The title asks the question.
What is the barrel length?
Are their drag lines on the cylinder?
What is the finish? (Colt Royal Blue, nickel, or stainless)
Is the finish 100%? (Just because a gun is unfired does not mean the finish is mint.)
What year was it built?
Does it come with original box?
Does it come with the original grips?
All of these things matter to Colt Python people.
I don’t know what it’s worth, but I wouldn’t take $2000.00 for mine. I love it. 6" Bright SS. But that is just what it is worth to me… I’m sure someone will be able to give you some info once you supply the info from the post above.
The finish is colt royal blue, yes the finish is 100% and original everything with box.
There’s currently a NIB Colt Python in Royal Blue on GunBroker bidding at $3300 (reserve not met) with a Buy Now price of $4995.
I’m guessing your Python is worth a nice chunk of change.
Here’s the link to the one I referred to above:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=181032206
Most Pythons in mint condition sell for between 1000 and 2000. They have to be very special, such as the limited run of Python Combat revolvers, to go for more than two big ones.
What year was it built? PM me if you need a source for manufacture dates.
Mine 
My Dad bought it in the mid 60’s
[QUOTE=mvician;719104]Mine
My Dad bought it in the mid 60’s
A 60s gun is definitely worth more than many. Craftsmanship at Colt was at its peak and collectors will pay more.
What happened seriously? Why aren’t these made today and done with the same love and care?
Nice revolver you got there by the way.
Short answer…the Union took over everything in 1972.
Thanks, so sad.
Where does the King Cobra fall in line behind the Python? Was it more of the run of the mill .357 without the bells & whistles?
I have a 6", SS King Cobra and have wondered just how different it was from its big brother.
thanks
The King Cobra is completely different from the Python. The Python is built on Colt’s old I frame, basically an Official Police that was made to exacting standards in .357 Magnum with a heavy barrel.
The King Cobra was built on the more modern V frame, a Trooper Mk.5 with a heavy barrel and underlug, that uses a modern coiled spring vs. the older leaf spring that the Python uses.
The King Cobras were decent. I actually remember the last of the Revolver Wars between S&W’s L frame (586, 686), Colt’s King Corbra, and Ruger’s GP-100. The ad campaigns in the mid to late 80’s got amusing…with S&W comparing revolvers to burgers and thickness…
The python also was much more labor intensive compared to the other snakes with a lot of hand fitting…although some of the cobras can get a little collectable;)
Thanks for the input guys. Soooo the only thing that makes the King Cobra special is that it is no longer made? 
Works for me.
Artos: Is that “your” Lew Horton edition Colt Combat Cobra? I have been looking for one for years. I need one to keep my 2/5" Python company. Wanna sell it?
MadDog :dance3:
Unfortunately, you’ll never see that level of craftsmanship, finish, and pride in manufacturing on a production handgun in this country ever again.
Truly a different, lost age.
yep…but she sleeps good where she is. It’s actually the 2nd i’ve owned. Wish i kept the fisrt one as the earliest ones had deeper role marks.
I’m still searching for the ellusive 3" python that doesn’t cost as much as my house.
If you find a good clean officer’s model match in 22lr, grab it. Fine shooting plinker.
If you want to sell it, resist all temptation to pull the trigger, leave it in the box and untouched to preserve collector’s value. It looks like there are zero drag marks, you can sell it as NIB.