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BC Mike

BC Mike

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I recently sold my unfired '74 nickle Python as I just didn't have the heart to shoot it and let's face it they're meant to be shot. So I bought this old 4 digit 1958 snake from a fellow CGNer last month and just got around to shooting it today. I was just expecting to have a reliable shooter but even tho it is a Python I couldn't believe how smooth and accurate it was. I know for a fact it wasn't my great skill but I could do no wrong with it. I had a bunch of old wadcutter ammo and happily punched circles in the 9 & 10 ring up to 60 feet for a couple of hours. Here she is fresh and dirty the way god intended. For anyone interested I found no difference in felt recoil from other Pythons that have the solid underlug barrel. The early ones had a hollow underlug and they can be identified by looking in the ejector rod notch.
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Mike
 
Colt Python

I always liked the Python. Tops in looks & smooth action. :cool:

I've just always been too cheap to shell out for one though. :redface:

Plus, I'm a S&W wheelguns, Colt autos guy.... ;)

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NAA.
 
I recently purchased the Colt Python (6") that was briefly on Armco's website a few weeks ago and tried it out last Friday at the range. I have to agree with BC Mike that it was a pleasure to shot with either the .357 Mags or the .38's.

The one I purchased is a 5 digit serial number with a prefix of V. From the research I did, it apprears it was made it 1978. Unlike BC Mike's mine has the factory wood grips.

The best part of the whole deal was the price. $700 bucks. A little cheaper than usual for a Python but only because the previous owner drilled a small hole in the top of the frame to mount a scope. May affect it's value for collecting but not for shooting.

I would post some pics of it but being a Newbie still, I haven't taken the time to figure that part out yet.

Last time I looked Armco still had two Python's for sale on their site. One was a 4" and the other an 8".
 
The only Python pleasure I have is to fundle mine ;) (thanks BC). Maybe someday I'll fire mine.

Mush
 
Mush said:
The only Python pleasure I have is to fundle mine ;) (thanks BC). Maybe someday I'll fire mine.

Mush
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I saw the one BC Mike had up for sale. It was too much money for something that I would feel bad being the first to shoot it. But yes it sure was a beauty.
 
jody_v said:
I saw the one BC Mike had up for sale. It was too much money for something that I would feel bad being the first to shoot it. But yes it sure was a beauty.
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It's up to Mush now if he will be the one to deflower the 35 year old virgin. I just couldn't.
 
BC Mike said:
It's up to Mush now if he will be the one to deflower the 35 year old virgin. I just couldn't.
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I just can't do it !
I even bought 1000 bullets, 400 pieces of brass and 4000 primers in anticipation of getting the gun.

I simply cannot do it.
When I hold it , I couldn't imagine myself firing it. Something just feels wrong about firing that gun.
So today I oiled it up and it will remain like that until ....I don't know.

Mush

NOW I have to find a Model 27 to have the pleasure to feel the pleasure of a 357 fire breather.

Mush
 
Mush said:
I just can't do it !
I even bought 1000 bullets, 400 pieces of brass and 4000 primers in anticipation of getting the gun.

I simply cannot do it.
When I hold it , I couldn't imagine myself firing it. Something just feels wrong about firing that gun.
So today I oiled it up and it will remain like that until ....I don't know.

Mush

NOW I have to find a Model 27 to have the pleasure to feel the pleasure of a 357 fire breather.

Mush
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Maybe you should look around for another Python. One that you can actually shot. Maybe then you won't feel so bad about not shooting this one.

I wouldn't feel too bad though. A few of my shooting buddys were talking about that Python when it first came up and none of us thought that we would be able to shoot it if we had bought it.
 
Man,those Python's are nice,damn nice!The instuctor that i took my restricted class (he's a gunsmith as well)told me they were to expensive for Colt to manufacture and keep in "Staple".But man you look at the average example of pythons they exude beautiful finish ,super smooth action and a suberb look second to none,for a revolver in my opinion,a Python is second too none, from what i understood he said all the hanfitting and polishing that went into it the price Colt wanted to sell it for and the cost of producing it wasn't worth colt's bottom line.Pitty though ,i wonder if they would have charged more would it have been a strong seller enough to warrant continued production for colt,sure wish i had bought one "new".
 
dan belisle said:
LOL, I have two, and shoot them every chance I get. A 4" blued, and a custom 2.5" snubby, Magnaported and RB. Great little guns. - dan
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A 4" barrel would have been my first choice as well but alas, no 12(6). Had a few thoughts about purchasing an 8" barreled model and having it chopped to 4-1/4" but I think that would be sacreligious to most Python ethusiastics. Not even sure if if could be done with the vented rib and all.

When I purchased mine, it unfortunately did not come with a manual. Fortunately there are still a few firearm related items that you can still buy on Ebay.
 
jody_v said:
A 4" barrel would have been my first choice as well but alas, no 12(6). Had a few thoughts about purchasing an 8" barreled model and having it chopped to 4-1/4" but I think that would be sacreligious to most Python ethusiastics. Not even sure if if could be done with the vented rib and all.

When I purchased mine, it unfortunately did not come with a manual. Fortunately there are still a few firearm related items that you can still buy on Ebay.
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It can be done according to Barry at Bits of Pieces but you won't get the correct angle of rise on the vent rib (an 8" would give you even less as it is very difficult to chop the back end as opposed to the front). I thought about doing my last 6" blue '92 but decided it would be easier to cut down a 686 if I really wanted a 4.2" revolver.
 
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BC Mike said:
I recently sold my unfired '74 nickle Python as I just didn't have the heart to shoot it and let's face it they're meant to be shot. So I bought this old 4 digit 1958 snake from a fellow CGNer last month and just got around to shooting it today. I was just expecting to have a reliable shooter but even tho it is a Python I couldn't believe how smooth and accurate it was. I know for a fact it wasn't my great skill but I could do no wrong with it. I had a bunch of old wadcutter ammo and happily punched circles in the 9 & 10 ring up to 60 feet for a couple of hours. Here she is fresh and dirty the way god intended. For anyone interested I found no difference in felt recoil from other Pythons that have the solid underlug barrel. The early ones had a hollow underlug and they can be identified by looking in the ejector rod notch.
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Mike
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We learn something every day!! I still have my 3rd Python 6", supposedly made in 1957, the second year of production. Like yours, the serial number is four digit 2###. I was aware there were a few slight differences on the early ones, the front sight, the area around the rear sight and the difference in the grips. Also, apparently there was a difference in the barrel internal dimensions in that it was actually swaged down toward the 'business end'. I wasn't aware until you mentioned it but I checked and the underlug of mine is hollow.

I can't remember who or when but it was once classified as "The Cadillac of Handguns", and that it is. I have a 'baby snake' to go with it, a 4" Diamondback 22 LR and hopefully down the line, an Anaconda in 44 Mag.
 
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