Pisgah
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Up until just a few years ago the M28 was a real "best buy" in quality used guns around here. That's how I acquired two minty 28s, a 4" and a 6", for a total of $425. Today, I wouldn't sell them for twice what I paid -- but I could!
Highway Patrolman Excellant Firearm
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Tslepebull
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Doeboy-1 where have you found the stainless steel wool. I would use it if i could find it. Break free would work fine I actually used some old, old, (still with benzene) Hoppes#9 and it worked fine also.
DOEBOY1
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stainless steel wool
you can find stinless steel wool at walmart lowes its very common it realy is a pot scrubbers you probably have some at home and dont know it ask the wife if she knows what it is. i have used it many many times to clean up an old rustly gun last one was a sks that looked liked like it just made it through katrina. the key is using a lot of breakfree wipe or spray on the breakfree and let it set for a few minutes to loosen the rust then scrub with the stainless steel wool and wipe rust off reapply till you get all the rust off. i didn't believe it would work till i saw a freind do it to a gun he had aquired for next to nothing. the great thing is it leaves the blueing intact un like the sanding that 000 steel wool does. also doesn't leave the steel residue to rust. Doeboy
you can find stinless steel wool at walmart lowes its very common it realy is a pot scrubbers you probably have some at home and dont know it ask the wife if she knows what it is. i have used it many many times to clean up an old rustly gun last one was a sks that looked liked like it just made it through katrina. the key is using a lot of breakfree wipe or spray on the breakfree and let it set for a few minutes to loosen the rust then scrub with the stainless steel wool and wipe rust off reapply till you get all the rust off. i didn't believe it would work till i saw a freind do it to a gun he had aquired for next to nothing. the great thing is it leaves the blueing intact un like the sanding that 000 steel wool does. also doesn't leave the steel residue to rust. Doeboy
WB5MHA
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Before the Dallas show I dropped by a local Houston "high end" shop. They had one NIB 28, circa 1977, warranty card, paperwork, S&W ammo ad from the 70's. No turn line and obviously unfired. Even the wax paper was good. It was 599 and mine!
You never know where a collector quality handgun will show up and sometimes the "experts" drop the ball.
The next day they put up an 80% Highway Patrolman, no box, a real "shooter" for 800+. Go figure!
3rd Gen Neal
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I was thinking that was one I was watching, must be another store. The place down off of Richmond Ave had a 28 as new for 599, but they did not have another one the next day, and if they did they would not ask "800+" for it, or call it a "shooter". Who "dropped the ball"? I didn't get that part. 599 for a 28 is not some steal of a deal, even if as new. The "experts" had the price just as it should have been.
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otis24
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They seem to be great guns. I owned one for a brief period. It seemed a little large for my hands so I traded it. The good thing is, I wound up with a Model 15-3 nickel (gotta love K frames). Afterwards, I saw a pic of an N frame that had been converted to round butt. My thoughts afterwards were that I should have converted this one to RB and it would have fit my hands better. Perhaps, I'll find a good deal on another Model 28 and have it converted to RB.
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I bought a model 28-2 with 4 inch barrel as my first N frame and then followed it up with a 6 inch barreled one. They are awesome shooters and great guns. Then I bought a 27-2 and the rest is history as now I have 7 of those in varying barrel lengths. The are both great guns but that checkered top strap on the 27 just grabs me.
Tslepebull
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Thanks for the age quote Pook. Looks like your and my 28's are litter mates or near that.
Brian41
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They are great guns. I bought a nice 6 inch M-28 before the prices went nuts and then another in 4 inch S serial with a little holster wear. That 4 inch one or a similar condition S serial Model 57 are what's in my field holster and have carried them concealed uder a jacket. I can't hurt their value using them and my nicer N frames can stay in the safe and go out on shooting days.
They can be addicting though. I started with a LNIB unfired Model 57 that didn't stay unfired long and I'm not saying how many I have now, mainly because I don't know.
They can be addicting though. I started with a LNIB unfired Model 57 that didn't stay unfired long and I'm not saying how many I have now, mainly because I don't know.
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