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My latest addition minty 1981 Hunter (had to take my own picture)

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My two 357 Pre-Pythons, 1955(duo-tone, target hammer&grips) & 1956(top)
The 1955 came with nice, proper wooden stocks, I put the rubbers on so I could use speed loaders in ICORE.

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A cheaper more economical Colt Python ? Say it aint so, see this Experimental Python (from another site)

Here's proof that Colt at one time actually considered making the Python a more economical gun.
This would have been terrible. Then again, they may be still making it today for a much cheaper price point.
It's obvious that Colt considered going away from the hand honed fine piece of machinery we've all come to love.
The pictures below prove this point.
Colt actually considered mating the vent ribbed Python barrel to the cheaper to build MARK III frame.
This would have made the Python MARK III as shown below.
Can anyone else see the beginning of the Colt Boa here ?




 
Colt Python Salesman's Sample 2-tone Nickel & Blue (FRom another site)

One of the guns pictured below I purchased direct from an old Colt Employee.
I was told by the gentleman that it was a salesman's sample. A gun that a salesman would have brought around to shops to see what the general feeling/interest was for the gun.
The gentleman I purchased it from no longer worked for Colt.
He had purchased it at was known as the Colt Employee only Christmas Sale many years ago.
I asked him what that was and he told me that Colt sold off their odds and ends at Christmas time.
They (COLT) would send out a list to employees and the employees had an opportunity to purchase dealer demos and salesman samples that they wanted out of their inventory. The list was very basic and only showed the item name, serial number and finish for the most part.
The guns were sold as used guns and at a discount as most didn't have boxes and so forth.
He handed me a copy of the Colt Christmas sale paperwork confirming that the 2-tone Python was on the list and that the serial numbers matched that on the list.
 
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Colt Python Salesman's Sample 2-tone Nickel & Blue (FRom another site)

One of the guns pictured below I purchased direct from an old Colt Employee.
I was told by the gentleman that it was a salesman's sample. A gun that a salesman would have brought around to shops to see what the general feeling/interest was for the gun.
The gentleman I purchased it from no longer worked for Colt.
He had purchased it at was known as the Colt Employee only Christmas Sale many years ago.
I asked him what that was and he told me that Colt sold off their odds and ends at Christmas time.
They (COLT) would send out a list to employees and the employees had an opportunity to purchase dealer demos and salesman samples that they wanted out of their inventory. The list was very basic and only showed the item name, serial number and finish for the most part.
The guns were sold as used guns and at a discount as most didn't have boxes and so forth.
He handed me a copy of the Colt Christmas sale paperwork confirming that the 2-tone Python was on the list and that the serial numbers matched that on the list.
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VERY NICE!! Great score:)!!! Sounds like one of those opportunities that comes by once in a lifetime.
 
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