Hello everyone,
as i'm from germany and have learned english in school 20 years ago, so mine english got a little bit rusty over time.
Anyway i hope that my english is good enough, that you can help me.
I've been at my local dealer yesterday. This dealer is specialist for hunting & equipment, but sometimes he has some nice, classic second-hand revolvers in stock.
Those weapons are often used by hunters for short distance back up, to take down an aggressive animal if the hunter hasn't made a clean shot with his rifle.
Back to topic: I've took a look in his gun safe and found 2 beautiful 6" Colt Revolvers.
In my opinion, both are in an good optical and technical condition.
cylinder play, timing and cylinder gap seem to be pretty good on both of them. also i can't spot (sorry, i hope that you know what i mean) "magnumrille" on any of them.
optically both of them are pretty much identical for me, but i'm far away from an expert.
I made 2 photos (sorry for the poor quality)
the model above with the serial no j33702 has the print "Trooper MK3" on the barrel, the second one (serial 58140) just trooper 357.
I've checked both serials at the colt serial lookup and got those results:
j33702 (trooper mk3) (first picture)
1970
"MKIII SERIES: LAWMAN, METROPOLITAN,OFFICIAL POLICE, OFFICER MODEL MATCH & TROOPER"
............
with the second one (serial 58140) i'm not sure if the serial is just 58140 or J58140
I've just searched for 58140 and got a lot of results (seems that, the numbers has been used in colt production history for different models)
1966 TROOPER MODEL & .357 MODEL
when i'm searching for J58140, i get this result:
1971
"MKIII SERIES: LAWMAN, METROPOLITAN,OFFICIAL POLICE, OFFICER MODEL MATCH & TROOPER"
Can anyone help me to figure out the correct model and year of manufacturing for those 2 beauties? Are both of them the MK3 model? Which of both should I buy?
And don't forget, that I'm from germany. That means, that I'm not able to buy both of them, as it's forbidden by law.
If interesting for you: I'm shooting a lot of 25m (82 feet) precision, so I would mostly use it with 38 special all the time.
as i'm from germany and have learned english in school 20 years ago, so mine english got a little bit rusty over time.
Anyway i hope that my english is good enough, that you can help me.
I've been at my local dealer yesterday. This dealer is specialist for hunting & equipment, but sometimes he has some nice, classic second-hand revolvers in stock.
Those weapons are often used by hunters for short distance back up, to take down an aggressive animal if the hunter hasn't made a clean shot with his rifle.
Back to topic: I've took a look in his gun safe and found 2 beautiful 6" Colt Revolvers.
In my opinion, both are in an good optical and technical condition.
cylinder play, timing and cylinder gap seem to be pretty good on both of them. also i can't spot (sorry, i hope that you know what i mean) "magnumrille" on any of them.
optically both of them are pretty much identical for me, but i'm far away from an expert.
I made 2 photos (sorry for the poor quality)
the model above with the serial no j33702 has the print "Trooper MK3" on the barrel, the second one (serial 58140) just trooper 357.
I've checked both serials at the colt serial lookup and got those results:
j33702 (trooper mk3) (first picture)
1970
"MKIII SERIES: LAWMAN, METROPOLITAN,OFFICIAL POLICE, OFFICER MODEL MATCH & TROOPER"
............
with the second one (serial 58140) i'm not sure if the serial is just 58140 or J58140
I've just searched for 58140 and got a lot of results (seems that, the numbers has been used in colt production history for different models)
1966 TROOPER MODEL & .357 MODEL
when i'm searching for J58140, i get this result:
1971
"MKIII SERIES: LAWMAN, METROPOLITAN,OFFICIAL POLICE, OFFICER MODEL MATCH & TROOPER"
Can anyone help me to figure out the correct model and year of manufacturing for those 2 beauties? Are both of them the MK3 model? Which of both should I buy?
And don't forget, that I'm from germany. That means, that I'm not able to buy both of them, as it's forbidden by law.
If interesting for you: I'm shooting a lot of 25m (82 feet) precision, so I would mostly use it with 38 special all the time.
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