I only have one of the snakes but it is a nice one. I bought this Diamondback many years ago in a gun shop for around $400 as I recall. It was not a steal at the time but it was a good price. The Detective SPL, while not a snake it is built on the same frame so I thought I would show it anyway, hey we all like to look at pictures of nice pistols. I think I paid about the same price for it as the Diamond. The thing I hate about owning pistols like this is the fact that they are worth too much to shoot. I was working in a telephone office back in the mid 1970s and a friend came to me wanting to sell me a Colt Python and Diamond back that were new in the box, $500 for both. I didn't have the scratch so I called my brother and he bought them and he still has them NIB.