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Considering Purchase of a 6” Blued Colt Python
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<blockquote data-quote="scalawag pimp" data-source="post: 3937041" data-attributes="member: 24580"><p>In my experience people generally are referring to the early 80s guns when this is the topic. I will say, I can tell a difference in the blueing and action work for these guns. Im no expert but one problem was the mas production of the pythons. Back when everything was hand fitted and polished it took almost 12 years to manufacture 50,000 guns. Fast forward to 1981 and 52,000 pythons were produced in one year. It’s quantity over quality. </p><p></p><p>this is one reason to focus on the stainless guns from the early 80s. The first SS was released in late 82 ahead of their “magazine“ release of 1983. Since this was the “new” thing and nickel plate was on way out, the SS pythons are the good ones of this era in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Strike, shutdowns, bankruptcy, etc. have been a problem for colt for many years. Many of these issues had negative effect on quality. This is why the older guns are more valuable. It’s not just age, they are better guns.</p><p></p><p>just my 2 cents</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scalawag pimp, post: 3937041, member: 24580"] In my experience people generally are referring to the early 80s guns when this is the topic. I will say, I can tell a difference in the blueing and action work for these guns. Im no expert but one problem was the mas production of the pythons. Back when everything was hand fitted and polished it took almost 12 years to manufacture 50,000 guns. Fast forward to 1981 and 52,000 pythons were produced in one year. It’s quantity over quality. this is one reason to focus on the stainless guns from the early 80s. The first SS was released in late 82 ahead of their “magazine“ release of 1983. Since this was the “new” thing and nickel plate was on way out, the SS pythons are the good ones of this era in my opinion. Strike, shutdowns, bankruptcy, etc. have been a problem for colt for many years. Many of these issues had negative effect on quality. This is why the older guns are more valuable. It’s not just age, they are better guns. just my 2 cents [/QUOTE]
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