Like the title states, gimme your .02 on shooting a never fired 1979 4" Royal blue Python.
For me, since I have one in the safe, I think about making it my primary wheelgun. I love the size of it; I have 4 k-frames and a N-frame, and a couple small revos, so I have an appreciation of different sizes. I love 38/357; I find it plenty for any pistol/carbine application - pretty much anything from 1 to 100 yds. I handload for pistol, and rifle from 9mm to 30-06, and lots in between, but I really enjoy casting and loading and shooting 38 the most.
I used to shoot/own a 6" python and traded it back to my father long ago. What stops me from from using the '79 is its value - I turned down $2200 for it about 5 years ago, I got no idea what they are going for now.
I carry (when I carry - not all the time) a S&W 15-3 in a Hunter Field leather holster on a cartridge belt for my daily forest dog run. I cringe at the thought of carrying the Python like that, but then I think about it just sitting in the safe, and I believe that guns were made to be used. And 38spl will do everything I want, I find no need for 357. The Model 15 4" is IMO an ideal open carry gun, its not like I NEED to carry or even shoot the Python. But man, its a thing of beauty in both form and function.
Would you shoot it? Carry it? Or just appreciate it as a thing of beauty and fondle it once a year?