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Originally Posted by Rick W.
One other thing to note in the gun business is never to say never. I got caught on that when I viewed a rimfire Colt python and a 45acp automag; both with provenance.
Rick
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Hi Rick... funny you should mention that Colt. Early in my Army career (about 1969) I worked with a senior NCO who put a notice on the small bulletin board in our workspace that he had a handgun for sale.
The gun had been owned by his late father. He told me wanted to sell it because he wanted to buy a
CB-Radio and didn't have the money (I realize that any millennial members of the forum may not know that that is, but you can look it up on the History Channel website I am sure).
He was asking $65.00, and I told him I was interested. The gun turned out to be an original Colt Trooper (not Mark III), that was in .22LR caliber. I had never heard of one let alone seen one before... it came with not only the original grips, but a set of Hogue custom walnut grips, and from a distance you couldn't tell this gun from it's .357 magnum big brother until you got close enough to see the .22 caliber hole in a very thick barrel.
The gun has been in my safe ever since, except for an occasional plinking session over the years, and I still have not seen even photographs of another like it.
I wonder how long that CB radio remained in working condition?
If I can remember the next time I open the safe, I will take a couple of photos and post them...