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Pre-28, First-Year, Highway Patrolman
I picked this up last week. 1954, 4", Highway Patrolman. It is an unfired example.
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11-29-2011, 06:22 PM
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Beautiful. I always enjoy seeing anything made in my birth year. I have one like yours, 4", shipped July 20, 1954, but it has some bluing loss near the muzzle, and right side checkering is a bit buggered, probably holster wear. If you don't mind, how much did it cost?
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11-29-2011, 06:24 PM
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First rate!
I have a barely fired first year HP with a six-inch barrel, but yours is better. It looks flawless.
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11-29-2011, 06:36 PM
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I paid more than $500 and less than $1500 
It is not completely flawless. I would rate it at 98%. The barrel and frame are very clean, but the cylinder has some freckling from the box. The collector that acquired it for me thinks it was from being stored in a cardboard box...cardboard can hold moisture.
Thanks.
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11-29-2011, 07:16 PM
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That is stunning!
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11-29-2011, 07:34 PM
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Lefkiguy, as a point of reference I think I paid $750 for the one I mentioned. It came with its box, which is in very good shape but has a faded label. There were no docs or tools. Or I may have paid $800. A lot of guns and money have flowed (or maybe I should say "washed back and forth") under the bridge since I made the deal about 18 months ago.
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11-29-2011, 08:06 PM
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That is very nice and a 4" yet, congrats!
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11-29-2011, 08:47 PM
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Alas, I once owned a nice first or second year production with matching magna stocks -- and I traded it. Will somebody please come to East Texas and kick my *****. Really, I am very happy for you and I would be willing to spend whatever you spent to get my old one back.
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11-30-2011, 02:55 AM
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4-screw and DC, I paid $500 for mine, but just as it is pictured, no box, tools etc.
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11-30-2011, 09:24 AM
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Great example. It is always nice to obtain a first year revolver.
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11-30-2011, 09:29 AM
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4-screw and DC, I paid $500 for mine, but just as it is pictured, no box, tools etc.
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Excellent score. Congratulations.
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11-30-2011, 10:52 AM
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Wonderful find 4-screw. It amazes me how there are still "unused" specimens out there.
Your post got me thinking about the HP I just picked up last week. I guess I'm not very attentive but I did not know that '54 was year one. It just so happens that my "new" one might actually be about as old at it gets (S1133xx). I guess a letter is in order.
I just grabbed it because it was a good shooter and a pretty good deal (~450). After I got it home I noticed the unexpected bonus that it had the original stocks. (The pictures make it look more worn than it is.)
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Wonderful find 4-screw. It amazes me how there are still "unused" specimens out there.
Your post got me thinking about the HP I just picked up last week. I guess I'm not very attentive but I did not know that '54 was year one. It just so happens that my "new" one might actually be about as old at it gets (S1133xx). I guess a letter is in order.
I just grabbed it because it was a good shooter and a pretty good deal (~450). After I got it home I noticed the unexpected bonus that it had the original stocks. (The pictures make it look more worn than it is.)
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And another excellent score! You guys have picked up some first rate HPs at enviable prices.
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11-30-2011, 11:05 AM
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That is just beautiful 4 screw. Great grab on a great S & W.
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11-30-2011, 11:50 AM
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jhvaughn2, my HP is S113404, so yours should be near the same date as mine (as far as "near" can be with S&W, as we know, as I have 2 pre-29 44 Magnums, and the 4 screw which is numbered 330 later shipped one month before the 5 screw model.)
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Here is a first year Pre-28 that belongs to my Mom. This one shipped in September of 1954 to California Hardware Co. in Los Angeles, CA. Its sn# is S 115XXX.
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12-01-2011, 10:43 PM
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LOBO....I almost think yours, with that honest wear, looks better than an unfired one. Very nice.
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12-01-2011, 11:14 PM
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Wow, nice find! 1954 happens to be my birth year and I would love to find one of those.
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12-02-2011, 02:47 AM
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LOBO....I almost think yours, with that honest wear, looks better than an unfired one. Very nice.
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Well thank you!
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