Okay all you Colt wheel gun collectors and historians...
I have a blue Colt Trooper (Not Mark III) with a 4 inch barrel that I have owned for 38 years... I bought it from an old army sergeant that I worked for back in 1968. I have no idea how long he owned it, but told me it used to belong to his father. It was and is in pretty nice shape. It is exactly the same frame and bulk as the .357 Trooper of the same vintage. I paid $45.00 cash for it... the guy wanted to buy one of them new fangled CB radios and didn't have the money... It was a budget stretcher for the young E-4 that I was, but I managed to pull it off by skipping a few meals that month...
Does anyone have any idea when it might have been made and what it might be worth (ballpark estimate)?
I have never seen one like it, even at all the gun shows I have ever attended... (More than I can count)...
About 20 years ago, a fellow I was talking guns with offered me about $500 for it sight unseen... I wasn't interested in selling it, then or now, but would like to know what this gun might be worth today...
If anyone is interested, I will dig it out of the safe and post some photos...
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regards, -John S
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