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  • TheOriginalMexicanBob

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    Jul 2, 2017
    32,179
    Sun City West, AZ
    Just picked this up today...1977 Colt Python. I wasn't out looking for it...was at The Machine Gun Nest when a more mature gentleman (at my age I classify anyone older than me as "more mature")...was there with several handguns he was trying to get values and maybe a buyer. He decided it was time to let them go...understandable. He had a Colt 1911A1 from 1943...if it had ever been issued it didn't look it. He also had this Python and a Walther PPK .32ACP he bought in 1962 after seeing "Dr. No". I was interested in the PPK more than the Python...it was still NIB. I'm not very conversant on PPK values so I wouldn't commit to buying it until doing some research once I got home. It turns out his asking price very nearly theft once I saw prices. I contacted him right away...he had already found a buyer...my loss. I kept thinking about the Python...after a week or so I contacted him again and he still had it and we made a deal.

    I didn't go after the 1911A1 as they're a real specialty and I'm not prepared to drop the money on something I don't know enough about. I did find him a buyer for it plus a stainless Python he had.

    This Python is about as pristine as it can be...he purchased it new and said it only has eighteen rounds through it...and it looks like he was telling me straight and not some story. It has the box and paperwork including the Colt sight adjuster. The Colt Royal Blue looks a foot deep...too bad my photographic skills (or lack thereof) can't show the finish to best advantage.
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    Here's my Python family...upper left is a 1960 nickel plated example...middle is this 1977 blued...and the right rear a 2020 stainless Python. On the bottom is a 4" electroless nickel version called Royal Coltguard and a blued snubby.
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    teratos

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    Just picked this up today...1977 Colt Python. I wasn't out looking for it...was at The Machine Gun Nest when a more mature gentleman (at my age I classify anyone older than me as "more mature")...was there with several handguns he was trying to get values and maybe a buyer. He decided it was time to let them go...understandable. He had a Colt 1911A1 from 1943...if it had ever been issued it didn't look it. He also had this Python and a Walther PPK .32ACP he bought in 1962 after seeing "Dr. No". I was interested in the PPK more than the Python...it was still NIB. I'm not very conversant on PPK values so I wouldn't commit to buying it until doing some research once I got home. It turns out his asking price very nearly theft once I saw prices. I contacted him right away...he had already found a buyer...my loss. I kept thinking about the Python...after a week or so I contacted him again and he still had it and we made a deal.

    I didn't go after the 1911A1 as they're a real specialty and I'm not prepared to drop the money on something I don't know enough about. I did find him a buyer for it plus a stainless Python he had.

    This Python is about as pristine as it can be...he purchased it new and said it only has eighteen rounds through it...and it looks like he was telling me straight and not some story. It has the box and paperwork including the Colt sight adjuster. The Colt Royal Blue looks a foot deep...too bad my photographic skills (or lack thereof) can't show the finish to best advantage.
    Python-77.jpg


    Python-77-w-box.jpg


    Here's my Python family...upper left is a 1960 nickel plated example...middle is this 1977 blued...and the right rear a 2020 stainless Python. On the bottom is a 4" electroless nickel version called Royal Coltguard and a blued snubby.
    Python-family.jpg

    Nice family!!!
     

    Oldcarjunkie

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    Jan 8, 2009
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    Added this guy the other day cause my buddy from high school needed funds to pay his bills. So i Offered him almost what he paid for it. 686-6 plus
     

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    fidelity

    piled higher and deeper
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    Just picked this up today...1977 Colt Python. I wasn't out looking for it...was at The Machine Gun Nest when a more mature gentleman (at my age I classify anyone older than me as "more mature")...was there with several handguns he was trying to get values and maybe a buyer. He decided it was time to let them go...understandable. He had a Colt 1911A1 from 1943...if it had ever been issued it didn't look it. He also had this Python and a Walther PPK .32ACP he bought in 1962 after seeing "Dr. No". I was interested in the PPK more than the Python...it was still NIB. I'm not very conversant on PPK values so I wouldn't commit to buying it until doing some research once I got home. It turns out his asking price very nearly theft once I saw prices. I contacted him right away...he had already found a buyer...my loss. I kept thinking about the Python...after a week or so I contacted him again and he still had it and we made a deal.

    I didn't go after the 1911A1 as they're a real specialty and I'm not prepared to drop the money on something I don't know enough about. I did find him a buyer for it plus a stainless Python he had.

    This Python is about as pristine as it can be...he purchased it new and said it only has eighteen rounds through it...and it looks like he was telling me straight and not some story. It has the box and paperwork including the Colt sight adjuster. The Colt Royal Blue looks a foot deep...too bad my photographic skills (or lack thereof) can't show the finish to best advantage.
    Python-77.jpg


    Python-77-w-box.jpg


    Here's my Python family...upper left is a 1960 nickel plated example...middle is this 1977 blued...and the right rear a 2020 stainless Python. On the bottom is a 4" electroless nickel version called Royal Coltguard and a blued snubby.
    Python-family.jpg

    They're gorgeous. The second pic of the new (to you) Python shows some of its magnificent bluing.

    Although the depth of Python bluing is near impossible to capture in full glory, blued guns tend to look best on grey, medium to light brown, and occasionally green backgrounds (the latter sometimes works when they have wood stocks, grips, etc). Abundant natural lighting also helps. Worn picnic tables, decks, a wood pile, and some concrete surfaces (just be careful about scratches) can provide this contrast.
     

    TheOriginalMexicanBob

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    Jul 2, 2017
    32,179
    Sun City West, AZ
    I get that. I was using a photographic light box...it's supposed to even out the light and reduce shadows...but my skills just aren't good enough to make necessary adjustments in the exposures. The Royal Blue just doesn't show off the way it should.
     

    fidelity

    piled higher and deeper
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    I get that. I was using a photographic light box...it's supposed to even out the light and reduce shadows...but my skills just aren't good enough to make necessary adjustments in the exposures. The Royal Blue just doesn't show off the way it should.

    Just saying white backgrounds, inside, are hard. Stainless guns can look good, but blued guns are tough. I tend to shoot outside, with just a cell phone camera. Like these below. Nothing spectacular, just showing the effect of background (and the impact it might have on color correction, etc on a camera where one doesn't need to think). That pre 27 has a substantial turn line, but the silky bluing of the barrel is apparent.

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    Forgive the non-revolver examples. Just grabbed a few pics.
     

    boatme99

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    Jun 22, 2010
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    Mid-Tenn.
    1952-3 Smith Highway Patrolman. 4"
     

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    boatme99

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    Jun 22, 2010
    1,224
    Mid-Tenn.
    I'm down to just the 3 right now.
    The Security Six, the S&W Highway Patrolman, and a cheapo Heritage Rough Rider I acquired as a partial trade some time ago.
     

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    TinCuda

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    Apr 26, 2016
    1,556
    Texas
    My humble collection.
    Uberti 1847 Colt Walker
    Pietta Cavalry LeMat
    Pietta 1873 Colt Single action .44Mag
     

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    Silverlode

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    4,797
    Frederick
    LeMats are the coolest. I want something modern like that. How about a 20 gauge single shot master key equivalent that hangs on the rail of a 1911?
     

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