Beautiful snake. I have one much like it but (I'm sorry to say) not in quite as nice condition.
Colt Python 4" Nickel 1967
Well, here are a few pics of my new acquisition. I really like it, its nearly flawless as far as I can see. No Box or paperwork. I never had a Nickel plated gun, kind of worries me especially taking it to the range. I really want a STS Python. So I may sell it or trade up with some cash to end up with a stainless Python. I'm even scared to put it into a holster for Gods sake. Thats no way to live:bang_wall: For now I can't stop looking and fondling it.
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I have a 1964 4" Nickel and the underlug is hollow. I've always been under the impression that the underlug became solid in 1965.
Regarding how to pre-index the cylinder when closing it to avoide turn line, I want to thank you for talking about it. I thought I was the only one that does that. It makes me a little less like one with an OCD when I learn that other people do it to a Python that deserves such treatment, too
Sometimes one needs to travel the path under his own power before understanding the journey. If he sells it, as it appears he will, he'll soon realize the folly of his ways, or not. I've a '78 I picked up a few years ago that came with Colt pachmyers and the cylinder face had been a little too aggressively buffed by the previous owner so it shows a hint of copper around one cylinder chamber
. I only had a set of walnut Gen II stocks but I put them on instead of the rubber as I prefer wood and blued or nickel. This Python found it's forever home as there's no way I could replace it for the purchase price back in 2011. I don't sell/trade my Colts, yet, so once they hit my doorstep, that's it.When I bought her, not even wiped down:
As she sits today:
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