Club Obi Wan

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?

Coronado

Any N-frame Smith & Wesson is an excellent revolver.

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

Thanks for the info Michaelson!

What is a good price for a used model 28 in good condition?

C3

I've seen them start a $250 and go up from there. Prepare to be looking in the $350+ range for a good one.

Regards! Michaelson

In case you're interested, I have a Model 28 that I had modified to a fixed-sight revolver that I am interested in selling. I am going to place it in the Cairo Bazaar shortly. I am asking $550 shipped to your FFL dealer.

Here is a photo:

Who WAS that masked man?

HELLO Ron! Good to see you're still alive and kick'n!!

If I had $550, I'd take that off your hands proto!!! But....

Oh well. GOOD TO SEE YOU!!!

HIGH regards! Michaelson

That is a true fighting handgun. Splendid work.

Our old friend Ron should know, pigirondan.

Regards! Michaelson

If I hadn't just bagged the 10 mm, oh yes, that would be mine.

Hey Michaelson! Yes, I am still alive and kickin'! Looks like my "tenure" in Iraq will be coming to an end after my next tour in April and May. I'll probably be working back in Latin America (with some side trips to Afghanistan).

Thanks for the kind comments about the revolver, guys!

Ron

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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.

tyree

Thanks guys! I think I need to start saving up some $!

C3

RonC wrote:In case you're interested, I have a Model 28 that I had modified to a fixed-sight revolver that I am interested in selling. I am going to place it in the Cairo Bazaar shortly. I am asking $550 shipped to your FFL dealer.

Here is a photo:

Is that .357 mag?

Yes it is.

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.

The one I had converted has a pinned barrel and recessed chambers. And, yes, it is a .357 ,magnum. Although I removed it from the Cairo Bazaar, if anyone is interested, they can contact me. I'm still willing to part with it.

Thanks,
Ron

Honestly, Ron, with my birthday coming up in a couple months, I think you should just sent that on up here to Tennessee. That would be a GREAT gift, and MUCH appreciated!

If it had/has recessed chambers, I bet it's a 28-2...right?

HIGH regards! Michaelson

Michaelson, it is a 28-2. It has perfect chambers and an excellent bore as well.

Ron

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

Well, guys, it's Christmas in March! I found another worthy firearm I want to get, so I will part with this converted Modeel 28-2 for $430 shipped to your FFL. Let me know if you;re interested!

RonC