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June 25, 2013
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Endeavor to persevere,
Press on regardless.
Need little, want less, love more.
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April 25, 2008
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I love Pythons. That is very nice!
The Savantist
January 22, 2008
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That's a beauty! Nice photo.
February 21, 2011
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Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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The Python is sort of the benchmark for "I Want, I Want, I Want"
Prices have been high and are getting higher. I can't justify spending that money (because I don't have much money 
), it would be great to own one, not likely to happen for me.
Still, a gorgeous gun, I never saw a Python I didn't want.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
October 11, 2009
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Just picked up a blued 6 inch python. Not really my cup of tea. I bought it for my dad but its too heavy for him. So its for sale again. Really nice gun just to long of a barrel.
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Dans Club
March 25, 2013
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Do pythons stand up to a steady diet of .357 or do they shake loose or fall out of time. Does antone have first hand experience. I might buy one if they would be reliable amd sturdy. I know they can be accurate but are they the equal of a dan wesson?
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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I have no direct (Python) experience. As a purely WAG opinion, it might be that Python owners might not want to shoot these premium .357 Magnum revolvers with the steady diet of heavy .357 loads thet we will feed our DW's.
If you owned a Picasso, would you hang it in your 3 season sunroom?
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
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June 25, 2013
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Steve nailed it.
All I can say is ask a friend, (he would be a real friend too!), if you can take one out for a ride.
Shoot the Dan for a bit and then the Python.
Decide for yourself.
Talk is cheap, the proof is in the pudding.
The Dan is a great gun to use and modify. The Python is tack driving art.
As for light loads, you don't drive tacks with a sledge hammer. 
IMVHO....
That being said,I too, shoot the Dan's waaaayyyy more than the Python. I don't feel so guilty gettin them dirty.
Endeavor to persevere,
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August 29, 2009
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The python is definitely a classic piece of art. Back in the day when they were in production I wouldn't hesitate to shoot one all day long. Today I wouldn't think of it!
October 11, 2009
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All right I going to catch a lot of flack for this but here goes. The Python by todays worshipers is one of the most over rated and over priced guns out there. It does have its appeal. I owned an Ultimate Stainless custom shop six inch model for 15 years. Prior to that I owned at one time or another every barrel length they made except for the 2.5 and the rare 3 inch and 5 inch models. I would trade one for another. Only reason I got rid of it was my daughter started college. And that was my plan, an investment. If I had held out a year I could have doubled my money. They are great old guns. But they are not all they are cracked up to be. They are nothing more than a Colt Officers Target Model with a ventilated full lug barrel and chambered in .357. They are polished very well inside and out.They are not a cookie cutter gun. They were made the old school way. A lot of handfitting. As far as durability they are strong. But they have thin forcing cones and the advancing hands a prone to wear and this effects timing. They are no match for a Ruger in the strength dept. But they are slick as glass and beautiful. But they are not as much fun nor as comfortable a shooter as a Dan Wesson. The grip shape is awful because it flairs out so much on the bottom. Its not the most ergonomical of designs. And I found the trigger to be too thin with sharp edges. But thats just me. They are tack drivers indeed.
But they do make a great investment.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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To jump back in on this, Dantanna has it right, as far as I'm concerned. I'd love to own a Python, they are a benchmark in American firearms manufacturing, and to own one is to own a piece of modern American firearms history. I'd shoot it, I would never own a gun I was hesitant to shoot, but I also know that I can shoot a Dan Wesson forever, with pretty much any .357 Magnum loading I want to feed it.
I can do one heck of a lot shooting (or own a 2-3 other guns) for what a Python costs
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
February 20, 2008
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The cylinders rotate the wrong way.
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April 25, 2008
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They rotate the same way as a Dan Wesson. You must be a
Smith fan.
Dantanna is correct. The Pythons are not as durable as a DW. They can go out of time with a diet of heavy loads, whereas the Dan Wesson is just getting started. I have 3 Pythons, and I love them all, but will never sell them. Beautiful guns, they shoot very well, but when I want to shoot some powerful loads, the 15-2 comes out of the safe.
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