New to Me. Colt Trooper.357 mag, Pre MkIII

[Nyles]

Oh, I get it alright, and congratulations. I've been paring off some of my collection lately myself. And I also share your like of Colt revolvers. It's funny, S&W are from a technical perspective better than Colts (or at least I think so), but I just prefer the feel of a Colt.

And liking what you like doesn't make you a snob. You're only a snob if you're knocking someone else's collection. Not that I'm not occasionally guilty of that. My friend collects communist cars (Ladas, Yugos, even a Skoda), which I think is cool, except for the fact that he uses them as daily drivers. More than once I've had him phone me to tell the boss that he'd be late because his car caught fire on the way to work.

[Jcordell]

Originally Posted by Nyles

Oh, I get it alright, and congratulations. I've been paring off some of my collection lately myself. And I also share your like of Colt revolvers. It's funny, S&W are from a technical perspective better than Colts (or at least I think so), but I just prefer the feel of a Colt.

And liking what you like doesn't make you a snob. You're only a snob if you're knocking someone else's collection.

I agree. The S&W design is more durable - not so tempermental. But oh the feel of the old Colt action when everything is working. And if you really want durable and reliable just get a Ruger GP100. Very solid, but not as "pretty" in my opinion.

I don't knock other folks collections. There are a couple posters (the same two) on The Firing Line, Colt forum, S&W Forum and The High Road that are real jerks. No matter what you post about you will get some of their snide, arrogant, snobbish posts. They're alwasy correcting your grammer, your opinions and slamming your revolvers. One of them has for his avatar a picute of him wearing his graduation gown from college. I can't stand those two guys.

There is another guy called Chuck Hawks who has his own website. I swear he's almost psychotic whne it comes to his hatered for S&W. Another fellow who owns the website Gun Zone. It's amazing how much time he dedicates to his his GLOCK hate. Get a life fellas.

[Yournamehere]

Yeah I had one of those pre Mark Troopers from the 50's. It was my grandfather's gun, which he used as his carry gun as a pilot in both the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. Smooth action of course, but a bit too old looking for my taste. the particular model in question had a lanyard loop installed, which makes it a rare find, as I've yet to find another with the modification. I had to leave it with grandpa when I moved, but I'll inherit it when he passes.Won't use it too often, but I won't sell it either. It's an interesting gun to say the least. For a useable revolver, there are a million good S&Ws or more modern Colts though. I'd take that Model 15 if I had the money, heheh. Good to hear you are expanding your collection, dude.

[Jcordell]

Okay a couple photos. As you can see it doesn't have the Python frills but the internals are the same. I actually like the "old fashioned" look. It looks like it should be riding in the holster of some small town cop in 1958. Very serious and all business. The heavy bull barrel gives it some real heft. It's very clean with a crisp bore. The internals were dry and needed some lubrication, but they're also clean and functioning. I don't really think it's been fired for at least a couple decades. And then I don't think it's been fired very much. Timing (always an issue with the older Colt DA revolvers) is dead on and there is no endshake. So here it is. I like it.

[Nyles]

Nice - you don't see many Troopers up here anymore, but they're neat guns.

[Jcordell]

Originally Posted by Nyles

Nice - you don't see many Troopers up here anymore, but they're neat guns.

The funny thing is everybody keeps describing the Colt Trooper .357 magnum as a great sleeper and how under-appreciated it is. But they've seemed to dried up down here in Idaho as well. Actually the Trooper and Lawmen Mk III models are getting harder to find as well. So evidently somebody does appreciate the hell out of them.

[Gunmaster45]

In my opinion you only need to own ONE Colt revolver in your whole life. A Single Action Army, because it is a firearms work of art.