bangswitch
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Three of the four S&W magnums I own (M19-3, M28-2, M57, M29-2) have the wide serrated target triggers, and I like the smooth 'semi-target' on the M28 the best by far.Nice! This one has the optional Target Hammer and Semi-Target smooth trigger too.
Nothing S&W has built since 1982 is 'better' than the last years of the P&R revolvers. I know it's a matter of opinion, but there's a "feel" to the hand fitting of the older guns that is sadly absent in the newer ones. Many of the changes in the post-P&R era were made to decrease production costs, not to make the guns better. I even find it difficult to consider a L-frame model because they weren't existent before 1980, and don't have the classic lines due to the full-length ejector shroud. Makes them look too much like a Colt for my taste. Like I said, that's all opinion, I suppose it shows my age, partly because I started shooting these guns in the early '70s and they are reminiscent of my youth.Buy a brand new 586 or new 19 instead of paying more than $600 for an old, used 28, as others have said.
People bash new S&W’s, but in my humble opinion, a new 586 is nicer than one made in say 1994, regardless of the Lock thing. And the tensioned barrel on a new 19? A new Dan Wesson for a Ruger price? Sign me up!
That's another reason I changed out my target stocks on the guns that had them. Not only to "fat" for my hands, but they put my middle finger knuckle right against the rear of the trigger guard, which got a smack with every round fired.Honestly, the S&W Target grips are awful. Horrible knuckle knockers, and huge at the bottom, even for my big hands. Since I discovered the Hogue Monogrip, I have never looked back.