Best deal I got buying one is no doubt the same one I regret letting go. In the early 90's at the Ft Wayne gunshow, I bought a 3 in colt python. it was marked " Combat Python " and was in great shape. I paid $ 400.00 for it and bought it from Tri State. Then about a year later, a friend saw it after he knew I rarely shot it and ask what I would take for it. Well, at the time, I wasn't shooting it and really had no need, so I let it go for what I gave for it. I have never seen once since and I rarely miss a show.