Model 28-2 NYSP rescue.

[LC '92]

Celebrating this evening as you can see in the picture. I rescued this nice 28-2 NYSP from a 14 month purgatory in a local pawn shop this afternoon. The tag attached to the trigger guard said it was hocked in September of 2013. Had Pachmayrs on it when I got it. Took it home, scrubbed all the hock shop cooties off it and added the magnas and the Tyler T. Now it's restored to its former dignity.

Has the typical wide smooth trigger, white outline rear and red ramp front. Has NYSP stamped above the trigger and B13 stamped inside the crane and under the left grip, same font as NYSP. Must have been added at the same time. Most of the finish is gone from the side plate as is typical of a duty revolver. Mechanically tight and perfect bore.

The price you ask? How does $375.00 out the door sound. Now you understand the celebration. My Catholic pal says I need to go to confession for stealing it. Some days your the bug, some days your the windshield.

I'll shoot it tomorrow.

 

[jackvs1]

As a retired Trooper from the NYSP thank you.

 

[jdlii]

We should all be so lucky!

 

[JP@AK]

Any time you can buy a 4" HP nowadays for less than 4 Franklins you are doing well! And yes, confession is in order . . .

The Magna stocks and the Tyler fit this gun to a T!

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Ya gotta ask yourself...how does a gun from NYSP end up in Texas?

Great find, nice save. Enjoy.

 

[Co Th G]

Ya gotta ask yourself...how does a gun from NYSP end up in Texas?

Great find, nice save. Enjoy.

Isn't that considered bootlegging? Taking it west of the Mississippi?

 

[03clyde]

Cleans up right purty!

 

[S. Hammer]

Ya gotta ask yourself...how does a gun from NYSP end up in Texas?

Great find, nice save. Enjoy.

I found my NYSP 28-2 in a pawn shop out in Las Vegas.

 

[Shorty 45 MK2]

Congrats!

You did very well.

 

[Watchdog]

Celebrating this evening as you can see in the picture. I rescued this nice 28-2 NYSP from a 14 month purgatory in a local pawn shop this afternoon...
Has the typical wide smooth trigger, white outline rear and red ramp front.

That's a nice find, especially for the price. I never get that lucky.

I wonder was this gun in a group of special order guns? Or has this one been modified, I wonder?

Reason I ask is because my 28-2s and others I've seen all have serrated triggers that aren't wide, i.e. they aren't target triggers. And I can't remember if red ramp front sights and w.o. rear sights were an option back then. Do you know?

Anyway, as I said...nice find any way you look at it.

 

[Old cop]

My father-in-law had the same model that our youngest daughter has for home defense.

 

[JM4151]

S & W Model 28

Very nice gun, great price. I had one issued to me in May of 1972. Same grips but it did not have the red front sight insert. That is a gun that you cannot wear out!

 

[LC '92]

Watchdog, this isn't the target trigger, its the smooth combat trigger. I believe these were special order just for NYSP. Most are like mine but some have regular trigger and sights. For some reason it sticks in my mind that these were ordered through John Jovinos shop there in New York City.

I shot it today. For some reason the rear sight was bottomed out. I brought it up and zeroed it at 25 yards with some 158 grain cast over 13.8 grains of 2400 today. No leading and it grouped great. Shot even better with some old practice loads using .38 Special cases, 130 grain cast, and a medium charge of Power Pistol.

I have been at my rural retreat and have been carrying it for the last two days. I think it has now found a more permanent home.

With best regards...

 

[Watchdog]

Watchdog, this isn't the target trigger, its the smooth combat trigger. I believe these were special order just for NYSP. Most are like mine but some have regular trigger and sights. For some reason it sticks in my mind that these were ordered through John Jovinos shop there in New York City.

Thanks for that info. I've never seen one with a smooth trigger.

I shot it today. For some reason the rear sight was bottomed out.

I know a couple of guys who tighten their rear sight down all the way, and use just one specific load for self-defense and/or combat style shooting. They don't really use the sights. I'm sure their method has some sort of "official" name, but I just call it finger-pointing shooting. It's just instinct for them. They also say that their rear sights drag on the holster less. Whether that's true or not, I don't know.

 

[tlmetesh]

Very nice find. A marked law enforcement piece is on my wish list.

 

[Snuffy2]

Cranking the rear sight all the way down is an old trick to make an adjustable sight more resistant to knocks and bumps. The rear sight on my shorty Model 19 has had the stud filed down so the sight body can be screwed down into hard contact with the frame, the notch adjusted for windage, and the front sight filed down to zero the gun for my carry load. Then I doused the rear sight liberally with Locktite. No worries about the sight getting knocked out of zero.

 

[LC '92]

You know, I can see the reasoning in bottoming out the rear sight now. If you tote it all day long, and count on it for self defense, that makes perfect sense. After all, officers use it as a self defense tool and not as a collector or a shooter like us recreational shooters.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

 

[nyeti]

Funny, they had a NYSP 28-2 at Lewisville Pawn outside Dallas where I do most of my transfers. Wanted a bit too much for it. If I could have gotten them down to $375, it would have come home with me. Great find.