ANOTHER Smith Model 28
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ANOTHER Smith Model 28
Hello all
a while ago I posted about my acquisition of a "close enough" Indy gun -- the Smith and Wesson model 28 .357 which bears a very close resemblance to the Bapty gun. well, I walked into my local toy store this week with some money to burn, and what should be on the shelf? The twin. First time I have ever seen one of these just laying on the shelf in a shop. So, long story short, I grabbed it. Now I have a matched pair, and they are awesome. If you are looking for anything like this and can find one, grab it. It is a great piece and they are holding value and creeping upwards. Apparently there are so many imported guns around now, that the older American made guns are becoming very sought after, like real SandWs before they started making them with round butts, hollow triggers and transfer bars. If you find a real Smith with a hammer nose, pinned barrel and recessed chambers, my advice is to start the haggling. I'll try to post some pics.
Tyree
a while ago I posted about my acquisition of a "close enough" Indy gun -- the Smith and Wesson model 28 .357 which bears a very close resemblance to the Bapty gun. well, I walked into my local toy store this week with some money to burn, and what should be on the shelf? The twin. First time I have ever seen one of these just laying on the shelf in a shop. So, long story short, I grabbed it. Now I have a matched pair, and they are awesome. If you are looking for anything like this and can find one, grab it. It is a great piece and they are holding value and creeping upwards. Apparently there are so many imported guns around now, that the older American made guns are becoming very sought after, like real SandWs before they started making them with round butts, hollow triggers and transfer bars. If you find a real Smith with a hammer nose, pinned barrel and recessed chambers, my advice is to start the haggling. I'll try to post some pics.
Tyree
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Agreed, there's nothing that says "COOL" like a pinned and recessed Smith and Wesson revolver! You have to see them to appreciate it! I missed out on a pinned and recessed Smith 629, 4 inch .44 mag a couple months ago at a gun show. I didn't have the cash, and I just can't part with my 6 inch 629 'Classic Hunter'. With it's full lug barrel and unfluted cylinder, I just love that gun
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Re: ANOTHER Smith Model 28
dr. tyree wrote:Hello all
a while ago I posted about my acquisition of a "close enough" Indy gun -- the Smith and Wesson model 28 .357 which bears a very close resemblance to the Bapty gun. well, I walked into my local toy store this week with some money to burn, and what should be on the shelf? The twin. First time I have ever seen one of these just laying on the shelf in a shop. So, long story short, I grabbed it. Now I have a matched pair, and they are awesome. If you are looking for anything like this and can find one, grab it. It is a great piece and they are holding value and creeping upwards. Apparently there are so many imported guns around now, that the older American made guns are becoming very sought after, like real SandWs before they started making them with round butts, hollow triggers and transfer bars. If you find a real Smith with a hammer nose, pinned barrel and recessed chambers, my advice is to start the haggling. I'll try to post some pics.
Tyree
What toy store? Who makes the toy gun?
"toy store"
Affirmative, that was a ref to my local gun shop. As in, "the only difference between men and boys is the dollar difference in the cost of their toys"
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Greetings once more from sunny Mosul, Iraq! I, too, am a fan of the Model 28...and all S&W N-frame revolvers. I have a Model 28 at my gunsmith's (Tip Burns) that is being converted to a fixed-sight revolver. Basically, it willl wind up looking like an old S&W, but in .357.
I also picked up a Model 22 revolver just before I headed back to Iraq this time. It is definitely an "Indy" revolver candidate! .45 caliber, fixed sights and that old skinny barrel!
And, yes, when I return home, I will post pics of both.
RonC
I also picked up a Model 22 revolver just before I headed back to Iraq this time. It is definitely an "Indy" revolver candidate! .45 caliber, fixed sights and that old skinny barrel!
And, yes, when I return home, I will post pics of both.
RonC
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Hi Ron
Can you share the contact info for your gunsmith? I wouldn't mind having one of mine turned into a fixed sight...
tyree
Can you share the contact info for your gunsmith? I wouldn't mind having one of mine turned into a fixed sight...
tyree
Certainly, Tyree! His name is Tip Burns. He lives in Canyon Lake, Texas (near San Antonio). His telephone number is: 830-935-3338. Mine is the first one he is doing, and will probably not take on another until he has "tested" what he is doing on mine. As I said, I did see the progress he had made just a week or so ago, and it is looking good!
If you contact him, tell him Ron Clark said hello.
Regards,
RonC
If you contact him, tell him Ron Clark said hello.
Regards,
RonC
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