Shear_stress
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Another forum member's gorgeous pics of his 1950s-era Colt Model 357 made me want to share some some shots of a similar Colt I just picked up. Mine is a Trooper made in 1957 and chambered in .22 LR.
According to information culled from message boards like this one, the .22 Trooper was made from 1953 to 1960. They were not hot sellers and maybe 2000 to 3000 made it out from under the Blue Dome. For some reason .22 Troopers were exiled to the Officers Match serial number range, rather than being numbered with their centerfire brethren. I guess that gives me the luxury of regarding this gun as a sort of a service length OM--or, pushing things a bit--the closest thing to a rimfire Python you can get. Yeah, that's the ticket.
This one is in pretty nice shape and sports a matching, albeit disintegrating, box that confirms the gun came with the target hammer and grips from the factory. My photographs ain't great, but I hope they convey the fine quality of this old left-handed wheeler.
According to information culled from message boards like this one, the .22 Trooper was made from 1953 to 1960. They were not hot sellers and maybe 2000 to 3000 made it out from under the Blue Dome. For some reason .22 Troopers were exiled to the Officers Match serial number range, rather than being numbered with their centerfire brethren. I guess that gives me the luxury of regarding this gun as a sort of a service length OM--or, pushing things a bit--the closest thing to a rimfire Python you can get. Yeah, that's the ticket.
This one is in pretty nice shape and sports a matching, albeit disintegrating, box that confirms the gun came with the target hammer and grips from the factory. My photographs ain't great, but I hope they convey the fine quality of this old left-handed wheeler.
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