I just purchased a Bright Stainless early this week. Good condition with box no papers not perfect but very good condition. It was more of an impulse buy than anything and no it was not inexpensive in fact I probably overpaid.. I bought it mainly because I did not have a bright stainless in my pit and in the Golden State we are limited on how we can get these off rostered guns. Me, I am going to fire it since it is not an unfired example. My thought is any gun that is not a time capsule and complete it should be shot. That is me and how I go. The other side are these Bright Stainless/Stainless guns comparable in beauty and workmanship to a handmade Python 55 to 63 or any other nice revolver of that era like a 3-5-7? No way IMHO; however they, Stainless are cool and they are definitely overpriced but they are attractive and easier to maintain. Are they going to drop in value from today's numbers? I am not sure but they are not going to drop drastically is my thought one way or the other if you take care of them. When we do the compare game there are two guns on GB right now one is a blue target buy now around 3400 complete LNIB and the other a nickel target NIB TBD reserve. I would purchase either of these guns before a Bright Stainless for collectable status and beauty including the one I just bought... This being say they (targets) are off roster gun and honestly the idea of single shot converting them I am not comfortable doing at this time... Last week I picked up a 8" Blue another near perfect complete at over 1k less than what I paid for the Stainless 6.. Unfortunately, someone got too aggressive cleaning the cylinder face at the forcing cone and wore down the bluing on the face, but I am here to tell you the stainless in no better looking than the near perfect 8". And yes I am going to fire it probably later today. Not a great picture but it makes the point.... Prices for ALL Pythons short of the rare and unusual are in general stupid is my thought. The one Python no one talks about is the 1976 Bicentennial commemorative which can be had for 4k as part of a 3 gun set.. That is right three guns!! I own one (an unfired set) and am here to tell you fit and finish as as good or better than any of my other Pythons or other Colts. In fact with the engraving it may be my best.. 3.5 to 4k for a stainless or 4k for a three set Bicentennial that includes a SAA and a Dragoon both engraved... Hummm.. Here is another one.. Just purchased a Colt Camp Perry Model made in 1930 lettered for 3400... Colt made 2500 of these single shots over 20 years.. And we pay more than this for a Bright Stainless?