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COLT BOA 357 MAGNUM 4
Guns International #: 103230477 Seller's Inventory #: 202508170100
Category: Colt Revolvers - Boa - .357 Magnum Pistols
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Seller: CAOrin
Member Since: 8/5/25
First Name: Chris
Last Name: Orin
State: Oregon
Zip: 97361
Country: United States
Phone: (503) 559-3086
Number of Active Listings: 1
Total Number of Listings: 3
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
Premium COLT BOA 4" 357 Magnum, never fired, new condition w/ original packaging. S/N BOA0909
The Colt BOA was only made in limited numbers for a single year, then sold through a single distributor, making it probably the most elusive and desirable of the company's double-action revolvers.
Between 1950 and 2003, Colt delivered to wheel gun aficionados a series of seven now-classic "snake" guns: Cobra, Python, Diamondback, Viper, BOA, King Cobra, and Anaconda. Some of these were more popular and widespread, such as the Diamondback, which was made in both .22 LR and .38 Special, while some were less frequently encountered, such as the Anaconda, which was made in .44 Mag and .45 Colt. For seekers of the seven serpents, however, a couple of these guns are almost impossible to find: the Viper, which was just a regular catalog item for Colt in 1977, and the BOA, which is even rarer.
Gun writer Jim Weller, who reviewed the BOA for American Handgunner in 1986, detailed that Colt had originally intended to produce the six-shot .357 Magnum double-action revolver to fall between the standard Mark V Trooper and the top-shelf hand-built Python, blending the features of both guns. The frame and action are that of a Trooper while the distinctive full-lug barrel is a Python trait. Call it a dressed-up Mark V or a budget Python, it was unique.
Eschewing adding it to their catalog, Colt elected to just deliver the entire factory run of some 1,200 of these crossover revolvers to distributor Lew Horton of Southborough, Massachusetts, in 1985, with limited edition consecutive serial numbers running from BOA1 to BOA1200. Of those, half of the revolvers used 4-inch barrels while the other half had 6-inch barrels. Horton also packaged one of each barrel length in 100 cased sets, meaning only 500 individual 4-inch and 500 corresponding 6-inch guns were sold.
Standard features on the BOA were the same Accro-style sights and Royal Blue finish of the Python, and a wide, target-style trigger with three grooves. Grips were checkered rosewood with a smooth backstrap and gold rampant Colt medallion inserts. The asking price from Horton at the time was $525, typically right at or just slightly under that of a new Python, making them attractive for buyers.
Price: $35,500.00
Handgun Caliber: .357 Magnum
Manufacturer: COLT
Model: V5041
Serial Number: BOA0909
Barrel Length: 4
Condition: EXCELLANT
Metal Condition: EXCELLANT
Wood Condition: EXCELLANT
Bore Condition: EXCELLANT
Action: DOUBLE
Finish: BLUE
Item Location: OREGON