Colt Trooper - Python Restoration reveal!!!
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2024
- this is a reveal of an old Colt trooper that was nickel plated and I had restored to the Colt Royal Blue. it has now been converted to 357 mag and fitted with a Vintage Colt Python barrel. the link to the orginal video is below before it started to be restored
• Colt Trooper/Python pr... - Auta a dopravní prostředky
The sides of the hammer left "in the white" look soooooo much better than the all blued hammers on the new Colt Pythons. Great looking piece!
Thank you so much. Yeah it looks cool that way
👍 I think your Trooper/ Python hybrid looks fantastic. The blueing looks great.
Thank you
4..26.24. 🎯Outstanding looking 👀 job … Rich Bluing⚠️ Luv that Hammer 🔨
He did a good job on it. That hammer does really pop on it. Thank you for watching
I’d say that’s a beautiful Colt. Great work it looks amazing!
Thank you
An absolute beauty!
Thank you
Man that turned out super great yeah really really nice no doubt
Thank you
That things is beautiful
Thank you!!!
The original Pythion was meant to be a 38 spl target gun so your Trooper is not far off... Also the wide hammer and trigger etc. and.... I am a fan of the hammer mounted firing pin you are doing the stuff I would do if I had the money and 20 or so less projects! I love your Trooper conversion and.....me being me? I might change one thing.. I would re-nickel but .. that blue job rivals it for sure! We can't get ivory now but I love those almost ivory grips there is a place that sells blanks of an imitation ivory that is so real that it will get you arrested LOL I made one piece grips for 1851 Navy (clone) with the stuff after nickel plating... it handles like my 1873 clones but is black powder and in fairness I bought the ivory clone for my favorite clone gun.... my 1873 in 44 spl... the black powder guns were my way of learning to nickel plate (yes it can be done at home) and making one piece grips fof Colts. Good news is now I can do it. and it looks fantastic.. bad news is all one piece Colt grips are slightly different in that the grip frames are two piece and every one is like a fingerprint (no two exactly alike) some minor to not so minor fitting is required.
Wow that is pretty amazing you can nickel plated stuff at home. Sounds like you are pretty crafty. Thanks alot for watching
How did you convert it to .357? New barrel, reamed chambers? Looks Awesome! 👍👍👍👍
Reamed the cylinders with a specialized tool. You can use the same barrel. I just had that spare python barrel and figured it would look cool.
Sweet
Thank you
Love your vids which may only mean I like the guns you like and for the same reasons LOL. some of mine are 100+ years old and I shoot em. I have the Python and Trooper in 357.. both are 60's 70's guns but.. I like the late Smith 'classics' line (my 629 is fantastic) and I like the current (ten years ago) Colt 1911.. go all the way back to model 1917 Smith made in 1919 and 'Outdoorsman' Smith 22 which I love and made in 1936 I also like the current Italian reproductions of black powder guns from the 19th century..
It sounds like you habe alot of cool stuff. Glad you enjoy and use your stuff. Thank you for watching
yeah... not near what some people have but enough to hit the high spots LOL and not so much that I don't get to shoot almost all of em a bit now and then. I usually take 4 or 5 on an outing with some sort of 'theme' or maybe just a selection when some newbie wants to shoot. I have been handloading for more than more than 40 years so that really helps with expensive and/or hard to get ammo.@@TerryBenton
@doran-pq3zh very cool. I use to hsndlosd with my dad when I was a kid
Awesome piece. Is there contact info for the shop doing the blueing?
Thank you. He has a CZcams channel. Here is the link to his channel
youtube.com/@rustyrestorationww1ww2?si=Se4plbOXzNmg0TEd
The bluing is amazing. I have faux-ivory grips on one of my Pythons so I certainly approve that look. I am a little curious about rechambering it. Did the gunsmith lengthen the chambers to take the .357 cases? Were you at all concerned about the jump in pressures? The SAAMI recommended max pressure for .38 +P is 18,500, while it's 35,000 for the .357. That's a big jump. I know the Python and Trooper are both I-frames, but the .38 Special Troopers were discontinued in the early 60's and I can't help but wonder if they were heat-treated differently. Mostly, I'm just curious about the conversation you and your gunsmith had about all this.
He used a specialized reamer to allow the cylinder to accept the cases. He fit the barrel so the forcing cone is rigjt and he said it is an I frame with a little less meat behind the cylinder on the hammer side. All the pressure is by the forcing cone which is identical. It will be fine. No worse than a K frame Smith. Lol
@@TerryBenton For sure! LOL. I've seen a lot of conversions over the years and this one is very tame. It sounds like the gunsmith thought it was a non-issue, and he clearly knows his business.
The bluing looks amazing. Do you have a recommendation of where I could send a pistol to get refinished like yours? Thanks.
I use a gunsmith that has a CZcams channel. He is anpersonal friend of mine. Here is the link to his channel. Thanks for watching. Let him know I referred you.
youtube.com/@rustyrestorationww1ww2?si=aKlwmuQI6Zy5iTCu
@@TerryBenton thank you very much.
@@jusztinnemeti6380 you are very welcome. Thank you for watching
So now it’s a Colt Frankentroopathon…😳
Lol. That's a mouth full
Too bad the gunsmith couldn’t get the roll mark. The barrel to frame fit is what they call a Pooper.
A few gunsmiths were around the 70’s who made a Smolt or Smython. They polished up the action on a Smith and Wesson revolver and installed a Python barrel. They do have a following.
What was the cost of the Royal Blue finish. Colt factory recommended a gunsmith.
I am.sorry my little project disappointed you. I thought it was a fun project on a cheap gun with a leftover spare barrel
@@TerryBenton I am not disappointed, it’s important to know what was discussed between you and the person who performed the work. Was the barrel in rough shape with rust and pitting?
People are always looking for a good gunsmith who knows how to replicate a Royal Blued finish.