From the Vault: The Colt .357 Magnum Revolver

Looks like a early trooper model.
I had a mk 3 and looks similar

How does it compare to Colt Trooper MkIII. I've found one in excellent condition (4"). Has aftermarket grips unfortunately.

Walk into the range chanting hear Yee hear yee

After 1955, Colt renamed this model the Trooper. The Colt Mk III (Trooper or Lawman models) and Trooper Mk V were the cheaper versions of the Python. The Trooper Mk V in particular had the ventilated barrel rib option.

Interesting Never Saw a S&W With s Colt Python Barrel 😮😳😀

That old colt revolver is probably built better than the new colt pythons.

Smith & Wesson made all kinds of short run models to compete with other manufactures. I once saw a factory run Model 29 that had a bull barrel and special sights for long range silhouette competition to compete with the Ruger Black Hawk. The sights had four preset settings for each set of targets. It had a bead blasted finish and it was the ugliest Smith & Wesson revolver I ever saw. I personally own a 629 model with a full lug 8⅜ inch barrel. The front sight has a quick change feature and provides four different sights for 50, 100, 150 and 200 meters. It requires using a 240gr load with a velocity of 1350fps for the system to work. The amazing thing is, it works perfect and I laugh every time I use the dam thing. Sadly manufactures push using plastic guns that cost little to make and charge too much to buy. If anyone thinks a pistol made with plastic is better because it holds 17-rounds has rocks for brains. They spit all the most costly part of the ammunition where you never find half of it. They think a two inch group at 25-feet or 25-yards is accurate makes me laugh. Wonder why you can’t find ammunition for you pistol. It is because all those shoot fast nuts caused the problem.

I carry one of these on occasion but not to work. Don’t want to beat it up too much.

You have some good videos sir🙌🏼👌🏼

So this is Basically Colts version of the S&W model 28.

Another of Colt's .357 magnum 'working guns' was the Trooper. The Trooper Mk.V gets my vote for the best looking DA revolver ever made. Once they put that ventilated rib on it with the Mk.V, it was perfect!

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This is the transitional model between the Colt Officers Model Match and the Python. I have an Officers Model March in a rare .22 LR. Lovely handgun

Purchased a Colt 357 Magnum last year at an estate auction. Serial number places it in the first couple years of the model's production run; around 1954/1955. Mine has the 6" barrel rather than the 4", but it's just as nice as the one in the video. The big difference is that I paid approximately $400 for mine. Not thousands of dollars. Nice revolver though.

I have the 6" version. Like new condition. The story behind it means more than any Python to me. Beautiful firearm and incredible story. This is one to pass down. Phenomenal trigger, same sight picture as the Python and a little lighter.

Owned on of these 25 years ago. Awesome trigger works. I buggered it up attempting to hand engrave ' COLT' onto its side plate and had it refinished with a satin ceracote. Stil wish I had not traded off this gun and later an uncataloged 3" Police Positive Special MINT in the original box.

Mine shoots better than my python, then again my python doesn’t leave the vault much

Colt Trooper .357 mag?

I'm FORTUNATE to have bought one with a 6" barrel which is even more SCARCE than the 4" one. And BOY IS IT A SHOOTER.😊😃😁😉😎👍

i have one in 38cal.1951 can not find anyone that has know of one help.

Will this bring down a skinwalker?

My uncle worked at Colt factory from 1965 to 1967 , he told me that in early 66 they used New rollers ( the roller stamps with the Colt logo) so the troopers from 1966 to early 67 the Colt logo on the frame and the barrel where it says trooper 357 are More dented into the metal, I have the python and a trooper and the python is like beautiful diamond and the trooper is like a beautiful watch.

Down the road it sounds like the conversion may have bee a mistake like cutting a '63 split window coupe Stingray to a singe window to look like a '64.

I own this exact .357 - no plans to sell, but curious what value of it may be ?

I WOULD LKOVE TO HOIBBIED PRACTICAL WIHT IT

I just traded a 500 dollar AR15 for one of these not realizing what I actually was trading for. Mine is serial # in the 9000's out of 15,000 and has the 6" barrel and is in pretty good shape with the original grips. The trigger is incredible.

This was the first revolver I shot , and carried it in law enforcement in the early 80s and was carried by my Dad when he started in law enforcement in 1957 and a mod 60 chief special and a 3” mod 36

I have very recently bought a VERY NICE 4" one and a Ok 6" one that SHOOTS GREAT with 38 special. Haven't shot the 4" one YET but I'm sure it will do GREAT because it is in a bit better condition than my 6" one and it will make 1 hole with CCI Blazer brass 125gr FMJ at 25' and looks like less than 5 shots fired. It's DEFINITELY a KEEPER.

A beautiful piece.

I'm HAPPY TO SAY that I'm a PROUD owner of a 6" made in 1955, it's in GREAT SHAPE MECHANICALLY SPEAKING but cosmetically in GOOD +condition. It shoots 38 CCI BLAZER BRASS 125gr FMJ unbelievably well (25' rested one hole 5 shots, looks like 3 shots). Then recently I did a trade + money and got a Really NICE 4 " in original condition but haven't shot it YET. I'm a HAPPY DOG. 😉😃😃😃😃😃 KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEOS, INFORMATIVE ONES. 😆

Never cared for the Python's ventilated rib top barrels. Just looked unnecessary. This version in the video the barrel is more pleasing, reminds me of a Ruger Blackhawk barrel.

I like the way the pencil barrel Colts handle. The Python puts a lot of metal up front with the underlug and barrel rib that that's great for shooting lots of .357 but the action can't take it so handling becomes more important to me for a working gun. I took my Colt 357 to the range this week in fact and it was great.

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I have one of these with a four inch barrel. Was my great uncle’s carry gun. Priceless to me.

Another of those guns I HAD and let slip away. What the heck? It was nothing "special" back then. Just an old Colt 357.

I have an early 4 digit from 1954, pre-Python. Finish is just as good as the early 50’s pythons and action is just as smooth.

The actual model name was simply "357" and it was the predecessor to the Python, not really an "alternative". It was, of course, chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge. The 357 was the premier Colt revolver when it was introduced.
My uncle was a Chicago police officer from 1951-1979. This is the revolver he carried for most of his career and the one I always remember him having.
I was a Chicago police officer from 1973-2009. I began my career carrying a Colt Trooper MKIII, which was the updated (but not as good, IMO) version of this revolver. I carried that revolver until 1988 when I transitioned to an autoloader. The MKIII series were good, sturdy revolvers. I still own and use mine. But not as well made as the older Colt's.
The pre-1969 Colt's were some of the best revolvers ever made.

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My dad passed away 3 years ago and I acquired his Colt Trooper .357 Magnum, 6" barrel. Manufactured in 1969. Family lore has dad trading another gun to a CHP officer for this piece, but they are confusing that transaction with one I made for a S&W Model 28... Dad actually purchased this weapon from a city police reserve officer that needed money and was wanting a new pistol. That being said, the Trooper still shoots like a Python and placing rounds downrange in tight patterns, when the shooter does his job.

I have a 4” & 6” 3-5-7 Colt. Picked up the (very good condition) 6” up directly after I saw this video, in 2022, for a nice price ($900). Very nice shooting revolver. Smooth trigger like a Python. Very nice grips , before Colt started lacquer finishing the grips. The only issue is they were produced for a short period of time, 1953-1961. But not too hard to find in the resale market. The Trooper in that era is nice too. Just my opinion of course. I’m no expert and not a qualified source.