Nice pickup at a great price!
I won this 357 at an estate auction a couple days ago. My winning bid was $390 and after I paid the sales tax and auction fee it rounded out to $450. I used to own an early 1960's Trooper in .38 Special and was content with it for awhile, but what I've wanted for many years is a genuine Colt 357 with the six inch barrel. It took a few years but the search is over. The serial number is in the low 2000 range and the Colt Proof House shows it as a first year gun. The bore is very clean and mechanically it's excellent. Unfortunately the wood target grips didn't come with it, but you can't get everything. I'm very pleased though.
Nice pickup at a great price!
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Great, enjoy shooting it! That is the price, condition, and buying method that I would have done too!
Although the correct stocks can get a bit pricey, you certainly didn't go wrong at that price.
Ken
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Outstanding! Thanks for sharing with us.
Tom
My local Ace hardware (still sells guns obviously) sold one for $1,000 last year with proper grips. You got an incredible deal by Michigan standards. Well done!
My cut-off was $700. There was a brief flurry of bidding and then with 55 minutes left (it was an on-line auction) the bidding came to a screeching halt. In the past few months I've had a good run picking up some nice handguns at auctions. I figured that it was going to come to an end with the 357. I honestly thought the bidding would blow past my limit. I've seen it happen often at auctions and I know how nice the 357 is. Evidently ,at least two days ago, nobody else bidding understood that. I almost didn't bid, but changed my mind at the last minute.
The Three-Fifty-Seven is still somewhat of a secret to the unknowing. Many if not most buyers aren't aware the name isn't just a caliber but also the model and the history behind it. I think the secret is pretty much open now...but not all are aware of it.
Socialism is like a Jedi Mind Trick...it only works on the weak minded. SnidelyWhiplash
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Good people do not need laws to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato
A great Colt which has never received the interest from most collectors that it deserves .
I did that.
LGS, one where a layaway wouldn't necessarily require a down payment, had a 4 inch blued gun, some honest wear, priced right, I shrugged it off as just another older Colt DA. I was going to call back and have it put aside, procrastinated. We went back a week or so later GONE! Donkey head!
My friend that we shoot with picks up a real nice COLT 357 locally, blued for about 1/2 of what you'd expect on the auction sites.
Now I had to have one too. I already had a Trooper 38 refinished nickel, so I see a listing for a nickel 4 inch 357. I didn't have the money so called or emailed and put it on layaway, and glad I did. Nice shooter 357.
Ken
"I like Colts and will die that way"