[dasmi]

Picked it up today. 1957 Cobra, .38 special.
http://nakedcomputing.org/images/cobra/1.JPG
http://nakedcomputing.org/images/cobra/2.JPG
http://nakedcomputing.org/images/cobra/3.JPG
http://nakedcomputing.org/images/cobra/4.JPG
http://nakedcomputing.org/images/cobra/5.JPG

[huntershooter]

Lovely.

[Ala Dan]

A most excellent find there, my friend. Enjoy~! :D ;)

[1BLINDREF]

Congrats!!
I just bought my first Cobra (1967) this past weekend. Good luck with her!

PM sent.

[dasmi]

A few people have PM'd wondering what I paid for it, so I'll just put it here.
$299 was the price on the tag, it was around $350 after tax, and all the California fees.

[BigG]

Another member of the butterknife brigade. I'm glad I'm not the only one. :p I hate the gutting knife displayed next to a firearm. It looks like something from Halloween. :neener:

[SwampWolf]

Nice Cobra, indeed. I'm wondering if the screw located at the top of the frame (just in front of the hammer) is for mounting a hammer shroud? My stock '66 Cobra doesn't have any provision (screw hole) in said location for installing a hammer shroud (if that's what it's for). Does anybody know if the screw in question is from the factory for a '57 Cobra or if it was added later?

[GrandmasterB]

Nice deal! That looks like a fine Cobra in very good shape for being 50 years old!

[Will5A1]

Very sweet - a true classic.

[mnw42]

The screw at the top is for mounting a hammer shroud. It probably had a shroud at one time.

[dasmi]

Shot it today. Wow, it's a handful.

[RobertFBurnett]

Wish I had a first Colt anything, congrats!

Another member of the butterknife brigade. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I hate the gutting knife displayed next to a firearm. It looks like something from Halloween.
To me theres something weird about shotgun shells propping up revolvers, don't know why. I like Sharpies/Highlighters gives a splash of color contrast to the blue/stainless/black firearms.

RFB

[Texas Colt]

Congrats on your first Colt.

A word of caution... it probably won't be your last. Next thing you know, you'll have a nickeled version, and then a Detective Special, and then an Agent, and then......

[SwampWolf]

...another Cobra!

[The Lone Haranguer]

Although I was not really using it much, preferring subcompact autoloaders for this "tactical niche," I foolishly sold a 1974 Agent. :rolleyes::banghead: I will have to do penance soon. ;)

[wcwhitey]

Beautiful, a very nice Colt, first or not!