Trooper MK3

gunman42782 · 12-14-2010, 08:32 AM

Well, got it Sunday, but can not get my stinking computer to download a picture for some stinking reason. Anyway, stainless, 4 inch barrel, bought a set of rosewood laminate Hogue grips and slapped on it. Beautiful gun. Shot it today (even though it was colder than a well diggers rear end) and it shoots great. If I can figure out why my computer wont load my picture, I will post a pic sometime. (It did this once before, and I had to let the wife figure it out.)

XLCH · 12-14-2010, 09:05 AM

Congrats, enjoy….

Cruelshoes · 12-14-2010, 09:58 AM

Displaying both my ignorance and the fact that I am on my Blackberry (which would make it more cumbersome to look up for myself), what does the MK3 designate? Is the gun a 357 magnum?

sheepdog · 12-14-2010, 11:27 AM

...Trooper is a Chevrolet copy of Python...great action and great price...I guess you'd have to call a Python the Caddillac....finish is not up to Python standards but it's a great gun...like the Smith 28 compared to the 27...not so fancy but just as good an action....

deputy125 · 12-14-2010, 11:49 AM

the original trooper is indeed the poor man's python as far as the action is concerned...........

but the trooper MKIII is a bit more different animal in that is has a different action.....went to a coil spring instead of the leaf spring.

gunman42782 · 12-14-2010, 12:53 PM

Upon doing some more research on this, I can find no reference of Colt ever making this gun in stainless. Instead, I found reference to what they called "Coltguard", which is a brushed nickle finish. Looks just like brushed stainless to me, but apparently it is not.

Cruelshoes · 12-14-2010, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the education.

Sounds like a really great find.

sheepdog · 12-15-2010, 04:00 AM

...I'm waitin' for him to pass it around so that we'll really understand...I'll take it the first quarter of 2011...

Taurus_9mm · 01-03-2011, 04:18 PM

Can't wait to see the pics Tim. I was just looking at Colt MKIIIs on gunbroker not long ago, prices seemed reasonable on many of them as well.

gunman42782 · 01-03-2011, 05:02 PM

Here ya go:

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=11354

12-14-2010, 08:32 AM	#1
gunman42782 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Kentucky Posts: 3,985	Trooper MK3 Well, got it Sunday, but can not get my stinking computer to download a picture for some stinking reason. Anyway, stainless, 4 inch barrel, bought a set of rosewood laminate Hogue grips and slapped on it. Beautiful gun. Shot it today (even though it was colder than a well diggers rear end) and it shoots great. If I can figure out why my computer wont load my picture, I will post a pic sometime. (It did this once before, and I had to let the wife figure it out.)

12-14-2010, 09:05 AM	#2
XLCH Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Michigan Posts: 6,042	Re: Trooper MK3 Congrats, enjoy….

12-14-2010, 09:58 AM	#3
Cruelshoes Senior Member Joined: Jul 2008 From: Live Free or Die! Posts: 1,367	Re: Trooper MK3 Displaying both my ignorance and the fact that I am on my Blackberry (which would make it more cumbersome to look up for myself), what does the MK3 designate? Is the gun a 357 magnum?

12-14-2010, 11:27 AM	#4
sheepdog Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Duncanville, Tx Posts: 22,117	Re: Trooper MK3 ...Trooper is a Chevrolet copy of Python...great action and great price...I guess you'd have to call a Python the Caddillac....finish is not up to Python standards but it's a great gun...like the Smith 28 compared to the 27...not so fancy but just as good an action....

12-14-2010, 11:49 AM	#5
deputy125 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Texas Posts: 6,108	Re: Trooper MK3 the original trooper is indeed the poor man's python as far as the action is concerned........... but the trooper MKIII is a bit more different animal in that is has a different action.....went to a coil spring instead of the leaf spring.

12-14-2010, 12:53 PM	#6
gunman42782 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Kentucky Posts: 3,985	Re: Trooper MK3 Upon doing some more research on this, I can find no reference of Colt ever making this gun in stainless. Instead, I found reference to what they called "Coltguard", which is a brushed nickle finish. Looks just like brushed stainless to me, but apparently it is not.

12-14-2010, 09:22 PM	#7
Cruelshoes Senior Member Joined: Jul 2008 From: Live Free or Die! Posts: 1,367	Re: Trooper MK3 Thanks for the education. Sounds like a really great find.

12-15-2010, 04:00 AM	#8
sheepdog Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Duncanville, Tx Posts: 22,117	Re: Trooper MK3 ...I'm waitin' for him to pass it around so that we'll really understand...I'll take it the first quarter of 2011...

01-03-2011, 04:18 PM	#9
Taurus_9mm Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 3,940	Re: Trooper MK3 Can't wait to see the pics Tim. I was just looking at Colt MKIIIs on gunbroker not long ago, prices seemed reasonable on many of them as well.

01-03-2011, 05:02 PM	#10
gunman42782 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2008 From: Kentucky Posts: 3,985	Re: Trooper MK3 Here ya go: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=11354

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