I think that your $255 Highway Patrolman is excellent. Shoot it as is if functional or make it a project.

Here is my $300 Highway Patrolman. Bought this off a local forum. Met the seller in a West Charlotte Cracker Barrel parking lot. This thing was in good mechanical but terrible cosmetic condition. Light coating of fine surface rust but no real pitting. It was particularly bad on the backstrap. Likely had been carried outdoors in the rain.

I took it straight from the parking lot for a tear down, new bead blast blue finish, and had it round butted. The bead blast blue looks much like factory finish on some Model 28. Added some DX Factory Combat grips...and here it is:






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