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image.jpeg image.jpeg Some of you may remember that a couple months ago I was chased home by a Highway Patrolman - a Smith & Wesson Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman with a four-inch barrel, to be exact. (If you don't, here's that thread: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/s-w-model-28-2-highway-patrolman.827203/ ).

So I was out Christmas shopping - for one of my kids, really - when what should I spot but another Model 28-2, this one with a six-inch barrel, and, well, you know the rest...

This one is slightly newer - probably 1975 production versus 1971 or so for the other - and sports a trigger shoe. I know these were popular back in the day, I'm just not sure why. And it dwarfs the smaller gun - the four-incher isn't exactly little, but it looks like a snubbie next to the big six!
 
Congratulations,really a nice fine.I for one missed the first post.Thanks for sharing the link nice model 28-2. I really like the 6" better.
 
Congratulations. There is just something about a Model 28. I have this memory of seeing one in a G.E.M. store, many years ago and wanting it in the worst way. Alas, again, IIRC, it was $129.00. It might as well have been a million. I had about as much chance of coming up with one as I did the other.

I did eventually get one...well actually three. Two four's and a six. Normally I don't care for a gun that doesn't have a 4" barrel, but I've got to admit that that 6" one was sweet to shoot.

I eventually sold them all three off, along with some 44's, both Special and Magnum's and swore off "N" frames totally. I ain't buying another one of those overstuffed, heavy hunks of steel again.

Famous last words. Like you, I was minding my own business, when a 6" Highway Patrolman (a 1954 "pre-28) jumped out of the case and had it's way with me. It wasn't even pretty, and really showed it's age. The price was more than $129.00, but I had to take it home with me to keep it from spreading tales.

Hope the OP doesn't mind my pictures.


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(1954 was the first year production for the Highway Patrolman I've been told.)
 
Sergei Mosin said:
View attachment 772167 View attachment 772166 Some of you may remember that a couple months ago I was chased home by a Highway Patrolman - a Smith & Wesson Model 28-2 Highway Patrolman with a four-inch barrel, to be exact. (If you don't, here's that thread: https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/s-w-model-28-2-highway-patrolman.827203/ ).

So I was out Christmas shopping - for one of my kids, really - when what should I spot but another Model 28-2, this one with a six-inch barrel, and, well, you know the rest...

This one is slightly newer - probably 1975 production versus 1971 or so for the other - and sports a trigger shoe. I know these were popular back in the day, I'm just not sure why. And it dwarfs the smaller gun - the four-incher isn't exactly little, but it looks like a snubbie next to the big six!
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Congratulations on finding those fine revolvers. My father-in-law was a trooper back in that era and he also had the trigger shoe on his Colt.
 
That 6 incher is a hand held carbine.

Enjoy both of them.. S&W made prettier revolvers, but they didn't any better ones that the Model 28s.

I always think of them as the GMC of the GM pickup line.. A little plainer than a Chevy but tougher.
 
Nice find........you say you were shopping for your kids.....did one of them end up with the new 28-2 Highway Patrolman or was it a "Merry Christmas to me"?
 
My dad always had a trigger shoe on his. He prefered the wider trigger surface, as do I. Lucky find, two none the less. I'm envious. Enjoy your great revolvers.
 
buck460XVR said:
Nice find........you say you were shopping for your kids.....did one of them end up with the new 28-2 Highway Patrolman or was it a "Merry Christmas to me"?
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My kids aren't old enough to even be trusted with a water gun! But I did find the perfect stuffed pig for my "Pookie" obsessed little girl.
 
In 1972 I bought a 28-2 new, a 4". It was my first firearm! Like a fool I sold it in 1977. I finally found a 6" in 95% condition. If I find a 4" I will consider it for nostalgia, but I am eminently satisfied with the 6" one.
 
Segei Mosin

Great find! Don't know why but always liked the Model 28 with a 6" barrel. With the N frame .357s my Grail Gun would be a Model 27 with a 5" barrel.
 
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I have a 28-2 that I got when my dad passed away. he bought it new and never shot it. I have had it for 14 years and never shot it. Some day.
 
Reeferman said:
That's a tough call to make on whether to shoot it or not.
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To be honest I am waiting for one or the other of my sons to go shooting with me and he will have the honor of firing the first shot from granpa's gun. I have been waiting a long time. When I get a new gun and go to my buds ranch I normally let him be the first to fire my new gun. But in this case i may just have to do it myself. Darn it!
 
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