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Mall Ninja OCD
05-07-13, 21:07
Well, here's whats going on. I was just given a Colt Python. Its a 2 1/2" barrel, "Royal Blue" finish, original grips (strong checkering), and from the serial number, it looks as though it was manufactured in 1970. No holster wear, and it looks like it hasn't been shot. Its a beauty. Do any of you know what fair market value is on it?
Im a SIG Sauer fanboy through and through, so I really do not know too much about this particular revolver. Prices seem to be all over the map. Thanks in advance.
http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a450/Mr_monkeywrench/CBE6EFB8-2B40-46A4-8941-4D85B3B3F543-2147-0000024A37AC4BC0.jpg (http://s1036.photobucket.com/user/Mr_monkeywrench/media/CBE6EFB8-2B40-46A4-8941-4D85B3B3F543-2147-0000024A37AC4BC0.jpg.html)
Sold mine just like that with the original box at the last gun show for 600 bucks
Mall Ninja OCD
05-07-13, 21:40
Thanks for the reply. :D
montanadave
05-07-13, 21:52
$600 sounds pretty lowball to me. Not doubting Stubby's post but I think you could get substantially more out of that gun if you decided to part with it.
Failure2Stop
05-07-13, 21:56
It's worth exactly what someone will pay for it.
I would expect a $700 sale without much trouble.
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steyrman13
05-07-13, 22:44
If it was the longer barrel such as 4 or 6" you could draw 1100+ but as stated 700 normal to low end 850 possibly
Mall Ninja OCD
05-07-13, 23:01
Thank you for the responses. It holds nicely, but it would just sit in the safe. I already have a ruger new vaquero that sits in the safe as it is. Im running out of space.
montanadave
05-07-13, 23:07
Check out some of the prices on GunBroker. You'll shit your pants. :no:
Mall Ninja OCD
05-07-13, 23:13
Check out some of the prices on GunBroker. You'll shit your pants. :no:
I did--checked out the prices and followed up by a subsequent shit. I dont know if those are pipe dreams, or are they actually selling for that price? From the looks of this thread, it seems like the former.
Nephrology
05-08-13, 06:45
Don't sell that thing, it's gorgeous.
If you go shoot it you won't want to sell it. The python is probably the best revolver ever made.
I wouldn't want to part with it but I'm a sucker for wheel guns, especially Colts...:)
http://fugatefirearms.com/shop/product.php?xProd=6821&xSec=33
That one just sold for $4200. It was NIB. $600 is more that a bit low...
The Fugate brothers bought a bunch of my S&W's a few years back.
Nice guys,but they have a tendency to,as they say,be higher than hell on their merchandise.
Don't get me wrong,they have top notch stuff,but some of the prices are WAY HIGH !
At the last Ohio Gun Collectors show/meeting I attended,a Python like the OP's sold for 2250.
A friend of mine bought it to finish out his collection of Pythons.
Said it was a"fair price ".
DAT85
Colt Pythons are some of the most highly regarded revolvers and normally fetch a premium. A snubby in Royal Blue finish (the python bluing was some of the best I've ever seen) & NIB condition should fetch a handsome amount. Put it on GunBroker or take it to an auction, I would be surprised if it didn't go for well over $1000. Selling it any other way is leaving mucho bucks on the table.
I had '66 & '68 2.5" royal blue Pythons. Sold the '68 on GB almost two years ago for $1,995.00 so I am sure you could get close to $2,000 now for yours. Kept the '66, put stag grips on it and sometimes CCW it when I feel like going old school.
MadDog
Well looks like I got screwed out of some money.... Awkward
Mall Ninja OCD
05-08-13, 13:58
Well looks like I got screwed out of some money.... Awkward
LOL I know the feeling. Sold a Benelli M3 when I was new to firearms for about 40% less than I could have gotten for it. Live and learn.:cray:
TriumphRat675
05-08-13, 14:11
On Pythons and other rare, desireable firearms - you don't pay too much, you just buy too soon.
Someone, somewhere will pay you a lot of money for that thing.
2.5" Pythons are the rare ones. Plus, Colt hasn't made any for quite some time and there is no expectation that production will resume any time soon.
I'd ask for an amount north of $1500 and expect to get that no problem.
I have 4,6,8 inch Pythons. $1400-$1600 is fair.
I will buy all you have like that for $600ea...they normally have a skinny wood grip for the 2.5 python, but that is a nice pony regardless of her history.
The colt forum will tell you everything you want to know...I would keep it.
Last one I saw at a gun show a little while back was going for $800. It was factory rebarreled from 6" to 4" and it came with the box, papers, and the old barrel, IIRC. If I had the money at the time, it would've been mine. Typically around here, you rarely see them for under $1k.
ETA: Like Artos said, keep it, at least for now. Read up on it, it's a pretty interesting gun.
Well, here's whats going on. I was just given a Colt Python. Its a 2 1/2" barrel, "Royal Blue" finish, original grips (strong checkering), and from the serial number, it looks as though it was manufactured in 1970. No holster wear, and it looks like it hasn't been shot. Its a beauty. Do any of you know what fair market value is on it?
Im a SIG Sauer fanboy through and through, so I really do not know too much about this particular revolver. Prices seem to be all over the map. Thanks in advance.
http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a450/Mr_monkeywrench/CBE6EFB8-2B40-46A4-8941-4D85B3B3F543-2147-0000024A37AC4BC0.jpg (http://s1036.photobucket.com/user/Mr_monkeywrench/media/CBE6EFB8-2B40-46A4-8941-4D85B3B3F543-2147-0000024A37AC4BC0.jpg.html)
I'm very Interested. I'm in Calif too. PM me. Been looking for 2.5" for sometime.
The 2" is rather hard to come by and actually is quite sought after,in the box it's 2 grand and a easy $1400 like yours sits. It may bring more if you can get two got to have its going after it on gun joker. Congrats
I wouldn't take less than $1,500 for that baby.
If it was mine......I'd keep it.
I wouldn't take less than $1,500 for that baby.
If it was mine......I'd keep it.
Ditto.. OP, I know you said you're running out of room in the safe, But I think I'd make some room for this.. Look at it as a once in a lifetime opportunity...The value of this pistol is only going one way.. up, Chances are you'll never get another. From what I've read one of the reasons Colt quit making their DA/SA pistols was because they became too labor intensive to make, and make a profit.. There was a lot of hand fitting that went into making these, and that partly why they're so highly valued. Sigs, Glocks, HK's M&P's, all come and go, none can approach the level of quality that oozes out of that pistol..
Frankly I'd KEEP IT. They don't eat anything...require little upkeep.
Going to be worth far more money down the road than most any SIG you may buy in it's place. And THAT coming from a SIG Fanboy.
My Python is one of THE last guns I'd ever part with.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h274/montanaguy375/IMG_1617_edited-1.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/montanaguy375/media/IMG_1617_edited-1.jpg.html)
Mall Ninja OCD
05-11-13, 10:14
You guys bring up some good arguments. Unfortunately, I can't really make any decisions yet. I live in California so I have to wait 6 more days to gain access to my own property. :rolleyes: Oh well, as soon as I do get it home, I'll snap some more pictures and post some more Colt eye candy.
I believe these are the correct stocks for it.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/12/myny7emy.jpg
I believe these are the correct stocks for it.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/12/myny7emy.jpg
You may be correct, but in all honesty the only factory wood grips I've ever seen on a Python have been the large ones pictured in the OP.
^those stocks are for 2.5". The larger ones are normally for the longer length barrels
sugerwater
05-12-13, 20:40
I have 4,6,8 inch Pythons. $1400-$1600 is fair.
+1+1+
I have bought and traded many handguns. I only regret one transaction. I traded a Python away for some wunderpistol. Keep it.
Mall Ninja OCD
05-13-13, 03:09
I picked up a few other pistols along with this one. They are not as nice as the Python, but they are cool.
http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a450/Mr_monkeywrench/1B265507-8B5E-4817-AF81-F25416894C47-2345-0000025778CAD476.jpg (http://s1036.photobucket.com/user/Mr_monkeywrench/media/1B265507-8B5E-4817-AF81-F25416894C47-2345-0000025778CAD476.jpg.html)
http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a450/Mr_monkeywrench/82845CEC-834C-4309-A2FB-AC0BB9AFB3A4-1548-000001A6650CE40C.jpg (http://s1036.photobucket.com/user/Mr_monkeywrench/media/82845CEC-834C-4309-A2FB-AC0BB9AFB3A4-1548-000001A6650CE40C.jpg.html)
http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a450/Mr_monkeywrench/868BD35F-693B-451B-A561-C1B8DB206758-1548-000001A6593C0229.jpg (http://s1036.photobucket.com/user/Mr_monkeywrench/media/868BD35F-693B-451B-A561-C1B8DB206758-1548-000001A6593C0229.jpg.html)
Colt Official Police ca. 1943 .38spc
Colt Jr. .25ACP
Colt Cobra .38spc
I picked up a few other pistols along with this one. They are not as nice as the Python, but they are cool.
Colt Official Police ca. 1943 .38spc
Colt Jr. .25ACP
Colt Cobra .38spc
I think they are all equally cool!
I have 4,6,8 inch Pythons. $1400-$1600 is fair.
I'll second this as a more realistic estimate of what a 90% gun with no box or papers is actually worth.
The NIB Python that went for $4,200 is a rare example of how no wear on an unfired gun can inflate pricing.
I shoot all of my revolvers. It would be hard to resist shooting a $4200 python.
Frankly I'd KEEP IT. They don't eat anything...require little upkeep.
Going to be worth far more money down the road than most any SIG you may buy in it's place. And THAT coming from a SIG Fanboy.
My Python is one of THE last guns I'd ever part with.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h274/montanaguy375/IMG_1617_edited-1.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/montanaguy375/media/IMG_1617_edited-1.jpg.html)
Love it.
Looks unfired. Must be really hard to resist.
Where did these $600-$800 prices come from?
Are people just guessing and throwing random numbers around? :nono:
Frankly I'd KEEP IT. They don't eat anything...require little upkeep.
Going to be worth far more money down the road than most any SIG you may buy in it's place. And THAT coming from a SIG Fanboy.
My Python is one of THE last guns I'd ever part with.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h274/montanaguy375/IMG_1617_edited-1.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/montanaguy375/media/IMG_1617_edited-1.jpg.html)
Unless you really need the money for something, this is the best advice. 2 1/2 inch Pythons are one of the less common versions of one of the highest quality (if not the highest quality) revolvers ever made. No more are being made, or are likely to be made in the foreseeable future. The rate at which the value will increase will probably be greater than any rate of return you could get for the purchase price.
The 2 1/2 inch Pythons did come standard with the smaller, thinner grips.
goodoleboy
05-17-13, 22:10
I have a 4" Python manufactured in 1968. The grips and finish aren't in as good of shape as yours and I wouldn't part with mine for love or money. That son-of-a-bitch has found a home ;). Take it out and put a few rounds through it, you'll sell whatever it takes to make room for it in the safe, trust me.
xfarfuldog
06-16-13, 09:16
Ditto on what others are saying about the low prices some have !stated. I would not sell it for any less then two grand. I would buy them all day at 6 - 800 dollars. A good S&W goes for that. Keep it!!
I think he sold it for $2200 already on another forum
The current market for 2.5" Pythons are starting at $3k is in great condition, originakl grips and just tiny turnline.
I'm seeing NIB's hitting up to $5k if box and all paperwork is mint.
The gun world is going crazy right now...older smiths are jumping thought the roof too!! Look at what a model 57 (no dash) NIB are fetching.
I would never guessed to see the recent S&W pinned and recessed guns go through roof like they are right now??
Nightvisionary
07-21-13, 03:08
Sold mine just like that with the original box at the last gun show for 600 bucks
You got robbed:eek: The original wood grips by themselves fetch $200.
You got robbed:eek: The original wood grips by themselves fetch $200.
Yep.
With collectibles of course, condition is everything, and with the condition the op stated, that Colt is big $$$$....
I fell into a beautiful '64 4" blur Python like new earlier this year. Guy sold it to me because he knew I would appreciate it, and even though his dad left it to him, he didn't like shooting it, and hated that it just sat there all alone. His generosity, my gain....I won't sell it, even though I could easily double my money.
http://oi43.tinypic.com/o9g7b6.jpg
Alpha Sierra
08-16-13, 14:46
I did--checked out the prices and followed up by a subsequent shit. I dont know if those are pipe dreams, or are they actually selling for that price? From the looks of this thread, it seems like the former.
Search gunbroker for completed auctions. What sellers ask for doesn't mean shit. What buyers are willing to close on is the real deal.
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