Let's see those Highway Patrolmen

[rubiranch]

It shoots pretty good at least from a Lee Pistol Machine Rest. Not so good in my hands.

Most of my guns are like that too.

 

[NavyVet24]

Yours is in beautiful, maybe better called pristine, condition. I found my 6" Model 28-2 about 10 years ago and it is a terrific shooter. The stocks are a bit rough. I still haven't made up my mind about refinishing them.

 

[Agent Jim]

I was issued a Highway Patrolman as as an Arkansas State Trooper. Years later I brought one of my own, and carried it plainclothes as an investigator. Still my favorite handgun, though my oldest son now has it.

 

[reach147]

had a six inch 28 that I purchased brand new for $150 along with a four inch 19 for $179 in the late 70's. I needed money about five years later and sold them, for a good price at the time. Later on I tried to purchase both types again and it took me a while to find a 19 that was good enough for the money. Got the 66 as a bonus from the dealer at the time. I also stumbled into a four inch 28 at another local gun store for a reasonable price. But I haven't found a six inch 28 yet I liked well enough to fork over the money for it. Always good to see one is nice shape

 

[Majer]

I got one S prefix. Refinished recently by Ford's custom

What finish did Fords do on your Mdl 28? I have one that a previous owner chrome plated poorly and would like to return it to the blued finish.Thanks

 

[Moo Moo]

Finally found the photographs of my 4" Model 28-2.

 

[Frank V]

I really like the 4" 28.

 

[Grimjaws]

Hooray I can play!

I just got this from an estate sale. Previous owner had some trigger work done and it was sent back to be nickeled at the factory - saw a screen shot of the letter but still waiting on the paperwork. Wish they would have left the hammer and trigger alone.

 

[Baxter6551]

Model 28

I only have one - a 4 inch no dash 4 screw TH/TT currently sporting Ahrends but I have the original grips. Another 4 inch with "made to measure"Herretts Grips was my first duty revolver when we supplied our own.
The 6" belongs to my elderly shooting buddy and I hope to become its caretaker someday. In the early 80s I took it to the factory and had a trigger job done for him (back in the "while you wait" days for cops at the service center).

 

[Vtgw938]

My M28-2 & Recently Adopted Box

This 28-2 is an S pre-fix and is wearing a little newer set of presentation grips. It is sitting in a newly acquired S pre-fix 28-2 S&W box with papers and even an un-opened set of tools.

I've come to realize that the "Highway Patrolman" was and still is possibly the best Smith & Wesson revolver for the money.

 

[robvious]

6 inch from 1975... from Cabelas gun vault.. used a coupon and a gift card.. cheap

4 inch from 1959... I have the matching magnas, but no picture of that... my very first N frame

 

[PALADIN85020]

Father and son Model 28s

These two Model 28s are dear to my heart. I bought the 6-incher in 1967 and added the customized smooth "cokes" I got at a gun show not long thereafter. They fit good and feel good, so I've left them on ever since. This was my first magnum S&W.

The 4" gun was selected by me when my dad said he wanted a good house gun. I picked this one out for him in 1968 and bought the target grips concurrently for it. He kept it as his house gun from then on until his passing in 1987. I inherited it then.

I will always fondly remember my dad and I going shooting together with these two guns. They are both keepers, for sure.

John

 

[sprscientist]

N220...with factory combats

 

[Mustang51]

Here's a 28-2 with some issues. My brother bought it in the mid 70s from a cop buddy, and we both shot it until he traded it away to a guy. I tracked it down and bought it back as a gift for my brother's 50th bday. His stroke a few years ago has kept him from the range, but we'll take this with us if I can get him back there. At some point, careless storage lead to some rust spots, but I wouldn't trade it for a nicer one.

 

[rubiranch]

N220...with factory combats

On rare occasions you might find mine wearing factory Combats too.

 

[wweste]

Okay, not quite so old in the mid 1980s, but 40 years later I think it qualifies.

 

[wweste]

Hey, it's a joke. An old Highway Patrolman.

 

[stonebuster]

I bought my first 28-2 4" a couple days ago at a small LGS. It's N251xxx so it should be mid 1970s mfg date. The diamond Magna grips are numbered 281199(no "N" prefix) which date to '66-'67 so not original to the gun. A couple small blemishes and slight peening of cylinder notches but overall nice condition. I know it would be an astronomically small chance if someone on this forum had the gun that matches my diamond magnas, but I'd be happy to see them go to the correct gun. The Magnas beat my middle finger knuckle to death yesterday so I'll be changing them before shooting again. Edit: I put a Pachmayr Presentation grip on to try at the range tomorrow. I love the look of wood and steel but the Magnas don't work for me and I don't want to spend $200-300 on wood targets. Considering the Model 28 was a no frills Model 27 I don't think they look bad on a working man's gun.

 

[wweste]

I posted this a month ago but a lot has transpired since then.

I was a deputy in Laramie County, Wyoming in 1983. We had a new sheriff who required us to get 357 revolvers. I had a FFL at the time and ordered about 20 of the NYSP Model 28s trade-ins from John Jovino in NYC. I wish I had kept mine, but reality got in the way.

I recently found a mint one online and bought it, N567XXX. A 38 year quest to fill a void has been accomplished. Not sure if I will shoot it or just make it a safe queen. I have another Model 28 that I shoot regularly so who knows.

 

[RoadVirus]

1954 Pre 28. Obviously been in the "Arena". Wish it could tell it's story. Number matching stocks.