28-2 with 3 1/2" barrel

[littlerocknroller]

Hi guys!
I have an offer for a modell 28-2 with unusual 3 1/2" barrel. I did not see the gun yet, but the seller said he measured the barrel and it would be 88mm which equals 3 1/2". Anybody heard of such a barrel length. It's no 28 with 27 barrel.
Thanks for your help.
Rainer

It also comes with RB?????? Handmade conversion???

I add 2 pictures: Frame new finish? RB made by "gunsmith"? Lousy welded front sight? Smith & Wesson odd shape. Not yet pictures of the right barrel side. For me a fake (if ofered as original)

 

[max]

Are you sure the barrel is being measured properly?

 

[Sevens]

I got a buck that says the guy doesn't know how to measure a barrel.

 

[lowriderfxr]

Tell him to measure from the face of the cylinder. I'm betting his rare 3.5" 28 will instantly become common 4" 28.

 

[hkcavalier]

A lot of work on that one. Looks like a RB conversion plus a cut barrel with fresh S&W markings and an...interesting...reattachment of the front sight.

 

[Sevens]

Okay, I capitulate and lose my dollar.

I would have no interest in that creation. I really wonder what the back story is on that extremely strange "Smith & Wesson" lettering font on the left side of the barrel.

 

[ken158]

Cut barrel, front sight re-mounted and grip converted to round butt. Regardless of the barrel length, it is not a factory job and suggest an attempt to make a Jovino conversion.

 

[sigp220.45]

Unless .357s are extremely hard to find in Germany, I would pass on that one.

 

[murphydog]

It does appear to have a 3.5" barrel; a 4" N frame barrel will end about 1/2" past the end of the extractor rod shroud. Bad news is it has clearly been shortened.

If you are able to examine it in person it 'may' be worth buying, but if not I too would pass.

 

[Drm50]

I know nothing about European pricing but where ever gun is at it should bring less than stock m28. Chop job and not a particularly good one. If it was here in US I wouldn't consider it.

 

[Baxter6551]

As others noted Definitely barrel shortened, grip rounded and new stampings they are not factory. But still interesting gun. I would buy it if price was right. Would be fun to own / carry.

 

[985Plowboy]

Think really hard about that before you buy it.

 

[Pisgah]

Pay me $100, I'll take it.

 

[JP@AK]

This may not be necessary, but here's an illustration showing a stock 4" barrel on the Highway Patrolman Model 28-2.

Notice two relationship items on the barrel:
1. The distance between the forward frame bridge and the front sight.
2. The amount of barrel protruding to the front of the extractor rod shroud.

Notice also the font of the S&W stamp on the barrel.

 

[Dvus]

Run rabbit, run.

 

[ImDrRich]

I'm going a different route - I'm saying fake.

 

[CobiaS&W]

Would have been really cool if S&W had made one like that.

 

[gdogs]

Definitely a worked over Mod 28-2. The workmanship looks to be pretty solid. Not only has it been round butted, but look at the top of the grip, that recurve is what's catching my eye. Seems to be exaggerated, either by adding of removing metal or both. If the price was right (and not in Germany), I'd be all over that - but then again I love a misfit. More pics!

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Looks like someone was trying to make a "sort of looks like" 3.5" M-27.

 

[gfors]

The barrels on one of my 28's sure looks shorter than the other, but nothing like the one in the OP.