Strange model 28

[Pisgah]

I keep reading this thread and I can't believe that the consensus is that this is a modified Model 28 - that is, somebody went to the trouble of removing the adjustable sights, welded up the frame and cut a sight channel and then the Herculean task of re-contouring the barrel and stamping it.

I agree it seems odd, but I don't doubt it could happen. Over on the Savage Shooters website there are fellows that buy a $250 Axis rifle, then spend $1200 turning it in to something they could have bought brand-new and ready-made for $1000 or less. Makes no practical sense, but there you go...

 

[Jim Watson]

The groove down the topstrap is like no S&W fixed sight I have ever seen.
Probably not very good for aiming the gun, either.

 

[scout II]

Well it is sold. I hope someone form this forum picked it up so we can learn more about it.