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03-21-2020, 08:13 PM
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Hello I'm a new member and could you tell me what year this was made and do you think it has the original grips. It's a Highway Patrol model Thank You
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03-21-2020, 08:19 PM
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N951xxx puts in 1982-1986. Since it appears to have recessed cylinder and non-pinned barrel, I'm going with a late 1982 / early 1983 transition model. Pinned barrel and recessed cylinder ended with the introduction of -3 engineering in late 1982 early 1983 I think.
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Welcome! The right barrel on this one reads ".357 Highway Patrolman". Its model number is 28-2 as seen in the third photo.
These usually came with smaller wood stocks so the ones on it are likely factory aftermarket replacements.
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03-21-2020, 08:29 PM
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thanks for the help
I've had this a long time and was hoping it was older but it is a great gun that shoots fantastic
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03-21-2020, 10:56 PM
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Very nice 28!
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Great shooters. Welcome!
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Welcome to the Forum!
Nice S&W!
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N Frame .357 shoot so nice.
Congratulations on a nice gun.
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Appears to have the unpinned barrel of the 28-3 but has the recessed cylinder of a -2 and frame is stamped 28-2. Around 1981 as they were switching from -2 to -3 production they started running out of -2 barrels and began installing -3 barrels. Happened a lot.
The stocks are likely not original and are actually a couple years newer than the gun. That style appears in 1982.
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One of the best handguns ever made!
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