Hi everyone, I'm thinking about buying this for my dad, any one see any redflags . i.e.fake grips or reblue
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=365630854
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=365630854
ping10, take a look at my 1957 Python (Thanks again d.a.r.y.l.) in the linked thread below, and notice the sharp and crisp edges and corners throughout the gun. In my photo # 8, (eight from the top), take a look at the edges on the "scallop" where the frame meets the barrel and compare it with photo # 8 in the Gun Broker listing. Do you see how buffed and smooth the re-finished Python looks in comparison? Now compare other common edges, corners, and roll marks and this same difference should be clear to you. Another feature to compare are the edges of the barrel vents in both Pythons. In the earliest Pythons, you will find the sharpest edges and they are always removed when the gun is refinished. Let us know what you see.being new to this collecting hobby the front sight stuck out to me, because of the red insert. As far as the re-blue, guess I still have a lot to learn.
In addition to what Kanatak points out, take a look at the erosion of the forcing cone in #32, and what I'd call sort of a "softness" to the front of the chambers and the front of the cylinder in #40. It's just takes some time to learn to look at what's below the shinny new finish. And also to spot what should be there and isn't, and what is there and shouldn't.ping10, take a look at my 1957 Python (Thanks again d.a.r.y.l.) in the linked thread below, and notice the sharp and crisp edges and corners throughout the gun. In my photo # 8, (eight from the top), take a look at the edges on the "scallop" where the frame meets the barrel and compare it with photo # 8 in the Gun Broker listing. Do you see how buffed and smooth the re-finished Python looks in comparison? Now compare other common edges, corners, and roll marks and this same difference should be clear to you. Another feature to compare are the edges of the barrel vents in both Pythons. In the earliest Pythons, you will find the sharpest edges and they are always removed when the gun is refinished. Let us know what you see.
http://www.coltforum.com/forums/col...t-python-357-thanks-forum-member-d-r-y-l.html
ping10, take a look at my 1957 Python (Thanks again d.a.r.y.l.) in the linked thread below, and notice the sharp and crisp edges and corners throughout the gun. In my photo # 8, (eight from the top), take a look at the edges on the "scallop" where the frame meets the barrel and compare it with photo # 8 in the Gun Broker listing. Do you see how buffed and smooth the re-finished Python looks in comparison? Now compare other common edges, corners, and roll marks and this same difference should be clear to you. Another feature to compare are the edges of the barrel vents in both Pythons. In the earliest Pythons, you will find the sharpest edges and they are always removed when the gun is refinished. Let us know what you see.
http://www.coltforum.com/forums/col...t-python-357-thanks-forum-member-d-r-y-l.html