Proto-Python?
When Bubba Gets It Right
For those in the gun collecting (or gun accumulating, for us types with less money and/or taste), a "bubba-fied" gun is one that's been modified with a heavy and untrained hand. A typical Bubba job will involve checkering a fine walnut stock with a rat-tail file, or putting an Armalloy finish on an otherwise pristine Winchester, or sometimes carving his name in the stock using a Dremel Tool.
Usually, a "bubba-fied" gun loses 50-75% of any collector value, and is often an object of derision whenever they appear on an auction site.
Sometimes, however, Bubba gets a hole in one.
Once in a blue moon you'll see an homegrown gunsmithing job that turns out right. It may have been done in in a professional shop by an unknown gunsmith, or over a kitchen table by an anonymous Bubba. Here's one I suspect had a bit of Bubba laid on it:
When I first saw this one on the Collector's Firearms website, I was sure it was some sort of proto-Python developed by Colt before they perfected the design. No, there's no full-length underlug, but all the other Python design cues are there, the vented rib, the big spur hammer, the adjustable sights, the graceful curve of the wood grip...
A second look at the pistol's description, though, revealed the truth. It's just a skillfully (probably factory) modified Colt 1917 in .45 ACP.
All this bubbafication can be yours, for the low price of $1995!!
For those in the gun collecting (or gun accumulating, for us types with less money and/or taste), a "bubba-fied" gun is one that's been modified with a heavy and untrained hand. A typical Bubba job will involve checkering a fine walnut stock with a rat-tail file, or putting an Armalloy finish on an otherwise pristine Winchester, or sometimes carving his name in the stock using a Dremel Tool.
Usually, a "bubba-fied" gun loses 50-75% of any collector value, and is often an object of derision whenever they appear on an auction site.
Sometimes, however, Bubba gets a hole in one.
Once in a blue moon you'll see an homegrown gunsmithing job that turns out right. It may have been done in in a professional shop by an unknown gunsmith, or over a kitchen table by an anonymous Bubba. Here's one I suspect had a bit of Bubba laid on it:
When I first saw this one on the Collector's Firearms website, I was sure it was some sort of proto-Python developed by Colt before they perfected the design. No, there's no full-length underlug, but all the other Python design cues are there, the vented rib, the big spur hammer, the adjustable sights, the graceful curve of the wood grip...
A second look at the pistol's description, though, revealed the truth. It's just a skillfully (probably factory) modified Colt 1917 in .45 ACP.
All this bubbafication can be yours, for the low price of $1995!!
posted by El Capitan | 4:54 PM
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