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

[Lenshappy]

Nice 28's you guys, dang, some great photos too! Had a HP in '78 when I worked for an armored car service in the five boroughs in NY - yeah, dumb. Sold it in 1980 - dumber.

Odinkar - truly a sad story

 

[PZ93C]

jpmccr- Yours is a 3 screw.

4 screw revolvers ended in 1961-62, maybe 1963 or so. Well before the "N" prefix began.

 

[Blackcloud2]

Posted 31 December 2007 09:37 AM Hide Post
I have a sad story about a model 28 my dad had. He was a sheriff deputy in Barton county Kansas in the early 70’s and had a 4 inch 28 that he had hard chromed by someone named “Tiny” in SE Kansas. It was a beautiful gun. It had a great trigger and a lot of good memories with it. I carried it when I was in college while working security. Now the sad part. My dad and his wife had a major house fire in September. Everyone but the dog made it out, but the top floor of the house was gone. While visiting at Christmas I asked my dad about the gun. He said the rubber grip had milted to the frame and the cylinder was welded to the frame as well. I thought that I could get it and put it on a plaque for him and my kids when I got it. He told me that when the house was being cleaned up it was thrown away. So now it’s gone. I have plans to find another 28 and try to make it look like his, but it won’t be. Sorry for the sob story, but it feels good to vent to people that understand.

Odinkar, sorry to here of this loss. I'm glad that your kinfolk got out safe. Too bad for the pet, but guns are definitely replaceable.

 

[jpmccr]

PZ93C, thanks. I was all comfortable downstairs surfing last night and I just didn't want to go get my keys, go upstairs, unlock my cabinet, pull it out of it holster, look at it, put it back, lock it back up, and come back downstairs. (It is going to be hard getting started this new year

).

 

[kwbikr]

My S-serial HP that taught me trigger work, tuning(and came out well), got a bit of a cold blue makeover (it was already re-blued, just tired)and makes me a better shooter...

 

[l1011graham]

Just joined
My 28-2 Highway Patrolman has three screws recessed and pinned.
The Serial # is S271xxx.
How does one post photo's.
Thanks

 

[Jebus35745]

I have a 28-2 ser no S-250,000. It has a target hammer and trigger with a 4" bbl. It appears to be unfired. The letter from Roy says it went to an employee who picked it up at Camfour. I believe it was Dave Baker which was a code name at Camfour for employee. Havn't found out who the real Dave is yet! Larry

 

[Allen-frame]

Great H.P.'s everybody. I promise to update the original post with all pertinent info,including N-prefix Ser.# rarges.

Please remember if you have a letter,post the ship date along with the Ser.# so others can use as a reference.

Thanks ,,,Al

 

[Allen-frame]

Here is the list (breakdown) of members guns by ser.# range and particulars

6 4" 5 screws ,S# range S1046** to S1343**

1 6" 5 screw S# Range S1650**

2 n.m.m. 4 screw S# range S1762** to S1822** 1 4" 1 6"

4 MOD 28 4 screw S# range S1926** to S205*** 4 4" 2 6"

7 28-2 S prefix S#. range S223*** to S294*** 4 4" 3 6"

22 28-2 N prefix S#. range N1141** to N5756** 14 4" , 8 6"

4 28-3 N prefix S# range N9562** to N959*** 3 4" 1 6"



Please add your own Ser.#'s to the mix , don't you find it interesting to see them broken down this way?
Thanks for your contributions, keep it up , ,,,Al

 

[guy sajer]

Originally posted by Allen-frame:

Please add your own Ser.#'s to the mix , don't you find it interesting to see them broken down this way?
Thanks for your contributions, keep it up , ,,,Al

Absolutely ! Thanks Al

 

[vrichard]

Ser.# N 172xxx 4in.

Ser.#N 220xxx 6in.

Highway Patrolman ser.# S134801

 

[627-6]

I have a 4" HP ser N5294XX purchased by my ex-brother inlaw as a duty weapon from Inland Marine in Palestine, Texas on 1/30/79. He was on the Anderson County Sheriff's Department at the time, and eventually replaced this weapon with a Glock. It's in excellent condition, with box and papers. I occasionally shoot a PPC match with it, just for grins. It will never leave my hands, for sure...

 

[SWID]

Here mine. The top one is a 4 screw S194xxx
The bottom is a 3, S294558, purchased in 1968 in LA becasue I could not afford a 27.

 

[SIG229fan]

"1974--1977 N200000

1975--1976 N300000"

Eh?

The 'Second Edition' lists:

N190001 thru N430000 production dates from 1975 thru 1977. What am I missing here? My own 28-2 is numbered 2812xx which would suggest a mfg. date sometime in early-to-mid 1976.

 

[azmick]

i have a 28-3, 6", serial N957711 dated 8/14/83
i have others HPs but can not add to date info

 

[mkk41]

1 6" 5 screw S# Range S1650**

Please add your own Ser.#'s to the mix , don't you find it interesting to see them broken down this way?
Thanks for your contributions, keep it up , ,,,Al

Nicely done! Geez , mine is the oldest 6" 5-screw so far.

Shame I might be trading it away soon.

 

[big50_1]

6" 28-2 S2250XX 1962
4" 28-2 N1141XX 1973
4" 28-2 N2554XX 1977

 

[big50_1]

Allen-frame, a spread sheet like Excel is a wonderful, relatively low-tech tool for manipulating data. Depending on information you collect, you can sort the info in interesting ways w/graphs. I'm probably preaching to the choir but just wanted to get that out there. Good luck.

 

[rfo1]

Here's my M28-2.Serial number N294XXX

 

[Art Doc]

This is S116413 shipped 9/3/54 to Seattle Hardware. That would be 7 months before I was born in the same city.