Reeder Custom Guns - the nickel 8" 38 Special Python is the rare one

Gary Reeder
the nickel 8" 38 Special Python is the rare one
Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10:51

An old friend who collected Colts used to come in my shop in Tennessee and he was always looking for nickel Diamondback 6" in 22 LR and the nickel 8" Pythons in 38 Special The really rare one was the 2 1/2" nickel Diamondback in 22 LR. We had a few of the 8" Pythons but they were a hard sell. People wanted the 6", not the 8". The Python Hunter with the 8" barrel and Leupold scope that came in a special case was a so-so seller. In the early to mid 80s scoped revolvers weren't really sought after. If a person wanted a scoped handgun, it was usually the Contender. The long barrel revolvers with a scope were considerably heavier than the Contender and were usually passed over for the TC.

a 38 Special Magnum? Sho nuff . A fellow on the phone - Gary Reeder, 2020-01-20, 15:52
- Now that you brought this up do remember - Lynn, 2020-01-21, 09:12
- Thanks Gary, learned something today - Sid R, 2020-01-20, 16:01
  - Also I know for fact the Colt Python was chambered .38 Spc. - WB, 2020-01-21, 08:13
    - the nickel 8" 38 Special Python is the rare one - Gary Reeder, 2020-01-21, 10:51