28-2

[A10]

Congratulations on a lovely 6". Those are nice looking grips. Do you know who made them?

 

[jolsen]

No clue as who made the grips. I took her shooting and had a little problem. Cases are sticking in cylinder. These were reloads, 125gr gold dots, max load of 296. Federal nickel plated cases. I did clean cylinder and there is no residue. Shot the same loads in my 66-1 with no problems. I have shot the same load in my 65-5, 586, and 27-2 with no problem. The cylinder looks perfect, no tool marks. Any idea of what is wrong? Thanks, John

 

[gatekeeper]

I may be shunned and attacked for my opinion here but thats all it is, my opinion. Other than cost restrictions i can see no reason to buy a model 28 when there are so many 27's out there. When i was younger and more dollar conservative i owned a couple of 28's. They shot as well as any n frame i owned and i liked them a lot. I also drove a used car with no A/C and no radio or stereo. As the years went by my guns got nicer as well as my cars. I now own three 27's and no 28's and see no reason to get one since i am not a collector. If i buy another n frame 357 it will probably be another 27 i guess i just like them too much.

28's with 6" barrels are great for hunting, you can go through the briers and not worry about the finish. The same scenario with a 27 would be unthinkable in my opinion. I do put the 629 through the obstacle course but for the most part it is made for that to begin with. The 28 was a police duty weapon and a no frills killing machine. Dubbed "the poor mans magnum" was the reason I got one in 1974. An Airman First Class then did not make a lot of money but for the money, the Model 28 was a great weapon with the precision of a Model 27 and a new one the was approximately $135.00. My 27 is the little woman's gun when we go to the range, she learned on the 28 in '74' it was a good training weapon.