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My garage-sale-addict wife texted me this picture. I didn't text, but called her back right away and yelled "grab those grips on the bottom right!"
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$5. Guess I won't give her such a hard time about it anymore.
The last Colt DA I owned was a MK V and that was traded off about 15 years ago, so what exactly do I have here?
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Those are from a Colt Trooper MKIII
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I'd have asked her to ask about the gun they fit..................
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COLT PYTHON, DUE TO GOLD EMBLEMS. TROOPER OR OTHER I FRAME GUNS WOULD HAVE SILVER EMBLEMS. ABOUT $150 AS THEY SIT ON THE MARKET. JP
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In the later 70's gold medallions started to appear on other Colt models and by the mid 80's all models had gold medallions. The MKIII was produced until 1983.
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That Ruger holster for $10 is a buy, too.
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Two years ago I paid 12 bucks for a set just like those. I auctioned them on ebay, and they sold for $176!
I love it when that happens!
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That Ruger holster for $10 is a buy, too.
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I thought about having her snag that as well. I may go back tomorrow and see if it's still there.
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In OHIO it seems like it is unlawful to have any decent gun stuff at garage sales! (my results ) Bob
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They look like Diamondback grips because of the forward rake of the bottom of the grip.
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COLT PYTHON, DUE TO GOLD EMBLEMS. TROOPER OR OTHER I FRAME GUNS WOULD HAVE SILVER EMBLEMS. ABOUT $150 AS THEY SIT ON THE MARKET. JP
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Python grips of the 3rd gen, (which they are not, I don't believe) have the checkering in a straight line under the medallions.
I think Trooper MK III, as noted by our Canadian friend 824tsv.
And as noted in a later post, the once definitive identity of gold medallions to only Pythons in the Colt revolver line-up is no longer;.. although Pythons are not known to ever have factory "silver" meds.
I gotta get out to some garage sales if that's what's to be found.
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I wish I could find a garage sale with that Ruger holster. Congrats on your new grips.
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Should've offered $3 and split the diff at $4.
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"What exactly do I have here?"........Easy, a set of Colt grips that will sooner or later turn into a complete revolver. And the best part? You can blame it on your excellent wife!
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They are definitely for a Colt Trooper MK III
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They are not shaped right to be for a Python. I would say a Trooper would be more like them. I would have bought the grips and also the holster.
Around here any gun stuff is sold in the first 5 minutes of the yard or garage sale. People are waiting in line for the sale to open just to check for guns and other good stuff.
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The closest I ever came to that in a garage sale was some old Italian 45 APC for $25 for fifty. No bargain at the time. Good find whatever it came from, congratulations!
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I think I would head back to that sale and make a bulk purchase of all the gun stuff (looks like there might be more at the edges of the picture). Good snag on those grips.
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Nice score. I usually run through neighborhoods on Saturday mornings and when I see a big yard sale I'll ask if they have any firearm accessories and sometimes get lucky, but mostly weird looks. Anyway, I agree, those are for the Trooper MK III.
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Python grips of the 3rd gen, (which they are not, I don't believe) have the checkering in a straight line under the medallions.
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Here's a picture showing the straight line checkering under the medallion. I, too, am fairly certain that your grips are not for a Python. But you certainly got the better deal - I paid twice what you paid!
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Garage sale find
That means they would've fit a Peacekeeper I sold off years ago.
Oh well, checkered walnut would've been wasted on a Parkerized finish.
She also snagged this old German M&P holster. Seller told her it was for a P08, but that's BS. More likely a PPK or Smaller Mauser:
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Regarding the grips, mostly opined as Colt Trooper MK III.
If you decide to ask your wife to go back out next week and find a gun they fit; ((she seems like she may capable of such )), you can broaden the Colt models they should fit.
After looking at the in-letting pattern you pictured, I believe you can use in addition to a Trooper MK III, a Lawman MK III up to about 1977.
The early Lawman MK III would correctly have silver meds, but even so...
While the fit on the following two is not certain; I think also an Officers Model Match, and a Colt's metropolitan.
Your flap holster very much favors those used with the "F N Browning 1889" . The compact size.
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