Colt 3 5 7

[sw44spl]

Today I picked up the Colt model 357 Ive been watching at a local shop. They were firm and wouldn't come down any so for $700 I brought it home . Its a 1961 model 357 and has a great trigger pull both single and double action.

 

[dmar]

Congratulations, looks like a very nice shooter you got there! I've had my eye out for one for years now, but have not seen one come up locally. IMO, you really can't beat the old Colt action for smoothness.

 

[Fishinfool]

Nice find. Basically, a Python, without the barrel rib or high gloss blue.

Larry

 

[clang444]

Congrats, they are great guns. Mine is a little older:

 

[Gunna1day]

That's a nice find!. I've been after a colt .357 revolver for some time now.
Don't see that many for sale, but when they come up,the prices are way up there! Cheers gunna.

 

[NYlakesider]

Today I picked up the Colt model 357 Ive been watching at a local shop. They were firm and wouldn't come down any so for $700 I brought it home . Its a 1961 model 357 and has a great trigger pull both single and double action.

Nice find OP enjoy!

Just by chance today in a local publication I will not name I saw a King Cobra .357 4'' with minor turn ring and is called excellent by owner for ONLY $3,500 FIRM. Think I will pass on that one!

 

[DWalt]

My first .357 was a 6" 3-5-7, still have it. I paid $200 for it back sometime in the early 1990s. The later .357 Trooper is essentially the same revolver. The original 3-5-7 was the first Colt .357 revolver, followed by the Python. Later, the 3-5-7 was replaced by the Trooper chambered in the .357. There were only a relatively small number of 3-5-7s made, about 15,000, and I am a little surprised that their price is not up in the Python range - yet. My last .357 Trooper purchase was a very nice 4-incher I bought about 2 years ago for $700, and I didn't think that was a bad deal.

 

[sw44spl]

I have a 6 in trooper 1966.I got it last year for $650. this year that shop had a 4in trooper like this one and I missed getting it.

 

[mic214]

Congrats!

I really love those old Colts……

 

[model70hunter]

I had a 6" 3 5 7. looked like a new one. The guy I bought it off of had sellers remorse and bought it back a few years later. It was as nice as the 3 Pythons I had at the time.

 

[LEO918]

I have two 3-5-7s both first year of production(1954) one is a 4" the other a 6", both have target hammers and target grips.
I bought them together from a friend and Colt collector.
The price was $1800 for the pair and I think he was very generous. I was very pleased to get them for that.

 

[DWalt]

I have two 3-5-7s both first year of production(1954) one is a 4" the other a 6", both have target hammers and target grips.
I bought them together from a friend and Colt collector.
The price was $1800 for the pair and I think he was very generous. I was very pleased to get them for that.

Did they have the full-checkered Gen 1 target stocks with silver medallions? If so, you got a very good deal at $1800 for the pair. Those should also have the "Two-Tone" finish.

 

[Hubcap91]

Congrats. I picked up my first Colt today, a Trooper MKIII in .357. Not sure on the year just yet.

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[texmex]

The original 3-5-7 was the first Colt .357 revolver, followed by the Python. Later, the 3-5-7 was replaced by the Trooper chambered in 357

I believe the Colt New Service was available in 1936. 500 pre-war Single Action Armys were chambered in 357. "And no less a future personality than soon-to-be General George Patton, purchased a (S&W)
3 1/2 inch .357 Magnum in Hawaii in 1935. Fitted with ivory grips to match his Colt Single Action .45, Patton called his .357 his "killin' gun." Patton used the ivory gripped mis-matched pair as a trademark and actually had two holster rigs made up by S.D. "Tio Sam" Myres so he could wear either gun on either side as desired. This caused much confusion as it is still often erroneously reported that he carried a pair of Colt Single Action .45's."

 

[Rock185]

Those 3 5 7s and pre MKIII Troopers were such nice guns. I had a 6" pre MKIII Trooper and a 4" MKIII Trooper. Both good guns, but the double action of the old pre MKIII gun was smoother and much lighter.

 

[boykinlp]

OP, you will love your new purchase and all the others shown here are very nice too.

I bought a 6 incher a couple of years ago. When I saw the grips and the box, I could not pass it up. The box is much nicer on the inside than the outside. Also, came with some paperwork.

 

[LEO918]

DWalt: Yes they both came fitted with the early full checkered grips with large pre-war type silver medallions. Like boykinlp's shown above.

 

[DWalt]

A very good pair of those Gen 1 grips will bring upwards of $500 today unless you are lucky enough to find a pair being sold by someone who doesn't know what they are. A lot of those Gen 1 silver medallions have been replaced by gold medallions by those who felt gold was spiffier, or those who wanted to use them on Pythons. Therefore, those with original silver medallions are not as common as they used to be. Colt used Gen 1 target grips also on the Officer's Model Match revolver.

See one of my OMMs with Gen 1 targets below (note the trigger shoe):

I had forgotten about the New Service in .357