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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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,

Yup

....because they are quite possibly the finest dbl action production revolvers ever made.

you need to plug in the serial # (bluebook of guns) to see it's a low # year or not....

Pics of GF?

They are expensive because they are awesome!

There are many who would opine that a Python is the finest production double action revolver. Much hand fitting of the action, and the finish is superb. Unfired in a box is not common. You own something that many would consider a treasure. If you'd rather have the money, fine, but you'll likely not have the opportunity to own another one in that condition. Like I said, there's no reason to price it to sell. Ask top dollar and be patient. You'll have plenty of interest, and can always come down in price. It likely won't ever be worth less than it is today, but revolver prices have gone pretty high in the last 18 months, and selling it now would be better decision than selling a year ago would have been.

I wouldn't sell it..... consider it an investment

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Educational site...I just joined.
Thanks for the tip, Robert.
Looking up some of my other guns...
Should have bought more guns 20 yrs. ago. :eek:

Thanks guys...now I'm in great conflict.

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You know...call me crazy...but every now/then I would take that Python out of the box, wearing cotton gloves, and just gaze upon its beauty as I fondled it. No other gun I own has that same presence.
At times I'd even experience Shootus-Interruptus as I'd want to fire it but just wouldn't allow myself.
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I even drag out some of my other guns as I watch Westerns or sleuth movies.
Goofy, eh?

Don't get me wrong it is a fantastic revolver and it is a colt.....the most collectable brand. As exquisite as it is I don't see it becoming a hugely expensive item in the near future. Its just too modern and guns stick around for ever. Maybe its a $5000 gun in a few decades but I doubt it is a 50k for another 100 years or so. You should keep it if you can but I wouldn't beat yourself up if you need the money

Food for thought: Most of you know I'm into single actions, Colts in particular. I've had a bunch of them over the years. In the last year, I've purchased two brand new production guns, and am waiting for a third as we speak. I've mentioned here before that "Colt is back" - they are building the best guns I have ever seen from them. Their new Peacemakers are, in my opinion, every bit as good if not better than any first or second generation guns.

So, what if - they start making Pythons again? And what if they mimic their current Peacemaker production, and turn out to be every bit as good as any they have ever produced? Colt Defense and Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company have merged - there is now just one "Colt" company producing firearms and pooling resources. The big bucks Colt Defense has been raking in on military contracts is now at the disposal of their civilian branch. In other words, they have the resources to do it... maybe... if they want to...

Colt says not. Pythons are simply too costly to produce. That is their current position, but we all know how that one can go. If they do, what happens to the value of older Pythons? Granted, I have seen no drop in older Peacemaker values, but their improved quality on the new ones is a recent development, and they are still hard to get. But - and this is a big but - what if Peacemakers and Pythons become more or less available, brand new, in the best quality yet? It's already starting to happen with the Peacemakers...

Thanks for sharing Jeff. That's interesting.

For true collector grade guns like the NIB one in this thread, value won't drop. While collectors will of course go out and buy a new one (or one of variation offered) they will also lust after the original run Real Deal.

The shooter grade guns will drop in value, but will end up around where new production ones cost, so it wouldn't be much of a drop.

Hire Johnco. I wish I had!

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As close to mine as they have.
"Colt rubber grips. Near excellent condition with very light use." - - $2,250
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Colt Phyton .357 Magnum (C9477) - Collectors Firearms

I'm with enzo1, I wood'nt sell it either, find some other thing to sell. That gun here in No. Cal wood probably go for 4-5,000.00

( wood = would ) - ( wood'nt = wouldn't ) just sayin.

1973 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

I would call Colt, give them your serial # so you can find out what the production #'s are.... Contact

You guys are a great help...Much Thanks to you all! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/clap.gif

Where's the ser. # on this thing? Under the grips?
There's one on the box...probably shouldn't trust that, eh?