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.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
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...
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