Instead of a Python?

I collect with an eye on Accuracy as the focus, collectible value in the future is the next big part of my choices.
I have had a Python since the 70s as well as Dan Wesson Revolvers. Automatics include Hi-Standard 10X and Kart conversions in .22LR.

I am currently waiting for my latest acquisition from the EE. A lovely 50 year old SIG P210 5 complete with extra .22LR top-end.
Of course the search for magazines now begins. they are made of Unobtanium I fear!
Where will it all end Eh!
 
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If yer itchin' for a Python just buy a Python with your Python money. :p

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My Colt Trooper Mark III shoots just as well as any Python I've tried, at least for me. Mine is an evil 4" prohib, but I have a nice new 8" barrel for it. Soon the 4" badness can go away, and the longer barrel will make the revolver all safe and friendly and such. It may improve the accuracy a little too, though I find little to no difference between 4" and 6" revolvers that I shoot regularly. My best 25 meter group ever was shot recently from a 4" S&W Model 28, which a previous poster suggested was the reason Colt made the Python in the first place.

I was going to make a half-Python, with a 6" Python Elite barrel (stainless) on my Trooper Mark III. The barrel would fit, I just checked the threads on the 8". You have the same action, I believe. I don't know if the resulting revolver would be worth what it cost, but it would cost much less than a Python...

I agree with NAA: if you have Python money, spend Python money on a Python. It doesn't look like prices are going down, so you'll just need more money if you buy other guns first and keep wanting a Python. They don't do anything special for me, nor does the Diamondback or the other snake guns.

Guns that shoot well: we could go on and on.

Pythons: How many are there? I think the Python Elite is still a Python, but costs less and is importable ... though I'm sure some Python Purist will set me straight on that foolish comment, shortly.
 
Great suggestions/comments all....I actually have a recently acquired Colt 3-5-7 and a S&W 27 (although it's a late 70's era 27-2 and not a pre 27) The Sig 210 and HK P7 are interesting ideas as well.

Too many guns...... too little money ;)
 
I guess, collecting older firearms is like collecting older cars, it must be facinating, for myself my interest for both the older cars or firearms is not there, i want the latest stuff available, something i will shoot the hell out of it...
If one day i buy a Python, it will carry in my case with the other and be shoot on a sandy table like the other if a scratch happen, so be it... JP.
 
Halger280HVMag said:
I collect with an eye on Accuracy as the focus, collectible value in the future is the next big part of my choices.
I have had a Python since the 70s as well as Dan Wesson Revolvers. Automatics include Hi-Standard 10X and Kart conversions in .22LR.

I am currently waiting for my latest acquisition from the EE. A lovely 50 year old SIG P210 5 complete with extra .22LR top-end.
Of course the search for magazines now begins. they are made of Unobtanium I fear!
Where will it all end Eh!
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Sweet combo. Was wondering when those would go. They were well priced imo. That 210-5 should be a awesome shooter. Curious to know how well the 22 kit works too. Post a report.

For mags, call Calgary Shooting Centre. They get them in periodically. Also, there are European dealers on GunBroker that sell to Canada but they are pricey.
 
caramel said:
I guess, collecting older firearms is like collecting older cars, it must be facinating, for myself my interest for both the older cars or firearms is not there, i want the latest stuff available, something i will shoot the hell out of it...
If one day i buy a Python, it will carry in my case with the other and be shoot on a sandy table like the other if a scratch happen, so be it... JP.
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I guess it's a case of "to each his own". With the exception of some of the custom 1911's most of the new guns being offered today leave me cold in terms of looks and finish.

I do agree with you on one point though.....Anything I buy will be shot at least occasionally. I'm not enough of a true collector to want LNIB. shooter grade is fine with me. I actually think a bit of honest wear adds patina and makes an old gun more interesting.
 
sailor723 said:
I guess it's a case of "to each his own". With the exception of some of the custom 1911's most of the new guns being offered today leave me cold in terms of looks and finish.

I do agree with you on one point though.....Anything I buy will be shot at least occasionally
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Look an finish for me is not a deciding factor, accuracy, solidity, trigger are what i find non negociable...
At the end a real nice bluing on a revolver will not impress me if it shoot all over the paper...
I agree with you on this, different peoples, different priorities, if the pleasure is there, it's all good... JP.:)
 
Yes, I'll shoot it and take some pics of gun and targets.
I felt the price I paid was fair, a tad over 3K for the outfit.
Sadly no spare magazines were available in either caliber.

Question for owners of P210 pistols:
Do magazines sold for late production P210 guns, fit and function correctly in an circa 1953 P210 5?
And yes they are pricey!

gdawg said:
Sweet combo. Was wondering when those would go. They were well priced imo. That 210-5 should be a awesome shooter. Curious to know how well the 22 kit works too. Post a report.

For mags, call Calgary Shooting Centre. They get them in periodically. Also, there are European dealers on GunBroker that sell to Canada but they are pricey.
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Halger280HVMag said:
Yes, I'll shoot it and take some pics of gun and targets.
I felt the price I paid was fair, a tad over 3K for the outfit.
Sadly no spare magazines were available in either caliber.

Question for owners of P210 pistols:
Do magazines sold for late production P210 guns, fit and function correctly in an circa 1953 P210 5?
And yes they are pricey!
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If you mean late production as in the German legends, no they won't. Any mags for the early or late production Swiss models will work as long as they were designed for the heal release mechanism.
 
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