Colt Python .357, 6" - What's It Worth?
 

Upcoming pool renovation ($10k) prompts me to sell a few toys.
Purchased in '90 and never fired.
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Gun boys, what do you think?
TIA
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SmileWavy
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1385494962.jpg

If it's never been fired, how do we know it works? That, and it's already 20 years old. In light of that, I might be willing to give you a hundred bucks or so, assuming I can get it to work.

Check out collectors firearms in Houston website for high retail. They prob have something similar in stock

LOL what ever you do DO NOT sell it to Byron. He's got more than his fair share of these.

You're too sore to be thinking about another gun...so I've heard. :)
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Thanks for the info, aschen ...will look.

Check out the completed sales / auctions at Guns for Sale - Online Gun Auction - Buy Guns at GunBroker.com. You may have to create an account to fully use the search feature (be sure to enable "completed") to get a nice snapshot of what the market will bear.

Never fired blue 6" Python with box? That's easily $1.5k, prolly closer to $2k+

Don you have a pm.

Bill

$1500+

Good high quality photos and lots of them. List on gunbroker wtih $1 start and no reserve, let the auction run 10-14 days, ending late on a Sunday night.

Got it. SmileWavy

My cousin just sold identical gun except his had the 4" barrel, a blemish in the blueing, and had shot quite a few rounds. He got $1200. for it. He also did not have the original box and/or owners manual. I would guesstimate yours s/b $1300 - $1500 as the 4" barrel and 2 1/4" barrel are considered worth more than the 6" but, your is unfired.

Thank you all for your info and interest!
I can see a new pool on the horizon.

SmileWavy

If you have some time to sell it, I'd start out with a fairly high price. I don't know what you have in your collection. Understand that it will not be cheap to replace that firearm later if you decide you want one just like it. Maybe you've got a closet full of them right now, but if that's your only one, replacing a NIB Python could be a daunting proposition.

Yeah, but a new Python for a hundred bucks would make me feel a lot better. :D

No gun collector here.
I have a few other guns unfired, but this is the only Python .357 I have.
Well, it's either sit on it for another 20 years or get my pool refubished.
Thinkin'..........

Concrete pool? 10K? Must need lots of work?

$0.095 a lbs. scrap value.

Needs lots of work...built in the early '60's. Empty for years...I bought the place in Dec. '10.
Sides are peeling, pressure tests shows leaks in lines, etc.
New tile and steps...some lifetime coating in the pool, itself...I plan to die here.
Code says to put in a variable speed pump, etc. ($1,300).
I want to go salt instead of chlorine...another $1,000.
New light, new this/that...
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Hell, one company came in with a $19,000 bid...unreal, eh? :eek:
Who are they kidding?

Sounds like basically a new pool without all the digging (just some of it). :)

Yeah...it's in bad shape.
Need a pool in AZ...besides, g/f looks good in a swim suit. ;)

Holy Crap!!!
Went online...why the prices for these Pythons?
No longer made?

+1 especially the first and last sentence...

I sold one last year- 1980's gun, 6" nickel, very nice shooter w/ box and papers. Sold 1500.00
There was a lot of interest in the gun....if you have the time it will bring good money.

regards,