Stu1205
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What is the attraction of the Model 28?
CHARACTER. The Model 28 has Character.
Simple as that.
Stu
CHARACTER. The Model 28 has Character.
Simple as that.
Stu
What is the attraction of the Model 28?
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I have, like many of us over the years, sold a number of S&Ws I wish I had kept. I sold my two 28s, including a very clean one. Don't resent selling them...the matte finish never really did anything for me.
I have always been drawn to a 28, but not a 27. Kinda the same way that I'd rather spend money on go fast parts for my ride than parts that make her look purty.
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I bought an immaculate 1967 6" 28 a few years back for $550. It was sitting next to a 19 (the reason I went there in the first place) that had a good bit of wear on it. The salesman kinda talked me into the 28 (probably due to the higher price), but I'm sure glad he did. I found a 19 a year later in much better shape.
One of the reasons I buy firearms, and Smiths in particular, is the history behind them. I knew nothing about the Highway Patrolman before I bought it, only to find it has quite the cult following. I enjoy buying models I don't know as much about. It's an expensive way to get a history lesson, though.
One of the reasons I buy firearms, and Smiths in particular, is the history behind them. I knew nothing about the Highway Patrolman before I bought it, only to find it has quite the cult following. I enjoy buying models I don't know as much about. It's an expensive way to get a history lesson, though.
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I JUST BOUGHT ONE LAST WEEK FOR 675.00
HAD ONE 25 YEARS AGO THAT I BOUGHT NEW FOR 325.00
SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT. ALL OLD SMITH'S ARE EXPENSIVE TO
REBUY!
HAD ONE 25 YEARS AGO THAT I BOUGHT NEW FOR 325.00
SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT. ALL OLD SMITH'S ARE EXPENSIVE TO
REBUY!
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I always liked the 28. It was the rat rod of the smith and wesson line to my eyes. I have a subdued rebel streak in me that bubbles to the surface every now and again. I bought mine from a local guy via a mutual friend who needed to raise money after his son was in neonatal ICU for an extended period of time. The story that came with the gun (undocumented) was that it had been a Kansas dept. of wildlife and parks duty gun. No idea if its true but it adds a neat story to one of my favorite shooters. And as a strange aside, it's my fiancés favorite pistol to take out plinking.
kdailey
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I happen to like 'em.
After the two S&W .22lr revolvers I gave my grandsons, The next two I gave them were a pair of M28's with 4in barrels dressed up with grip adapters and a set of Patricks' stags. The older boy is getting into girls and soccer now, (he'll be back, just not for a while yet) but the younger one had rather go to the range or the farm and shoot than count money on halves. His very favorite is that M28 with full house Magnums.
Got a couple more in the safe too. So yeah, I guess you could say I like 'em.
Got a couple more in the safe too. So yeah, I guess you could say I like 'em.
BUFF
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I bought my first Model 28 about 1974, as a college student working his way through school. I got hooked on S&W revolvers immediately, still being so hooked almost 40 years later.
New 28-s were about $159.95 retail. You could buy very nice used ones for less. At the time, the sporting goods chains and many gun shops had lots of S&W accessory and upgrade parts packed in bubble pack cards, either hanging on twirling wire display racks or peg-in-hole display boards on the walls. You could buy new S&W hammers and triggers of all sorts, rear sight blades and entire assemblies, stocks moon clips, magazines, all sorts of things. One local gunshop and a couple of chains carried new presentation cases.
I bought new and used Highway Patrolmen as I found them. I spent hours cleaning each gun I bought. Doug Larson, owner-operator of 'Doug's Sports Chalet' taught me how to cut the front sight blades and install colored plastic inserts to look like factory jobs. I would add a target hammer and trigger, a cut-down rebound spring, smooth out the rougher contact surfaces on the lockwork and frame and sideplate, white outline rear sight blade and a pair of Goncla Alves target stocks to the gun after giving them a real good cleaning. Occasionally, I found nice Magna stocks in colorful Goncalo Alves instead of the normal walnut, or sometimes a buyer wanted rubber Pachmayrs instead of S&W wood. One brand of touch-up blue, a sort of a paste, did a good job on wear spots like front sight blades and sides of muzzles and cylinders. I'd buy some presentation cases and carry them around at gunshows with the guns. I could cover my expenses of buying and accessorizing the guns and make $100 each profit, more of they wanted the wood case. It was a profitable hobby. Even at my price, my guns were a bit cheaper than the then-scarce Model 27. Sometimes I traded my glitzy Highway Patrolman for other guns I wanted. The extra cash and the trades helped me to build my own meager, budding collection faster than if I was just buying with wages.
In the woods, it was rare that I ever holstered any of my Model 27s for woods walking or hikes through the trees or sagebrush, usually having a more workhorse Model 28 with the same shooting capabilities without the same fear of marring that perfect Model 27 finish.
New 28-s were about $159.95 retail. You could buy very nice used ones for less. At the time, the sporting goods chains and many gun shops had lots of S&W accessory and upgrade parts packed in bubble pack cards, either hanging on twirling wire display racks or peg-in-hole display boards on the walls. You could buy new S&W hammers and triggers of all sorts, rear sight blades and entire assemblies, stocks moon clips, magazines, all sorts of things. One local gunshop and a couple of chains carried new presentation cases.
I bought new and used Highway Patrolmen as I found them. I spent hours cleaning each gun I bought. Doug Larson, owner-operator of 'Doug's Sports Chalet' taught me how to cut the front sight blades and install colored plastic inserts to look like factory jobs. I would add a target hammer and trigger, a cut-down rebound spring, smooth out the rougher contact surfaces on the lockwork and frame and sideplate, white outline rear sight blade and a pair of Goncla Alves target stocks to the gun after giving them a real good cleaning. Occasionally, I found nice Magna stocks in colorful Goncalo Alves instead of the normal walnut, or sometimes a buyer wanted rubber Pachmayrs instead of S&W wood. One brand of touch-up blue, a sort of a paste, did a good job on wear spots like front sight blades and sides of muzzles and cylinders. I'd buy some presentation cases and carry them around at gunshows with the guns. I could cover my expenses of buying and accessorizing the guns and make $100 each profit, more of they wanted the wood case. It was a profitable hobby. Even at my price, my guns were a bit cheaper than the then-scarce Model 27. Sometimes I traded my glitzy Highway Patrolman for other guns I wanted. The extra cash and the trades helped me to build my own meager, budding collection faster than if I was just buying with wages.
In the woods, it was rare that I ever holstered any of my Model 27s for woods walking or hikes through the trees or sagebrush, usually having a more workhorse Model 28 with the same shooting capabilities without the same fear of marring that perfect Model 27 finish.
The 28's are one of the few blue revolvers that look very right with honest wear. I have two 28-2's that are basically new, and they are handsome, however my favorite is this 28-2 that was carried and used quite a bit by its previous owner(s).
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