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

[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.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by 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.

Quoted for truth.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by 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.

Agreed. One of these days, I gotta show you guys my Dad's SAA...

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by MT2008

Agreed. One of these days, I gotta show you guys my Dad's SAA...

Is it an older Uberti model? Because until a few years ago, Uberti was using kind of soft metals that didn't take a good amount of abuse (but looks very new and beautiful in cinema) but now they are using better stuff.

Uberti makes good products, but I still think one day I'll shoot for a real deal Colt SAA, even with the nutso price tag.

That or a Ruger Vaquero model, since most SASS shooters use those, although usually very tricked out. But that's be more for shooting than a nice case piece.

[Jcordell]

Originally Posted by 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.

Need has nothing to do with it. Now want on the other hand is another story.