Colt 1958 Trooper .357
Anybody have experience with these? Are they accurate? Do they hold up with full loads?
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The original Trooper has been out of print, for almost 50 years. Accuracy and sturdiness, wouldn't likely be your problem.
Since it uses the old Colt internals. Make sure timing and bolt lock up, is OK.0 -
quote:Originally posted by rufe-snow
The original Trooper has been out of print, for almost 50 years. Accuracy and sturdiness, wouldn't likely be your problem.
Since it uses the old Colt internals. Make sure timing and bolt lock up, is OK.
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If it is in any kind of decent condition, you might not want to use rocks and dynamite loads in it anyway, as its value is about 10 times what it was new.0 -
I had one for a while in the early '70s. It is the same basic frame as the Python, so no strength problems there. The "floating" firing pin is another story. Mine broke toward the end of a monthly qualification session, but fired the full course. I then cleaned it and carried it on duty for a month. The next qual session I could not get a single shot off, the broken stub of the pin having fallen out at some point. I sold it the next day and switched to a Smith Model 28 where I could see the nose of the firing pin every time the hammer came back. I've never been back to the Colt since.
Oh, I'm not that brave or Stupid - as I said I switched to a Smith HWY Patrolman before my next shift.0 -
Thats interesting to hear. Your a brave guy to carry it as a duty gun after the problem you experienced. If I buy one it will be 2.8 of bullseye / 158 swc for my life and it's life. Thanks guys! 0 -
I bought one when it was called the Colt .357 in 1957. I carried it as a sidearm for part of my 30 years as a LEO. The only problem I ever had with it was I bumped the hammer spur on the door when getting out of a truck and broke the spur off. It still functioned without the hammer spur but I had a new hammer installed. Like a lot of Colt revolvers, it got out of time. I peened the hand to stretch it slightly and corrected that problem 0 -
Thanks Herschel, had several Colts , but only an REA Express .38 was out of time. Guy must not have had enough work to do, and played with it ! 0 -
I have 2 Colt .357's, a 6" and a 4". Like the "Trooper" .357 they were built using the Python frame, as was the Colt officers Model Match. 38 Spl. I carried an OMM at work for several years in the early 70's. I always considered it Colts answer to the S&W model 14. Both are excellent target revolvers.
I have shot both Colts and Smiths in PPC matches out to 50yds and both guns performed well. Pythons were used quite a bit in PPC matches back in the 70's. Ammo used in those days was 148 gr flat wadcutters. I have picked off many jack rabbits with that ammo.0 -
To pick a nit a bit, the .357 chambering was not introduced on the Trooper until 1961 after the "357" was discontinued. (The serial number charts on the Trooper can be confusing.)
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