The Colt is incredibly overvalued, imo. I saw a 2 1/2" nickel python last weekend at a gunshow. I was so put off by the $2800 price tag that I didn't give it a second look. For $2800 I want to see something unique, produced in low numbers, and hard to find, something to me a python is not.
Nice guns, but I'll take an $800 586 over a $2500 Python any day, unless I'm turning around and reselling it.I don't even see a Python as much of an investment anymore anyways if you don't already have one..they have shot up so much in value recently, and they are relatively common. Like gold, I expect the values to fall somewhat in the future.
I just don't see the mystique of the Python, having held and shot them, as compared to my 586's. They aren't rare, they aren't unobtanium, and they honestly don't feel any smoother or better put together than guns I have shot costing less than half their cost. I have Smiths with just as good a trigger, if not better than the Python I shot.
I'll take a 586 that can be worked on if need be, to some overpriced Python that I have to pay double what I feel they are honestly worth. In fact, after looking at Pythons this year, I bought a 4" shooter 586 and a really nice, barely shot 6" 586 for less than the cost of a shooter Python.
There is nothing a python can do that a 586 can't except be a python, and that's not worth the money to me.
Probably a little sour grapes here, I would love having a Python, but imo they are waaaaay overvalued at this point. If I already owned one or more I'd be sitting pretty, that's for sure.
The smith better. But only if i own it.
