Calling Colt Experts

[sailor723]

Has anyone ever come across one of these rebarreled Troopers?

From the Coltfever website....

"In the late 1960's, Colt firearms were extremely difficult to get because Colt was heavily committed to producing arms for the Vietnam War.
With Pythons largely unavailable but for some reason barrels easily had, some custom gunsmiths began fitting Python barrels to the still readily available Colt Trooper revolver.
The front of the frame where it was contoured to match the round Trooper barrel was heli-arc welded up to mate with the top rib of the Python barrel and the new barrel was installed.
The action was tuned to Python levels and the gun was re-blued with a Python quality bright polish blue job.
Many subsequent owners of these converted "Pooper" or "Troop-on" Colt's are unaware these are not Pythons, and often the only indication of the conversion is a slight discoloration of the bluing on the top of the frame where it was welded up."

 

[highlander]

Not familiar with that particular conversion.

I do recall back in the 80's a company was installing a Python barrel on a S&W frame (L frame, I think). They were called "Smythons", if I recall correctly.

 

[sailor723]

Not familiar with that particular conversion.

I do recall back in the 80's a company was installing a Python barrel on a S&W frame (L frame, I think). They were called "Smythons", if I recall correctly.

Yes, I'd heard of those....also known as "Smolts"

Also from the Coltfever website..............

"The American Practical Police Course (PPC) is a pistol match for police officers. In the early days, the Colt Python was a favorite due to the heavier barrel and increased accuracy.
Many police were armed with the S&W revolver for duty and preferred the S&W trigger action, so custom gunsmiths began fitting Python barrels to S&W revolvers for the matches.
These became known and "Smythons" or "Smolts"."