What should I do?

Smith & Wesson Model 28 357 Mag 1961 *NO RESERVE* : Revolvers at GunBroker.com

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Kris
OGCA, NRA LM

Take it out and shoot it. You bought a good shooter, and the grips are immaterial unless they don't fit your hand. In that case, replace the grips with some that fit your hand then refer to my first advice. JMHO, YMMV!

Froggie

You could sell the stocks to me.
OK, I'll trade you a set of diamond magnas so you will have the "correct" stocks.

and the grips are immaterial unless they don't fit your hand.

Not in this case....They are very material

The gun alone was worth that price. You just got a free set of rosewood stocks that fit the gun like they were molded to it!!!

Kris, 2nd in line to trade you the correct stocks.

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Sure you did

What a sweet deal. Beautiful classic N-frame .357, with equally beautiful dark rosewood target stocks. Doesn't get much better than that. Very fair price for that gun!

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FBINA, 204th Session

Another vote for having a great revolver with great grips, stocks, handles, the thingys you hang onto when you press the trigger.

There will be those who stress it is not period correct. If this is important to you, not a big deal. The correct grips are out there.

Personally, it is not a big deal to me.

Every firearm I own is for shooting and whatever helps me shoot it better is a good thing. Then again, I am an accumulator, not a collector.

If you cannot have fun with it, why did you buy it? Let the warrior roar and revel in the fun.

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I am a sheep dog!
1601 (ret)

The stocks are period correct. They are typical to special order 27s and 29s.

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Kris
OGCA, NRA LM

Sell them to me of course....

Well,if you need to start a fire,oily wood like that would make great kindlin'.
f.t.

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South Carolina-God's country

Glad you got it, I tried to get it but got outbid.

Lol I watched this one for a while. congrats shoot it


thewelshm

Yeah......I'd be REAL disappointed too! I've got a first year 57 they would be right on.....

It's sure good to know what you're seeing sometimes!

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Even older, even crankier....

Great revolver with a superb set of stocks! Who gives a whoot if the stocks are not original to the gun, they are far better than the factory magna style stocks for 90% of the shooters in the world. Enjoy your purchase!

Good score!!

Many such guns left the dealer with those stocks just in a separate package.

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NRA LIFE
Reserve Officer 9yrs

My feelings wouldn't be hurt by those grips.
They look comfortable.

Back in the day we called a purchase like that a $10 horse with a $40 saddle.

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Living a dream - S&WCA #2364

Before you get too disappointed in those smooth targets you might consider that the gun could have been special ordered with just those stocks in place. If you have to replace them with Magnas, at least hang on to them in case they're original.

Dave

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RSVN '69-'71
PCSD (Ret)

the revolver arrived at my FFL today and I picked it up on my lunch break;

I wont bore you with another 28-2 but I will show you the stocks since they arent seen every day.....

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Kris
OGCA, NRA LM

Wow, those are just beautiful! And if you want you can ship that boring 28 my way!

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Even older, even crankier....

It's quite possible that these are the stocks that came with the gun. I purchased a new model 19 from Smith and had ordered the larger target stocks on the new gun but it came through with all target options (hammer & trigger) EXCEPT the grips. I told the dealer ' send it back' it's not what I ordered. BUT The dealer had already registered the gun to my permit number before I picked it up. The gun was returned to Smith and the same came back from Smith with target grips but the larger grips now covered most the S&W logo.I was a bit annoyed and called Smith. I was basically told 'get over it'...So ya never know...Good luck with that one . It looks like a good shooter and that is why you bought it...right ? Not as a collector...Have fun with it.

I did not want to take the time to look it up, but apparently many others did. So I believe them that S&W may have shipped the gun with those stocks on it (one of the very few factory options offered on an M28).

Or the dealer may have swapped stocks for a new gun purchaser who asked him to. Back in the day they were something like a $5 option!

So enjoy it to the max! I personally love smooth football targets, so if you just can't stand them ... What am I, third or fourth in line?

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You're shy a few manners.

Gentlemen,

these grips did not come with this gun. The gun is a late S Prefix, S332xxx which should date to 1968-69. These grips are earlier than that

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Kris
OGCA, NRA LM

I'm not taking sides, but you can't put an exact date on the Rosewood stocks and without a letter you don't know what your gun shipped with.
I'll bet there was a lot of Fancy grips sitting on the Surplus/Sale shelves at the Factory in 1968-9

Mike, you could be right about them being surplus but their style does predate the gun though as there was a new style of stock in place in the very late 60's to early 70's. Stocks of this era should not have the flush screw escutcheons like these stocks do, unless they were leftovers and then they were likely ordered as an accessory.

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Kris
OGCA, NRA LM