The ultimate Highway Patrolman thread.including N frame ser# ranges

[LPD256]

I just received the letter on the Highway Patrolman from Roy Jinks.
"Shipped May 10, 1954 and delivered to Major General Julian S. Hatcher, National Rifle Association, Washington, DC. The records indicate that this revolver was shipped with a 4" barrel, brushed blue finish and select checkered target grips"
For those that don't know it, Major General Hatcher was the technical writer for the "American Rifleman."

That’s a great score Bobby. Congrats

 

[Pine_Worker]

Well, I have to show mine. S serial prefix.

 

[RGNewell]

Nice

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[gunnison]

Any new additions

Any new additions to add to the list of Non Model Marked
4 screw Highway Patrolmans?

Gunnison

 

[Retired W4]

I just received the letter on the Highway Patrolman from Roy Jinks.
"Shipped May 10, 1954 and delivered to Major General Julian S. Hatcher, National Rifle Association, Washington, DC. The records indicate that this revolver was shipped with a 4" barrel, brushed blue finish and select checkered target grips"
For those that don't know it, Major General Hatcher was the technical writer for the "American Rifleman."

i have one that shipped 30 days later though not to the General. His "Book of the Garrand" is a great reference. Then there's the Hatcher Hole. Too much else to mention.

 

[D Brown]

I stopped by my local gun shop to see if there was anything new, I found this Model 28 in the case, it has some blue wear on the muzzle and a few dings on the rib but other than that it's in pretty good shape. The serial number (S214XXX) puts it somewhere in 1961, it has 4 screws, 3 in the side plate, 1 in front of the trigger guard. I have a few questions. My other N-frame is a Model 28-2, serial number N47XX made around 1969, it has the lazy ampersand stamped on the barrel and address lines, the Model 28 has a standard ampersands on the barrel and address lines, I thought all the older Smiths would have the lazy ampersand. When I got the M28 it was filthy so I did a complete strip, clean and lube. Now all I need is to get to the range and try it out.

Hi Rusty,

Please take a look at my post one page back on this thread. http://smith-wessonforum.com/140654240-post2328.html

The Model 28-0 Four Screw I posted is S214002 and shipped in February 1962. It has the Lazy Ampersand on the barrel, and standard ampersand on the address line.

 

[Jason Demond]

I'd like to clean this one.

Don't.

A lifetime of honest use on a gun is a beautiful thing. It means that the gun's owner loved the gun enough to shoot it often.

 

[kristop64089]

Picked this gem up this weekend

New member to the Highway Patrolman club. Normally I'm a Ruger guy but have an affinity for the N frame Smiths.
Has a little wear on the cylinder and on the right side frame, plus typical barrel wear, but othe than that she's clean. While I am ok with the grips I have some correct target stocks on order. Near as I can tell the gun may be circa 78. Not real sure.
Just a cool gun, that I bet could tell some stories.
For those curious about price, I traded a Mossberg Shockwave that I had paid $250 for

 

[BC38]

New member to the Highway Patrolman club. Normally I'm a Ruger guy but have an affinity for the N frame Smiths.
Has a little wear on the cylinder and on the right side frame, plus typical barrel wear, but othe than that she's clean. While I am ok with the grips I have some correct target stocks on order. Near as I can tell the gun may be circa 78. Not real sure.
Just a cool gun, that I bet could tell some stories.
For those curious about price, I traded a Mossberg Shockwave that I had paid $250 for

VERY nice!
The Jay Scott grips are OK, but a nice set of targets will be just the thing.
You did fantastic on that deal - $250 is about a third of what it is worth, even without original stocks.

 

[kristop64089]

VERY nice!
The Jay Scott grips are OK, but a nice set of targets will be just the thing.
You did fantastic on that deal - $250 is about a third of what it is worth, even without original stocks.

I wasn't sure what grips these were. Not my style for sure. Shooting it was a pure joy. The trigger is incredible and every shot landed on a 2" plate at 15 yards. This gun has opened my eyes to the passion people have for the old Smiths.

 

[Hair Trigger]

New member to the Highway Patrolman club. Normally I'm a Ruger guy but have an affinity for the N frame Smiths.
Has a little wear on the cylinder and on the right side frame, plus typical barrel wear, but other than that she's clean. Near as I can tell the gun may be circa 78. Not real sure.

The Standard Catalog lists the 500,000 range of SN from '78-'80, and that most of the 500,000 production range were M28's and M58's.

That spot on the right side, below the cylinder is probably from the metal brad holding a snap in place on the holster it was carried in. My guess is the holster had a long strap that crossed over behind the hammer spur to hold it in place.

Nice revolver, enjoy shooting it.

 

[kristop64089]

The Standard Catalog lists the 500,000 range of SN from '78-'80, and that most of the 500,000 production range were M28's and M58's.

That spot on the right side, below the cylinder is probably from the metal brad holding a snap in place on the holster it was carried in. My guess is the holster had a long strap that crossed over behind the hammer spur to hold it in place.

Nice revolver, enjoy shooting it.

That's kind of what I was thinking. The cylinder has typical holster wear on it as well. All in all I'm quite happy with it.

 

[RayRay7]

Finally brought this one home!

N518xxx

 

[sprscientist]

Here is my 6". N229xxx. Wearing Herrett cocobolo grips

 

[three50seven]

Here's my contribution to the thread. 28-2 SN S275456. It has a target hammer and trigger, and I don't believe the grips are original (should be diamond magnas?). Regardless, I absolutely love it and it's a wonderful shooter.

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[packard8]

Sweet! I have a 6", in brushed nickel with target sights, & a re-worked trigger. A really straight shooter, especially with .38 loads

 

[S&W Kid]

Here are the two that have adopted me as their care taker:


1972 N880XX 6" barrel & 1978 N5188XX 4" barrel

 

[Browns fan]

i traded a 4 inch 686-3 for a 28-2 6 inch Sn # N9925x today at a local gun show can some one post pictures for me Thanks Group

 

[BLUEDOT37]

It was well broken in...

I bought my 4" Highway Patrolman new for my first "of legal age" revolver. Big bucks for me back then.

Don't have too many pictures of it, because it was traded it off decades ago, but this one made me laugh after I scanned in the negative recently & looked at it closely.

It received it's share of full loads, courtesy of Speer #9's load data, over the years.

I knew it had an excessive cylinder gap, & liked to spit lead, but the B-C gap in this picture is eye opening.

It was big but I think it's mostly an optical illusions here. At least I hope so.

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[Browns fan]

Any 1962 HPs for me to look at i’m a 1962