Colt Python Revolvers: The Rare and Unusual

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  • Опубліковано 5 кві 2018
  • Colt Python revolvers are hot stuff in the world of collecting. Here are a few guaranteed to capture some interest.
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  • @harrycallahan692
    @harrycallahan692 6 років тому +20

    Colt Pythons are pieces of art!

  • @keithwilliams2766
    @keithwilliams2766 5 років тому +3

    Wow! A rare and highly desirable collection of Pythons. I find myself just as excited and proud when I open my safe and view my 4-inch blue steel Python made in 1975 sitting beside a dozen very sharp looking S&W pinned and recessed revolvers. It's still the pinnacle of my collection.

  • @RJ-df2kr
    @RJ-df2kr 2 роки тому +2

    I wonder how much would my 1966 colt python .357 magnum would cost today…

  • @rifles_up2263
    @rifles_up2263 6 років тому +6

    These things are all fantastic!! Wow! And this dudes no doubt a gun guy! Lol I love his excitement 👌🏽👍🏽

  • @Disco_Eterno
    @Disco_Eterno 6 років тому +45

    The most beautiful revolver EVER!

    • @luxcier9888
      @luxcier9888 5 років тому

      Witch One?

    • @pinslayer4579
      @pinslayer4579 4 роки тому +1

      Possibly the worst fire control system ever smooth crisp and VERY fragile

    • @samcolt4023
      @samcolt4023 4 роки тому

      un reliable junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @AIRRAID2
      @AIRRAID2 2 роки тому

      They're up there alright.

  • @alekzandah360
    @alekzandah360 6 років тому +15

    I never felt so jealous in my life.

  • @johnmadow5331
    @johnmadow5331 4 роки тому +2

    I original from CT and I have owned two Colt Python revolvers for 40 years since I brought my first one in 1978. I never had issue with any old colt revolver and I owned over than 170 colt revolvers. I had Colt Police Positive Made in 1909 unfired condition. I understood that Colt had outsources parts and possible assembly to South American country to cut cost. I moved out of CT in 2017 and I miss3d Colt and all of my gunsmiths friends who work there for many years.

  • @junkalunk
    @junkalunk 5 років тому +4

    My husband just purchased a colt python Carol Wilkerson in bright sterling, the only one made. He’s ecstatic.

  • @danielwalker2874
    @danielwalker2874 5 років тому +18

    My dad recently gave me his 8” Blued Colt Python he bought back in the 80’s. He’s shot deer, rabbits, snakes, and gators with it for as long as I can remember. I’m keeping it to pass down to my son. Awesome handgun!

    • @VexChoccyMilk
      @VexChoccyMilk 4 роки тому

      @Paul B Really careful headshots

    • @dannakanizai7477
      @dannakanizai7477 4 роки тому +1

      My dad has a 1982 blued 6" that was a Christmas gift from my mother...

  • @jeroendesterke9739
    @jeroendesterke9739 5 років тому

    I went to the Mesa gunshow today - where I saw a .22" Python! I now wish I'd seen this clip beforehand!

  • @iveyx001
    @iveyx001 4 роки тому +2

    In 1982 I bought a 6" stainless python NIB for $600. $2500+ today!

  • @Elvis68spec
    @Elvis68spec 3 роки тому

    WOW! Amazing Colt Firearms! 🇺🇸😎👍

  • @robertodressler7313
    @robertodressler7313 4 роки тому +3

    6" barrel blue Colt Python, masterpiece.
    Just perfect, I take it over any other handgun...maybe Walther P99 but I like revolvers and I love Python. Mine was made on 1976.

    • @jackdundon2261
      @jackdundon2261 3 роки тому +1

      Many queens in my safe, the king is probably the 8" python. but, remember if you shoot it enough you will need to get it re-timed.

  • @rgonzales1350
    @rgonzales1350 Рік тому

    Well I happen to own a "PYTHON TEN POINTER" packing a 8" barrel. And was made in colts custom shop. Not the assembly line. Hand polishing of interior and exterior parts, with a Royal Blue finish.

  • @soylentgreen7074
    @soylentgreen7074 6 років тому +16

    I’ve got a 1965 colt python I bought from a retired cop who carried it on duty. Unfortunately he put rubber colt combat grips on it and the gen 1 wood grips are long gone. Only pair I’ve been able to locate were $800. No thanks.

    • @JAG312
      @JAG312 5 років тому

      $800? Are you joking? I have a pair. About 30 years ago I was given a pair after the owner changed the grips. I have to find it among my junk.

    • @USMCSSgtRetired
      @USMCSSgtRetired 5 років тому +1

      JAG312 Would you be willing to sell them? I have a 1958 Python with custom wooden grips that my father-in-law put on when he carried it as a cop. I don’t know what he did with the original grips. Thanks.

    • @georgeflutey838
      @georgeflutey838 4 роки тому

      soylent Green, I have a python from 1965 as well. in average, used condition.

  • @Nick-qj4su
    @Nick-qj4su 5 років тому +3

    That's some high quality, expensive metal sitting on that table...quite the family photo

  • @jasonbuck489
    @jasonbuck489 Рік тому

    Gun Porn!.... I'm mainly a Smith and Wesson Guy, but Colts have a special place in my heart too.... My Dad passed away in 2001 and I still have all his guns... Hundreds... He was big time... Anyhow, I have his Python he bought new when he got home from Vietnam.... And its absolutely beautiful and totally priceless to me.....

  • @chrischiampo8106
    @chrischiampo8106 6 років тому +7

    Wow The Holy Grail Of Pythons Joel 😮😮😮😳😲😲😲😊😊😊

  • @mikes6961
    @mikes6961 4 роки тому +1

    Man nice scroll going on. I'm worried about the finish on mine, I'd get up in the middle of the night to check on that one.

  • @jasonwebb3214
    @jasonwebb3214 3 роки тому +1

    Very nice revolvers

  • @MrCate1999
    @MrCate1999 3 роки тому +1

    Several family members have them. I saved my pennies and nickles and bought on last night. A 1976 4" nickle. I looked for five years for the perfect gun for me. Not a "Safe Queen" but one I could take to the range. I have quite a few pistols and this is the best by far. My Ruger GP100 is a close second

  • @mrglock2313
    @mrglock2313 3 роки тому +1

    Buy them,use them. Enjoy them.

  • @darkoflight4938
    @darkoflight4938 3 роки тому +1

    Hey guys! Thanks for tuning in to another video on forgottenweapons.com. I´m Ian McCallum and I´m here at the Rock Island Auction Company looking at... Oh!? Mmm... Wait... Eeh... Nevermind.

  • @cashcarter7013
    @cashcarter7013 3 роки тому

    I chanced into a 1974 Colt python 6 in bbl royal blue mint a few years ago and ever since the first time I held it I just couldn't put it down.i bought out an estate and this item was just along for the ride.i now consider it the flagship item of that purchase.had I not aquired it I wouldn't have never understood the allure and privilege of this supremely beautiful weapon.i would love to fire it but I won't considering it's condition.i would never sell it unless somebody got wreckless with their checkbook.owning one of these is belonging to a brotherhood of immense pride and a right of passage in this American land,even more so now that there number is a finite existence.

  • @jonw4595
    @jonw4595 4 роки тому +1

    beautiful handguns.
    i've heard of timing issues with high round counts, and that has steered from from entertaining acquiring one. however, colt is back at it with the king cobra, so you just know, the python will be reintroduced soon.

    • @k_enn
      @k_enn 4 роки тому +1

      I also have 2 Pythons. One I used for years in PPC competition, and probably fired 7,000 to 8,000 reund through it. The timing is still good, and the trigger just got better with age. The other one I have is hardly shot, probably less than 100 rounds. Not even broken in yet, and you can tell by the trigger pull. As for the new Pythons (2020), I have handled a couple and they just are not the same, and IMO not worth the asking price.
      The 2019 design of the King Cobra is a really nice gun. I was looking for something shorter than my 6" Pythons, and I opted for the King Cobra with the 3" barrell. The action is smooth on it; not as good as my broken in Python but better than the one that is not broken in. The one thing about the King Cobra's action is that when you are shooting double action, you have be sure to completely release the trigger to reset the gun. The is a spot short of the full release where you feel the trigger give but it is not fully release and if you pull at that point it will not rotate the cylinder and fire.

  • @jimbo9357
    @jimbo9357 4 роки тому +1

    Tell me something about two-tone Pythons. Robert Blake had one in "Electra Glide in Blue". How many were made? Was that a one off custom?

  • @ytnommah3983
    @ytnommah3983 4 роки тому

    Oui, my buddy has a custom from his grandpa- from colt, and it has wood handle and it is downright sexy

  • @dekuriru
    @dekuriru 4 роки тому

    It's so beautiful gun!

  • @williamtraveler1836
    @williamtraveler1836 3 роки тому +1

    My Colt Collection is no longer a concern in what I own but who will inherit it

  • @AIRRAID2
    @AIRRAID2 2 роки тому

    Never realized the Python was that old . Now i know 🙂

  • @MPGunther1
    @MPGunther1 6 років тому +7

    Loved the vid, now I need a little privacy

  • @palerider964
    @palerider964 3 роки тому +1

    I would love to see a colt python 7 shot in deep, pearl black finish.
    Now that would be special to me.👍

  • @k_enn
    @k_enn 4 роки тому

    I wonder what they sold for at auction. The pricies on Pythons has gotten pretty high, even if they are not early production.

  • @davidpomella6786
    @davidpomella6786 5 років тому +1

    Those grips look like rosewood....on the product development exex's Python

  • @jalan8171
    @jalan8171 3 роки тому +2

    Just how rare is the long barrel .38 Special chambered variant of The Python ? Owned an 8" blued years ago. Must of had a very short production run. Have not seen one come up for sale for over 25 years. One of those things I never should of traded away.

    • @jackdundon2261
      @jackdundon2261 3 роки тому

      I see a few online 8" 38 target,. Around 3 grand asking price, BUT, I haven't seen any sell though....

  • @markmiller9579
    @markmiller9579 4 роки тому

    The Rolls Royce of .357 revolvers. Prices are through the roof, but that's another story.

  • @LargeCarAce
    @LargeCarAce 3 роки тому +1

    I have a blued Colt Python 8 in from the early 80s. Not sure the exact year. Is there a way to tell the exact Year from the serial number?

  • @rgonzales1350
    @rgonzales1350 Рік тому

    I happen to own two Python Ten Pointers in royal blue finish and 8" barrels. One has less then 300 rounds though it and in about 80 to 85 % new finish on it. and the other one has never ever been fired 100% new condition. Can you give me an approximate value on each.
    Thank you
    Ruben Gonzales

  • @palerider964
    @palerider964 3 роки тому

    Just curious what they went for??

  • @hindsight2022
    @hindsight2022 3 роки тому +2

    Just got an unfired 78 6" in box ! Video comong soon

    • @chriswoods662
      @chriswoods662 2 роки тому

      I have one .6", blue , in the original box ....one box of .38's I fired..never left my Dad's closet b4 that

  • @Tayala619
    @Tayala619 4 роки тому +4

    Rick grimes wants to know your location

  • @niceguy60
    @niceguy60 Рік тому

    Barry Burton want his guns back

  • @jaye4818
    @jaye4818 4 роки тому

    I have one

  • @vabbe71
    @vabbe71 5 років тому

    Don't you have a video with Colt BOA's?

  • @vitoprashad5670
    @vitoprashad5670 4 роки тому +2

    For some reason I was expecting to see gun Jesus

  • @twagn
    @twagn 4 роки тому +1

    WhenI I win the lottery

  • @NuclearGrizzly
    @NuclearGrizzly 6 років тому +9

    Ever see a Python in 38 wadcutter? Not 38 special...38 wadcutter. With a very short cylinder. Too short to chamber a 38 special. Well I have one. :-)

    • @RockIslandAuctionCompany
      @RockIslandAuctionCompany  6 років тому +5

      That sounds like all sorts of fun.

    • @zerocool4835
      @zerocool4835 5 років тому

      You mean a 38 with no round showing, just the casing?... Like the projectile is 100% in the casing? They called that a cop killer round before body armor was a thing previous of the 1990s

  • @sc0or
    @sc0or 3 роки тому +1

    Where are your white gloves? -)

  • @stevenwatson2699
    @stevenwatson2699 3 роки тому +1

    I'll take them all, how much?

  • @zerocool4835
    @zerocool4835 5 років тому

    But we sold one that can be shot, yet we won't shoot it

  • @hotwheel6663
    @hotwheel6663 4 роки тому

    The Walking Dead Gun is a .44 magnum correct?

    • @javoratree3861
      @javoratree3861 4 роки тому

      Hotwheel66 No. The one shown in the Walking Dead is a nickel plated .357 Colt Python.

  • @spammy555
    @spammy555 4 роки тому

    Wait... This isn't Ethan.

  • @iamrichrocker
    @iamrichrocker 4 роки тому

    joe pike approves..

  • @zerocool4835
    @zerocool4835 5 років тому

    22 existed

  • @m.loughlin1915
    @m.loughlin1915 2 роки тому

    Top of my bucket list is a first year (1955) Python. Just because I was born in 1955. I had a 4" Python I acquired in '95. Traded even for a 70s Series Gold Cup that gave me nothing but grief. Shot the Centerfire leg of a Bullseye match with it and scored second place. Like an idiot, I sold it a few years later. Still kick myself for that one. Prefer the older ones made before Colt virtually threw Quality control and customer service out the window.
    The new 2021 Pythons.............
    .PURE CRAP

  • @user-gb6kv7be8r
    @user-gb6kv7be8r 5 років тому +1

    Anything called "python" is scary.

  • @gshock3092
    @gshock3092 3 роки тому +1

    I think Dan Wesson took it a step further!

  • @zerocool4835
    @zerocool4835 5 років тому

    Ummm ok
    .......think this is a gunsmith hack

  • @zerocool4835
    @zerocool4835 5 років тому

    It makes me smile cause I'm making so much money for selling shit that's not even my own...!!!! Yay.... And also doche

  • @zerocool4835
    @zerocool4835 5 років тому

    They can't be shot

  • @zerocool4835
    @zerocool4835 5 років тому

    Ohhh it's helpful yet none was actually made

  • @dougallen7890
    @dougallen7890 5 років тому

    Don't own a Colt and never will.