[ACP230]

Anyone got something to say on Smith Model 28s?
I ran across an ad with them for a good price.

[Mike Irwin]

I've got two.

A 4", which I got as new (guy had never fired it, but threw out the box and paperwork :( ). Paid $250 for that one.

A 6", which I got in I'd say 99% condition. Paid $300 for that one.

Absolutely wonderful guns.

What more would you like me to say? :)

[Dave Markowitz]

My 4" Model 28 is my home defense gun.

They are big, lock up like a bank vault, and accurate.

N-Frame .357s rule!

[C.R.Sam]

Great gun.
As with any purchase, check out individual gun per Jim March's thread at top of this forum.

Sam

[Phil in Seattle]

M28s are the next best thing to M27s.

Judging by the prices in my area some people seem to think they are M27s! :( :cuss: :fire:

[MarineTech]

I bought a Model 28 at the local gunshop 2 weeks ago to use for doing load development for my K frame Model 19s. Once I started to use it though, I decided that it's headed to the woods with me this year for deer camp. Trigger is excellent, built sturdy, and the extra weight makes it controllable with even the heaviest .357 loads. I even like the matte blue finish.

A .357 Magnum built on a .44 Magnum frame. What more CAN you say?

[C.R.Sam]

.44 Special frame. :)

Sam

[444]

I bought one about two years ago, new or like new for $225.

I consider it to be one of the finest handguns ever made.
That about sums it up.

[Albert Shear]

For a utilitarian work horse you would be hard pressed to find better.

[FPrice]

M28's in good mechanical shape are terrific firearms. Early ones are every bit as good as M27's they just don't look quite so pretty, which is a plus if you want to work it hard.

[444]

Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally think that a good design, well executed is a thing of beauty. Just because it doesn't have a high polish, deep blue doesn't make it any less beautiful to me. I also own a Model 27, and it is a beautiful gun, but I personally don't consider one better looking than the other; they just have different finishes applied to basically the same gun.

[JoeHatley]

Solid value. Everyone should own at least one. I picked this one up about 3 years ago for $289, with box and tools.

http://www.iowatelecom.net/~hatley/28_2l.jpg

Prices have been sneeking up on Model 28's. Last couple of gun shows I've been to, asking prices were $400 --> $450. Glad I bought mine before the rest of the shooting public figured out what a great deal they are.

Joe

[Ala Dan]

You Can't Go Wrong With A Good Smith' Model 28-

I've owned at least three over the year's; and they proved
to be every bit as good as the companys model 27, just
without all the bell's and whistle's. Darn good shoot'in
irons; capable of handling the hottest of load's.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[JNewell]

Bought a 1966 M28 not long ago. Beautiful finish, as good as most M27s I have seen except for the top strap and the bottom of the triggerguard and grip areas, which are matte not polished. A great example of the craft, built like a brick outhouse. I agree that everyone should own one of these. $350 in almost new condition.

[guy sajer]

Here's my latest . A 4 screw 6" . Got lucky on this one ! :)

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=520285

[Neal Bloom]

Bought my first a little over a year ago. Great gun! Had to by another one so my wife could leave mine alone.

[ACP230]

I have a four inch Smith M28 on order.
It is supposed to be here in a couple of days.

More info when it shows up.

[Albert Shear]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid75/p3b37d0b99f4a451a951be29dd843e999/fb4bb494.jpg

[FPrice]

Here is my M28. It is lonely, I need to get it a mate.

[jar]

http://www.fototime.com/01CC5B4CFCF8AB2/standard.jpg

[Prodigalshooter]

Wish they still made .357 in an N frame, how long since they quit?
Makes me appreciate my GP100 a bit more (cept no S&W trigger).

[HogRider]

Here is mine:

http://members.cox.net/wbhogrider/Images/M28b.jpg

Now looking for the shorter barreled versions.

[RUT]

Nice grips!!!

[FPrice]

As bright as that finish is, it looks more like a M27.

[RUT]

Yes, things have gotten a bit out of hand, and Auction Arms is the worst offender. I just checked there, and there's one 28-2 being offered with a starting bid of $833.00!! What a joke!!:uhoh: Needless to say, they'll get no takers!!

[HogRider]

FPrice, it's definitely a model 28, a 28-2 to be correct. I admit it looks a lot shinier than most other 28s I have seen.

[Nightcrawler]

I gave a friend of mine a Smith & Wesson 4" Model 28 "Highway Patrolman" as a wedding present when she got married last Christmas. She LOVED it. It's a good first handgun; with .38s, the thing is so soft-shooting is might as well be a .22.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

For some reason or other I never picked up a M28, though I do have three M27s...

*sigh* this drop test baloney we have here in Cali has really put a crimp in my used gun buying...

[DMK]

Prices have been sneeking up on Model 28's. Last couple of gun shows I've been to, asking prices were $400 --> $450. Glad I bought mine before the rest of the shooting public figured out what a great deal they are. I just picked up a 28-2 this summer for $300. It was sort of an impulse buy and I was starting to think that maybe I paid to much. Now I'm not feeling too bad about it.

It's a great gun. You guys have convinced me to take it out to the range this weekend.

[RUT]

And I got mine a few months ago for $275.00, so I'm really feeling good! It even included the box!! :)

[JShirley]

If I had the money, I'd pick up a good 4" Model 28 for $350 or less pretty quickly.

John

[ACP230]

My gun dealer was the first vet I thanked today.
He left shortly to go to a Vet's Day observance at the High School. He was a dog handler in Viet Nam. (My Dad was the second vet I thanked today. He was in the Army Air Corps in Italy in WWII.)

I was at the store to pick up my four inch M28. It has some blue wear, a chip and some dings on the grips, but the bore is perfect. I believe it to be a police turn-in that was holstered a lot, but not fired too much. I plan to put Pachmayr grips on it shortly, and shoot it with a bunch of different .38 and .357 ammo. I'll let you know how it shoots.

[Albert Shear]

Yup, a great workhorse!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid75/p3b37d0b99f4a451a951be29dd843e999/fb4bb494.jpg

[Ky Larry]

Had a Model 28 years ago. I wish I had never sold it. After I replace my long-ago-sold Python, I'll be looking for a 28 or 27. Good shooters.

[ACP230]

For anyone looking for a four-inch Model 28, I got mine from KY Imports in Louisville, www.kyimports.com.

[Peter M. Eick]

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/eickpm/n_frames.jpg

The pre-28 highway patrolman is the middle on. 1954 (memory is going I see) 5 screw in 98% condition. They are truly excellent. The top one is a pre-27 357 magnum and the bottom one is a 90 to 95% 38/44 outdoorsman (model of 1950).

Excellent!

[J Miller]

S&W Mdl 28 (No dash #) I've had it for over 20 years. They are the next thing to indistructable.

As for strength and durability, about the only thing better is a Ruger.

[ACP230]

I shot my M28-2 for the first time tonight.
I took it to the indoor range at the local university because there's seven inches of snow on the ground and the temp hung around 20 all day long.

Since I didn't know where/how the 28 would shoot with my reloads, I hung a target at 10 meters to start with. The first five shots, fired one handed, went into an inch and a quarter with four touching inside an inch. These were light .357 reloads with a 158 grain LSWCHP and enough Unique to get about 1,000 fps out of a six inch barrel.

I went on to shoot it at 50 feet with a couple of other reloads and some Cor-Bon LSWCHP. The Cor-Bon didn't group too well, but that could have been me. My eyes were starting to tire by then. Before they got too bad I shot the .38 stage of the current High Road November match.

My 11 year-old shot it three times too. He didn't have any trouble reaching the trigger in single action mode. He made a reasonable group at 10 meters, considering that he'd never fired the 28 before.

I'll be shooting the 28 a whole lot. It looks like a blued Mountain Gun and is a very enjoyable revolver to shoot.

[Checkman]

Somebody asked when Smith stopped making the Highway Patrolman. According to my source S&W started making the M28 in 1954 due to popular demand. Evidently the M27 was too pricey. The same source states that Smith stopped making the 28 in 1986, but that the stock wasn't depleted until the early ninties. Incidentally I know a local deputy who owns a M28 with a 3.5 inch barrel. Evidently it was a custom job. Nice revolver, but he won't sale it. :cuss:

ther's a gunshow in town this weekend. I'll be looking for one. Or maybe a 2.5 inch Model 19 - just for the heck of it.

[Lawyerman]

One of the factors driving up 28 prices is that people are using them as the basis for .44 Specials. This makes me want to spit. They buy the gun for $250-300 and then send it to Ham Bowen or Dave Clements and spend between 300 and 500 to get a .44 special back. Duh, go buy a model 24 or 624 for half that total and don't ruin a good Model 28.

That and the new Smiths with their idiot proof safety leave me cold. I own 6 Model 28's at last count. Always looking for another!

[ACP230]

I shot my M28 at an outdoor range this afternoon.
I had a couple of stages left to finish on the November THR e-mail match.
The M28 shot my light .357 reloads best again, making pretty good groups at 50 feet. Some 125 grain semi-jacketed hollow points shot very low and had very little felt recoil.

I was sighting in a deer rifle too and the wind started getting at me after a while. I was still able to make shoot the M28 pretty well.

Next time I get to the range I'm going to try double action shooting. I ran out of time for that today.