[Fat Boy]

I attended a small show yesterday, and spent some time talking myself out of a purchase. The gun was a Colt Trooper, according to the barrel stamp. It had a 4 inch barrel, adjustable rear sights, very little bluing, wood grips with the Colt medallion, and a trigger shoe.

The action was, in my layman's opinion, awfully nice; smooth, light. The only issue I had was when drawing the hammer back to full-cock slowly it wouldn't advance the cylinder into the notch; a slight nudge was needed each time to bring the cylinder into place.

Asking price was $300

I have read occasional posts on this forum about the work required to fix older Colt guns, and as much as I liked that gun and tried to talk myself into it, I walked away.

Now the hard question; did I make a good decision? Or might this have been a $25 fix?

Thanks!

[Guillermo]

good move

it is hard to find a competent Colt mechanic

[22-rimfire]

I would have walked away too for that price. Half that price (or maybe as much as $200) and I would have bought it and dealt with the repair issue via Colt.

[Shear_stress]

Good to walk away unless you can take it to someone who can fit a Colt hand.

[earlthegoat2]

depending on the vintage it may not need a ton of hand fitting. The MK IIIs and later were not the same action as the Python that need 10x magnafiers and surgical equipment to work on.

Still though, good move on talking yourself out of it. The price is high for a an out of time Colt.

[10X]

A 38 Trooper would be an old vintage, 1950s, not the newer Mark III or V.

The advice received was correct, unless you have a competent gun smith (rare or nonexistant) the gun would have to go to Colt for repair. For a $300 gun, probably not worth it.