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You know, another possibility is that it's a repaired Python hammer. Just recalled, Python's used to be quite infamous for breaking the thumb section off the hammer, used to see it all the time in the '70's & '80's. Then when Pythons got really expensive, people stopped shooting the snot out of Pythons and the broken hammer thing just kinda got forgotten. If it's a repair, it's an interesting one. If you wanted to fix the hammer in a way where it would never break again, that looks like a pretty good profile.
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I noticed in his pictures that the trigger also has parallel sides, instead of lightly flaring.
Hey Kevin, since the MRK III's have sintered internals, is it safe to mildly polish the trigger group. I seem to remember something about the hardened surface being very thin in the newer Trooper.
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yep you got a tinkered with Python. Or a tinkered with Trooper, or "Pooper" as a Trooper with a Python barrel is sometimes called. No, it appears to be a Python, the pins are in the right place on the right side of the frame. And that doesn't look like a Trooper's hammer. The trooper's hammer was wider with very sharp checkering, and they were pseudo-case hardened. That hammer is not something I've ever seen; weird. The original .357 Trooper and the Python frames and lock work are identical. Just the fitting and finish are different.
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not read replies but looks like a trooper with a python barrel
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Serial numbers match and are correct. Sold it today for what I paid. I kept the gun case and three boxes of 357 ammo. Maybe should have kept it. I paid $1500.
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A great gun, I wish I still had mine. ![[Linked Image]](http://lawmotorsports.net/mw/Python1.jpg)
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A great gun, I wish I still had mine. I fear that the days of production revolvers of that quality are past.
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Considering someone paid over a Grand for this piece of sh*t, I'd say you did ok for a good shooter. Pythons of any condition bring stupid money these days... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=467578013
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yep you got a tinkered with Python. Or a tinkered with Trooper, or "Pooper" as a Trooper with a Python barrel is sometimes called. No, it appears to be a Python, the pins are in the right place on the right side of the frame. And that doesn't look like a Trooper's hammer. The trooper's hammer was wider with very sharp checkering, and they were pseudo-case hardened. That hammer is not something I've ever seen; weird. The original .357 Trooper and the Python frames and lock work are identical. Just the fitting and finish are different. But the original trooper's frame was angled down toward the barrel, so the frame doesn't match up with the barrel.
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