My Trooper MK-III will be with me until the end!

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Originally posted by zippo:
Recently bought a super nice colt trooper 357 mark 111. A avid S&W guy said the colt python was a fine firearm but the trooper was a boat anchor compared to S&W, that gun stores could not give away. Obviously I did not feel good about that comment. What do you guys say.

What color is the sky in his world?

Zippo:

You got a great deal- enjoy it!!! My uncle always carried a Colt revolver on duty, but I've always preferred Smiths... whatever floats your boat, I guess! Don't lose any sleep over some "hater" telling you it's a boat anchor.

I've got a 6" Trooper MKIII in .22LR.
It's a fine revolver. The action is outstanding.I've always wondered if it had the action smoothed out because it is incredible.
I do like my Smith 17 better simply because I've had it longer and it's a little lighter than the Trooper. They are fine revolvers though. That guy doesn't know squat about guns. Just check what they are bringing on Gunbroker.

A boat anchor? I am not surprised that some nitwit would make such a comment. Some would have you believe the devil is a billy goat and hell an ice house.

Die hard Colt guys tend to eschew the Mark III guns. Sort of like some S&W folks when the pinned barrels disappeared... or the locks appeared.

The Trooper Mk III is a decent gun but some old time Colt shooters prefer the older designs.

that hasn't stopped the prices for the Mk IIIs (like all Colts) to go through the roof.

Boat Anchor?!? Hardly. Here's my 1954 "Colt .357" (one year before it was named "Trooper"). It is one of the sweetest shooting guns I own.

Anyone want to get rid of their boat anchor....let me know!

Back in the mid 70s I brought my first handgun a Ruger sercurity six my brother bought a Colt trooper mark 111 from the same shop the same day. I have since traded the Ruger however it was a fine gun for the 165.00 I payed new for it, but he still has that Colt. It is a very acurate gun and we were always of the opinion it was a better shooting gun than the Ruger. I have often wished i had bought it

Here's a couple of my boat anchors.


Lawman mkIII

If that's a boat anchor, I want to see the boat.

My boat anchor is earlier than y'all's.

1919 New Service. .45 ACP.

I am just finding out I got no class! I carried a old colt trooper .357 on my job for 15 or 20 years! I still have several, one in .22 LR that I used to practice with. I also have several pythons that are almost the same gun without the ramp and enclosed ejector houseing. I realise you are talking the later model, I used to have one of those too. I dont want anybody shooting at me with that boat ancor, I found them to be AT LEAST as accurate as my smiths!

Buford Pusser did all right with his.

Tell that guy to shut up.


Okie John

idjit

Any moron that drifts through our neck of the woods and refers to our wives and daughters as strumpets/concubines is going to wake up in the middle of next week with new facial features and new outlook on life. Was it John Wayne that said?: "life is tough; it's tougher if you're stupid" ....

Hey Zippo -

All that matters is that YOU like it - who cares what anybody else thinks? (By the way, love your gun!)