Recently found my way into a 28-2 S/N N257XX.

The sides are high polish, but the trigger guard & crane front are matt, as is the area to the sides of the hammer and back strap. P&R of course and the barrel is dead on straight with the frame.

Lazy ampersand, lots of blue wear at the muzzle and cylinder, but it cleaned up well and I lost the beat to heck Pachmeyer's in favor of some smooth Hogues.

It's the classic working man's 357.

Bore is spotless, timing is real good, no push-off, no slop in front to back play of the cylinder and what looks like a perfectly flat on all charge holes 4 thousands cylinder gap.

I do intend to give it a workout shortly and I believe it will become a favorite.

Images tomorrow, low light now so pics would not be very good.

The closest ship date I have is N472XX and it shipped in June '72. The N-prefix s/n started in late '69 - early '70 so yours could have shipped in '71. Only a factory letter would tell for sure.

Looking forward to pictures . . .

Russ

Thank you!

Pics later today.

Lots of blue wear, but solid as a rock otherwise.

Looks like mine


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Except you have more blue on yours. Nice piece!

Took it out today and I have to say, it really likes hard cast 160g SWC's!

Very accurate and with all that mass, felt like I was shooting a pop gun. Smooth shooting!

I had a 696ND and a 625-6 Mountain Gun with me today and they had more recoil than the 28-2.

Great revolver!