Help on decision

[Timber Wolf]

I have both, a 6" 14-3 and a 6" 28 no dash. I like both for what they are and would not like to choose between them. That said, I would not trade the SIG for the 14 but would probably pay the couple-hundred less for the 28. Put the SIG on the market if you have to for a fair price and keep looking for a nice K Frame .38, maybe a 4" if that floats your boat. There is a whole lot of opportunity for shooting fun, Magnums and Specials, in an old "shooter grade" Model 28.

 

[ma deuce]

I'm in the "get 'em both" camp. But if you can only do one right now, I'd get the 28-2. Reason: I think the 28's going to appreciate faster than the 14, so if a year or two down the line you decide to get the gun you passed up, you'll save by getting the 28 now and deferring the 14. 28s have been rising alarmingly, maybe more than any other Smith. 19s seem to be running a close second.

If it's just a little rust, forget about re-bluing. Just clean it up as best you can, and nobody's going to mind.

I passed up a nice 28 no-dash for $450-ish at a local gun show last year, and have been regretting it.

 

[ma deuce]

[Snip] The 14's are SWEET all the way around. [Snip]

When I got my 19-4 last month, the same shop had a nice 14, $395. I'd have bit the bullet and gotten them both, except the 14 had a scope mounted. Nice 2x Leupold, but I'm not fond of handgun scopes for the range and I didn't like it that the gun was drilled for the mount. The guys that ran the shop said the gun had been there on consignment for a while, and a lot of customers had passed it up for the same reasons. They'd told the consignor he ought to let them remove the scope and mount, but he said no dice.