muddocktor
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I finally got around to deciding to get myself a couple of Model 28's, since that would round out my collection of N frame 357 guns. I wasn't looking to get pristine guns since I was doing this on a bit of a budget and I was looking for shooters instead of safe queens. To me, safe queen and Model 28 just don't go together. These guns were made to be working guns and not beauty queens. So, since there are no gun shops around here I know of that have vintage revolvers of the 60's or 70's, it was off to GB. I ended up watching several model 28's that met my criteria for decent shape and around a $600-650 price.
This 4" gun was my first buy. I picked it up yesterday evening from my FFL guy after 2 weeks at the rig and cleaned it up and changed the rebound slide spring to a 13 lb and the mainspring to a full power Wolff Power Rib while cleaning it up. I also had bought a set of Ahrends Retro Target grips before leaving for work for this gun as it came with Pachmayr "Gripper" finger grip rubbers, which I am not a fan of.
This one had a little bit of rust and some very minor pitting on the side plate, but hasn't been shot too much. It also had someone at one time polish off the case hardening colors off the sides of the trigger and hammer, but it has a nice single and double action pull, especially with the Wolff springs installed. The serial number on this one is S317xxx, which I figure should have shipped around 1969 or so. All in all, it looks like it will make a nice shooter grade gun.
The very next day, there was a 6" barrel gun I was watching and nobody had bid on it at 10 minutes before the auction was to end, so I went and bid the minimum and won it. From the auction pics, it looked like it hadn't been shot much, if at all and it came with the original Magna grips serialed to the gun, plus a set of some unknown to me targets. I also picked it up last night and brought it home and cleaned it up. It had a trigger shoe installed, which I promptly removed. Examining the gun, it has only had at most a cylinder or 2 of ammo shot through it and is in excellent shape. When I opened it up, there was very little gunk or powder fouling inside supporting this conclusion too. I also installed a 13 lb rebound slide spring and a Wolff Power Rib full strength mainspring before buttoning it up and gave it a good coat of Ren wax and installed the no name targets. Here is how it sits.
BTW, does anyone know what those target grips look like? The trigger on this one feels good with the Wolff springs, but it also feels like a new gun that hasn't had the trigger pulled on it many times. I am thinking that the trigger on it will break in real nice as I run some rounds down the pipe. The serial number on this one is an earlier N number, N55xxx. I figure this ship date is probably 1970-1971.
Now, if the weather lets, tomorrow I will be off to the range to give them both a workout!
This 4" gun was my first buy. I picked it up yesterday evening from my FFL guy after 2 weeks at the rig and cleaned it up and changed the rebound slide spring to a 13 lb and the mainspring to a full power Wolff Power Rib while cleaning it up. I also had bought a set of Ahrends Retro Target grips before leaving for work for this gun as it came with Pachmayr "Gripper" finger grip rubbers, which I am not a fan of.
This one had a little bit of rust and some very minor pitting on the side plate, but hasn't been shot too much. It also had someone at one time polish off the case hardening colors off the sides of the trigger and hammer, but it has a nice single and double action pull, especially with the Wolff springs installed. The serial number on this one is S317xxx, which I figure should have shipped around 1969 or so. All in all, it looks like it will make a nice shooter grade gun.
The very next day, there was a 6" barrel gun I was watching and nobody had bid on it at 10 minutes before the auction was to end, so I went and bid the minimum and won it. From the auction pics, it looked like it hadn't been shot much, if at all and it came with the original Magna grips serialed to the gun, plus a set of some unknown to me targets. I also picked it up last night and brought it home and cleaned it up. It had a trigger shoe installed, which I promptly removed. Examining the gun, it has only had at most a cylinder or 2 of ammo shot through it and is in excellent shape. When I opened it up, there was very little gunk or powder fouling inside supporting this conclusion too. I also installed a 13 lb rebound slide spring and a Wolff Power Rib full strength mainspring before buttoning it up and gave it a good coat of Ren wax and installed the no name targets. Here is how it sits.
BTW, does anyone know what those target grips look like? The trigger on this one feels good with the Wolff springs, but it also feels like a new gun that hasn't had the trigger pulled on it many times. I am thinking that the trigger on it will break in real nice as I run some rounds down the pipe. The serial number on this one is an earlier N number, N55xxx. I figure this ship date is probably 1970-1971.
Now, if the weather lets, tomorrow I will be off to the range to give them both a workout!
