I know people are proud of their Colts, but this is a bit much

[ThreeFingerPete]

but wait, isnt twice 0 still 0?

Good call. The anaconda had some mim or cast stuff, but the python was all milled.

[helosailor]

LOL at $2150 for the 1911. If that one is worth that, then mine should be an easy $3000.

A lot of the non-Colt wartime 1911s can and do sell for well north of $3000. They are genuine collectors items and have a certain pedigree. If anybody I knew paid $2150 for the one that guy is selling, I'd ask to look at it, then pistol whip them with it.

[bottlerocket]

LOL at $2150 for the 1911. If that one is worth that, then mine should be an easy $3000.

A lot of the non-Colt wartime 1911s can and do sell for well north of $3000. They are genuine collectors items and have a certain pedigree. If anybody I knew paid $2150 for the one that guy is selling, I'd ask to look at it, then pistol whip them with it.

Non-Colt wartime 1911s? I've never seen one other than Springfields that were built a little later, and most we're armory rebuilds.

[helosailor]

Non-Colt wartime 1911s? I've never seen one other than Springfields that were built a little later, and most we're armory rebuilds.

Lots of other makers made 1911s during WWII with Colt tooling. Ithaca, Remington, Singer, and Union Switch & Signal. If you see one that is all original, not a mish mash of parts, it will cost some serious coin. Also, one marked for specific services fetch a lot of coin, like the U.S. Navy models.

[Mike]

Python
http://www.okshooters.com/showthread...09-Colt-python

[CJ]

Sure you can, but you CAN'T on a completely factory Colt except for maybe the ANV II. Hell even an original O1911 from WWI is still ~$1300. This is a relatively new gun, no box or papers and has been fired. Probably worth half the asking price.

I have a 1911 worth $3500. There are a lot of things that factor into value. History, documentation, rarity...

[CJ]

Hell yes. Do want, but I'll just go pick up a S&W 686 for half the price lol

It's half the gun also. Some guns are not worth the coin, the python is not one of those guns. Have you ever handled one?

Cooter - that looks like a chrome Python, they only did that for a few years in initial production, then they switched to a polished stainless. So that does have some value to it.

[bottlerocket]

I have a 1911 worth $3500. There are a lot of things that factor into value. History, documentation, rarity...

Colt? And probably not one built in the 70s :wink1:

[CJ]

Colt? And probably not one built in the 70s :wink1:

It isn't a Colt, it's an Ithaca, and it's from '42

[KBScobravert]

I have a 1911 worth $3500. There are a lot of things that factor into value. History, documentation, rarity...

Is that the one that dropped the 'Jap'?

[CJ]

Is that the one that dropped the 'Jap'?

Yes. Got the jap's gun also. I also have a bill of lading, and document of issue.

[03trubluGT]

that nickel Python is fucking boss

Yea, but it's still a Colt with the sucky cylinder release pull....

[03trubluGT]

and twice the mim!

mim?

[03trubluGT]

It's half the gun also. Some guns are not worth the coin, the python is not one of those guns. Have you ever handled one?

Cooter - that looks like a chrome Python, they only did that for a few years in initial production, then they switched to a polished stainless. So that does have some value to it.

I've never been one for "intrinsic value" of a gun. Just because it's popular, doesn't mean it's worth my money. I like the tolerances of the Colt, but I hate that pull cylinder release. It is not a natrual muscle movement when in a combat shooting situation. In high stress incidents, you rely on gross muscle movements and that pull is just not a natural (IMHO) movement. I think S&W has it right when it comes to the push release.

[Cooter]

Yea, but it's still a Colt with the sucky cylinder release pull....

Never handled one. I do like my s&w release