion is they're fugly.

 

[kozak6]

I was thinking about a Python in the late 2000's, and then the Walking Dead came out. Oh well. I just hope there aren't any fictional pistoleros with a fondness for Dan Wessons.

I paid $800 and change for my 4" Python new in 1981.

An inflation calculator suggests that is about $2300 current dollars.

 

[Lavan]

I've had and sold three.
Tried to like them but just couldn't.
Wrong "hang" for my shooting style.

I even tried different grips.
I do wish I hadn't sold the last one just 2 months before Colt announced the discontinuance though.

 

[rodfac]

The Python has the only factory trigger that does not need work.

Sure, if you like a DA pull that stacks...hype from the collector crowd...Get a Smith if you want to shoot, or a Colt if you like to fondle. YMMV, Rod