Posted on 05/09/2014 9:16:48 AM PDT by aimhigh
Or the lock work.
Early model troopers had the same or maybe nearly the same lock work as the official police and pythons. They were extremely smooth and light but had a reputation of getting out of time after a lot of shooting.
Maybe around 1970 Colt changed to a more modern, more durable action but it never equaled the older action as far as smooth trigger pull.
I had a trooper mark III in .22LR and it was a good gun but with an action that could not even come close to my old official police .38. It was not as accurate as that old official police either.
Must be. I tried a Trooper at one point. The only thing it had in common with the Python was the name Colt on it. It was decent, but the Python kind of ruins you for other DA wheel guns. That old school hand fitted lock work is sweet.
The P220 is the only factory firearm I ever had that wasn’t choosy about .38 Super ammo. I can mix Cor-Bon DPX and Power Ball, Silvertips, and cheap ball in the same magazine and it chugs right along.
“Anyways, I switched to target rounds and had LOTS of FTF and FTEs with weak Winchester and Remington FMJ. Sigh....so I went upstairs and bought a Glock G42 and it ate everything I could put through it.”
I have thought about getting the G42, but at least in my part of the country are scarce. I know it is single stack, how much does that cut down on the width compared to the double stacked Glocks?
The newer Trooper MkIII and MkV have a different lock work than the Python. The Troopers made before them were the same action as a Python, as was the “Official Police” (Barney Fife gun). It had fixed sights.
The Colt “D” frame (Police Positive, Detective Special, and Diamondback) had the Python lockwork scaled down on a smaller frame. The “New Service” was made before the Python, and it was a scaled up version of the old Colt positive lock.
Thanks. I know the Trooper I tried back when was not the same as my Python. But then, nothing is.
How right you are.
I had Pythons made in the 70s and 80s that were junk new out of the box. One just had a very half-arsed attempt at a polish before blueing, but one spit lead out the side because the timing was so far off. That was common on well worn or abused specimens, but it should have never left the plant that way.
Colts made in the 50s and 60s are works of mechanical art, but the prices have become outrageous.
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