smith model 28
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smith model 28
anyone out there own a 4" model 28? It is a .357 mag. popular with highway patrol...
Looks like an interesting piece... what's it like? How's the quality/accuracy?
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Looks like an interesting piece... what's it like? How's the quality/accuracy?
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The model 28 is a hybrid of sorts of the high end fine blued Smith 27.357 Mag. The fit and finish aren't as fine as the 27, and it comes in a matt blued finish instead of the deep blue, bluing....but other than that, it's a tough, robust N-frame, and shoots VERY nice.
It was indeed called the Highway Patrolman, and in many States it was standard issue until the advent of the semi-auto for issue to law enforcement.
Regards! Michaelson
It was indeed called the Highway Patrolman, and in many States it was standard issue until the advent of the semi-auto for issue to law enforcement.
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I'm a huge fan of the Smith model 28; I own two of them and love them. It's a superb gun. If I were down to one gun, it would probably be one of my 28s. Older American made revolvers are holding value these days, prepare to pay around 500 bucks for a model 28. You won't be sorry.
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I'm a huge fan of the Smith model 28; I own two of them and love them. It's a superb gun. If I were down to one gun, it would probably be one of my 28s. Older American made revolvers are holding value these days, prepare to pay around 500 bucks for a model 28. You won't be sorry.
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I own two of these myself and they are excellent shooters. One was given to me by my father, and I purchased the other at a gun show in Texas a while back for around $400 I believe. It was a very nice example for the price. If you can find one with a pinned barrel and recessesed cylander it marks a desirable piece, more hand finishing involved, and made before 62 if I am not mistaken.
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I thought so. Smith and Wesson didn't totally trust the makers of .357 mag ammo, and therefore encased the entire cartridge in the cylinder, including the rim, as a safety feature.
Years later, they decided to save a buck and not perform the extra machining to remove that extra metal in each throat of each chamber, as the makers of the ammo had engineered MUCH stronger brass. The heads of the rounds were exposed from then on, starting in all the -3 models of the Smith revolvers. They did exactly the same with the .44 mags.
(I noticed you passed on the birthday idea. )
Regards! Michaelson
Years later, they decided to save a buck and not perform the extra machining to remove that extra metal in each throat of each chamber, as the makers of the ammo had engineered MUCH stronger brass. The heads of the rounds were exposed from then on, starting in all the -3 models of the Smith revolvers. They did exactly the same with the .44 mags.
(I noticed you passed on the birthday idea. )
Regards! Michaelson