Colt revolver question...

Cyclops · 07-15-2002, 04:56 PM

A buddy brought his old King Cobra 357 mag to the range last saturday & let me put about 20 rounds through it....YIKES! What an awful trigger this thing has & he still likes it. Is this typical of Colt revolvers? I had always wanted a Python, but now I'm wondering if all my lust for that gun is worth it

alan c. · 07-16-2002, 12:54 AM

Python--excellent firearm. I have shot one--man what a great pistol. Let me know If you find one.

DANA · 07-16-2002, 06:43 AM

IF YOU WANT A SMOOTH TRIGGER RELEASE TRY A MANURHIN MR 73 LONG RANGE SILHOUETTE .357. IT HAS ROLLER BEARINGS AS PART OF ITS TRIGGER RELEASE SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOT BEAT IT ...........

DANA

Cyclops · 07-16-2002, 10:07 AM

I know there are revolvers out there w/ box stock triggers that I like...I don't think I've shot a vintage S&W that had a poor trigger. The newer ones vary from sample to sample, so I don't include them.
Thanks for the replies

Roy Collins · 07-16-2002, 04:35 PM

I have owned two Colt King Cobras over the years and still have one. I have found their trigger pulls to be excellent although not quite a Python. You must just have a lemon.

NRAJOE · 07-16-2002, 06:54 PM

I have a Colt Trooper MKIII that is sweet as H E double toothpicks to shoot.

jerry · 07-16-2002, 07:14 PM

Some guns just need broken in a bit. You might have one with only a few boxes run through it. Give it 500 ~ 1000 rounds

Cyclops · 07-17-2002, 10:21 AM

The Cobra isn't my gun. i doubt it's had more than a couple hundred rounds through it...probably all 38's at that. Plus, I like shooting revolver DA while the owner of this gun shoots SA 99.9% of the time & really wasn't aware of the sticky/gritty nature of the DA pull.

NRAJOE · 07-17-2002, 10:28 AM

Tell your freind to get a trigger and action job if the D.A. bothers him. Whomever owned the trooper I got had already done this and the D.A. pull is smooth as glass. Thats what sold me on the gun actually.

Cyclops · 07-17-2002, 11:49 AM

Oh, believe me, I told him about the trigger. We like giving each other crap about each other's guns (

) You know, "You paid too much", "Too heavy", "Unreliable", "Crappy Trigger", kinda stuff.

Usually all in good fun & usually always to help bring out the potential of whatever new gun we're shooting/ sharing.
Seeing that this guy only shoots his revolvers SA & he never noticed how the trigger sticks, he'll probably never put any $$ into the trigger. :joker:

06-23-2005, 08:45 PM

my beat up old Colt Agent .38 has a very good trigger

07-15-2002, 04:56 PM	#1
Cyclops Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 231	Colt revolver question... A buddy brought his old King Cobra 357 mag to the range last saturday & let me put about 20 rounds through it....YIKES! What an awful trigger this thing has & he still likes it. Is this typical of Colt revolvers? I had always wanted a Python, but now I'm wondering if all my lust for that gun is worth it

07-16-2002, 06:43 AM	#3
DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,595	SMOOTH TRIGGER IF YOU WANT A SMOOTH TRIGGER RELEASE TRY A MANURHIN MR 73 LONG RANGE SILHOUETTE .357. IT HAS ROLLER BEARINGS AS PART OF ITS TRIGGER RELEASE SYSTEM. YOU CAN NOT BEAT IT ........... DANA

07-16-2002, 10:07 AM	#4
Cyclops Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 231	I know there are revolvers out there w/ box stock triggers that I like...I don't think I've shot a vintage S&W that had a poor trigger. The newer ones vary from sample to sample, so I don't include them. Thanks for the replies __________________ Don't tread on me!

07-16-2002, 06:54 PM	#6
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	I have a Colt Trooper MKIII that is sweet as H E double toothpicks to shoot. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

07-16-2002, 07:14 PM	#7
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,871 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Some guns just need broken in a bit. You might have one with only a few boxes run through it. Give it 500 ~ 1000 rounds __________________ I'm a down home back woods redneck

07-16-2002, 12:54 AM	#2
alan c. Banned Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pasadena,Tejas - also known as Texas Posts: 3,767 Images: 15	Python--excellent firearm. I have shot one--man what a great pistol. Let me know If you find one.

07-16-2002, 04:35 PM	#5
Roy Collins Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Louisville Kentucky. Posts: 316	I have owned two Colt King Cobras over the years and still have one. I have found their trigger pulls to be excellent although not quite a Python. You must just have a lemon.

07-17-2002, 10:21 AM	#8
Cyclops Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 231	The Cobra isn't my gun. i doubt it's had more than a couple hundred rounds through it...probably all 38's at that. Plus, I like shooting revolver DA while the owner of this gun shoots SA 99.9% of the time & really wasn't aware of the sticky/gritty nature of the DA pull. __________________ Don't tread on me!

07-17-2002, 10:28 AM	#9
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,043 Images: 3	Tell your freind to get a trigger and action job if the D.A. bothers him. Whomever owned the trooper I got had already done this and the D.A. pull is smooth as glass. Thats what sold me on the gun actually. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

07-17-2002, 11:49 AM	#10
Cyclops Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 231	Oh, believe me, I told him about the trigger. We like giving each other crap about each other's guns ( ) You know, "You paid too much", "Too heavy", "Unreliable", "Crappy Trigger", kinda stuff. Usually all in good fun & usually always to help bring out the potential of whatever new gun we're shooting/ sharing. Seeing that this guy only shoots his revolvers SA & he never noticed how the trigger sticks, he'll probably never put any $$ into the trigger. :joker: __________________ Don't tread on me!

06-23-2005, 08:45 PM	#11
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	my beat up old Colt Agent .38 has a very good trigger