It's a Shame.. Rusty S&W 28-2 Highway Patrolman

[Dennismn]

Yes at a pawn shop. Locks tight in every direction.

$450 (yes I think that's a real optimistic price.)

But it is a shame to see such a good N frame left to rust on the outside.

So is it a $300 shooter?

If you can get it at $400 and the metal is good - no pitting - might be worth picking up as a project gun.

If the metal is really good, there are some great professional gunsmiths that can give it a gorgeous new bluing job.

If it's a little rough, maybe a basic bluing job and bead blast finish.

If you really like the gun, there are many other finishes that might bring it back like cerakote.

This is a model 19-8 from around 1999 I picked up for $250, the finish was shot but the metal was good. for about $350 I sent it into S&W for a combat Revolver package, the red ramp sights, and a matte bead blast finish. Added a pair of nice grips, and a laser etching of an eagle.

Nice aspect, you can buy the gun and have the work done a couple of years latter to spread out the cost.


Disclaimer, you will never get as much as you put into one of these restoration on resale - but you get a damn nice gun that no one else has anywhere.

 

[BigBill]

Either I show my plastic with my gun permit of I let $100 bills with $50 bills arranged in a fan do my talking. Words mean nothing show them the green money.

 

[Dennismn]

Either I show my plastic with my gun permit of I let $100 bills with $50 bills arranged in a fan do my talking. Words mean nothing show them the green money.

Yea I do the same thing at gun shows - amazing what a wad of green will get ya sometimes.

 

[BigBill]

In the past when my LGS it was impossible to get waited on. I seen what I wanted and to stake my claim I waved my ccw permit and DL to get waited on. The salesman would run over.

 

[gmborkovic]

When you guys were younger and dating and met a slinky girl with may
be a little acne or blemish on her face or neck, did you pass? A little rust dont scare me.

 

[Doug M.]

There are many options for what you could with this gun. Clean it up as a shooter; clean it and refinish with hard chrome or something as a hard use woods gun; make it into something like a .45 Colt and hard chrome it for a hard use woods gun ... your imagination is the limit.

 

[Jack Flash]

There are many options for what you could with this gun. Clean it up as a shooter; clean it and refinish with hard chrome or something as a hard use woods gun; make it into something like a .45 Colt and hard chrome it for a hard use woods gun ...
your imagination is the limit.

Well, that and your pocketbook.

 

[Doug M.]

Details, details. One could be like me and see how much one can invest in a custom gun without changing the price someone else would pay for it.

 

[DeafSmith]

The gun is still just a-sitting there! One must have nerve and patience!