I just recently added a Trooper .357 to my collection of Colt's and S&W revolvers. It had escaped me until 2 weeks ago. I picked one up in excellent condition for $850 at a gun show and jumped on it like a duck on a bug! They are SO much better than modern made revolvers yet, at the price, they are comparable...and 1/3 or less the price of a Python. The Python never had a great attraction for me, and I started buying Colt's in the 60s. The Officer's Model Match and Trooper .357 are every bit as good and were always lower cost. I have 2 OMM revolvers in .38. I bought one some years ago, early 2000s, and the first time we took it to the range my wife got hold of it and wouldn't give it back! "This gun likes me!" she said. So last year, I bought another for $475!!!! Yes, you can still find bargains! Now we each have one and they are the most accurate handguns I have ever shot. I also collect S&W and they are, admittedly, more interesting to collectors because of the huge variety of models and variations. But I always feel Colt made the better revolver...at least until 1969. I have a Trooper MKIII also, very strong and reliable, but NOT an OMM or Trooper .357 The new revolvers, even the S&W "reintroductions" of the "classics" are just disappointing. I looked at one of the "new" S&W model 19s which kinda-sorta looks like my 1970s version and then you see it has a "shroud" over the pipe nipple barrel, sort of like a disguise or a wig. No thanks. For now, my advice is seek out an earlier model for about the same price.
COLT ALL THE WAY, I recently got the UPGRADED version of of a Colt Trooper. On the barrel it has 357 stamped TWICE: LARGE STAMPING "COLT 3-5-7" then below 357 MAGNUM. It's a limited production pistol (15,000) 1953-1961. It's BASICALLY a PYTHON TUNED TROOPER which spelled it's DOOM when the BEAUTIFUL PYTHONS came out late 1955. Mine has a SWEET SILKY SMOOOOTH ACTION and SWEET LIGHT single action pull. MY 6" LOVES CCI Blazer Bass 125gr. FMJ and shoots them a ONE HOLER with 5 shots at 25' that looks more like 3 shots not 5 shots. IT'S A KEEPER. 😮😊😊
@rob1upon1gsxr1000 I never owned a Police Positive, but when I was in college I had a 6" Official Police in .38 Spl, which is very similar. It was a great gun...very accurate. Back then I was young and dumb...traded it off. I wish I had it back.
@duelist1954 yikes, sorry for the loss, i'll try to make a video this weekend, as i dont see any other revolvers like it on the tube. thanks for the fast reply.
@LifeisGood762 These are mid-century classics. I do have a nineteenth century DA video called "Double Action Revolvers of the Old West" that you might enjoy.
Is there a correct way with a DA revolver to return a cylinder to the frame so the cylinder index doesn't score the cylinder bluing? I am sure I have seen it here on UA-cam somewhere. Lovely video as always. It would be nice to see you in a video with Hickok shooting some Old West firearms.
The scoring...actually just rubbing through the bluing, the metal is not scored, is cause by the bolt dragging on the cylinder when it rises into place to fall into the notch. It has nothing to do with how you return the cylinder to the frame.
Why would you want to? The Trooper .357 is a wonderful revolver in it's own right and very accurate. The Python barrel would do nothing top improve anything. Unless the barrel of the Trooper was "shot out" (not likely) you will do nothing to make it better and ruin it's own collector value which is quite respectable.
I had a wonderful S&W 586 .357 with nice trigger job that I sold in 1986. I still regret it to this day. Oh well, chalk it up to being young and stupid I suppose...
I just recently added a Trooper .357 to my collection of Colt's and S&W revolvers. It had escaped me until 2 weeks ago. I picked one up in excellent condition for $850 at a gun show and jumped on it like a duck on a bug! They are SO much better than modern made revolvers yet, at the price, they are comparable...and 1/3 or less the price of a Python. The Python never had a great attraction for me, and I started buying Colt's in the 60s. The Officer's Model Match and Trooper .357 are every bit as good and were always lower cost. I have 2 OMM revolvers in .38. I bought one some years ago, early 2000s, and the first time we took it to the range my wife got hold of it and wouldn't give it back! "This gun likes me!" she said. So last year, I bought another for $475!!!! Yes, you can still find bargains! Now we each have one and they are the most accurate handguns I have ever shot.
I also collect S&W and they are, admittedly, more interesting to collectors because of the huge variety of models and variations. But I always feel Colt made the better revolver...at least until 1969. I have a Trooper MKIII also, very strong and reliable, but NOT an OMM or Trooper .357
The new revolvers, even the S&W "reintroductions" of the "classics" are just disappointing. I looked at one of the "new" S&W model 19s which kinda-sorta looks like my 1970s version and then you see it has a "shroud" over the pipe nipple barrel, sort of like a disguise or a wig. No thanks. For now, my advice is seek out an earlier model for about the same price.
COLT ALL THE WAY, I recently got the UPGRADED version of of a Colt Trooper. On the barrel it has 357 stamped TWICE: LARGE STAMPING "COLT 3-5-7" then below 357 MAGNUM. It's a limited production pistol (15,000) 1953-1961. It's BASICALLY a PYTHON TUNED TROOPER which spelled it's DOOM when the BEAUTIFUL PYTHONS came out late 1955. Mine has a SWEET SILKY SMOOOOTH ACTION and SWEET LIGHT single action pull. MY 6" LOVES CCI Blazer Bass 125gr. FMJ and shoots them a ONE HOLER with 5 shots at 25' that looks more like 3 shots not 5 shots. IT'S A KEEPER. 😮😊😊
Love it Mike
@norwegianwiking Yes it is. When I got it, it was double action only. My gunsmith restored it to DA/SA capability.
I LOVE MY 6" COLT 3-5-7 Not a Trooper which it DOES look like but has the action of a PYTHON for MUCH LESS MONEY. 😯😃👍😎
@norwegianwiking I got it from Century International Arms, but I don't know what country they brought it back from.
@rob1upon1gsxr1000 I never owned a Police Positive, but when I was in college I had a 6" Official Police in .38 Spl, which is very similar. It was a great gun...very accurate. Back then I was young and dumb...traded it off. I wish I had it back.
@duelist1954 yikes, sorry for the loss, i'll try to make a video this weekend, as i dont see any other revolvers like it on the tube. thanks for the fast reply.
I REALLY LIKE MY 6" Colt 3-5-7, NOT THE TROOPER which it DOES LOOK LIKE. 😃👍😎
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@LifeisGood762 These are mid-century classics. I do have a nineteenth century DA video called "Double Action Revolvers of the Old West" that you might enjoy.
I thought the Trooper were introduced in 1953?
Is there a correct way with a DA revolver to return a cylinder to the frame so the cylinder index doesn't score the cylinder bluing? I am sure I have seen it here on UA-cam somewhere.
Lovely video as always. It would be nice to see you in a video with Hickok shooting some Old West firearms.
The scoring...actually just rubbing through the bluing, the metal is not scored, is cause by the bolt dragging on the cylinder when it rises into place to fall into the notch. It has nothing to do with how you return the cylinder to the frame.
what about a colt police positive .38 secial ctg? is that any good?
If the threads are the same could you screw in a python barrel and have a makeshift python?
You Could, but the Python barrel rib would not mate up
Why would you want to? The Trooper .357 is a wonderful revolver in it's own right and very accurate. The Python barrel would do nothing top improve anything. Unless the barrel of the Trooper was "shot out" (not likely) you will do nothing to make it better and ruin it's own collector value which is quite respectable.
is that smith a reimported police gun? i spy import markings on the left side below the cylinder
@duelist1954 any info on where it came from?
I had a wonderful S&W 586 .357 with nice trigger job that I sold in 1986. I still regret it to this day. Oh well, chalk it up to being young and stupid I suppose...
low kick for a .357 magnum