Shorten Barrel of Model 28 S&W - Revolver Smith suggestions?

[SaxonPig]

If you want a 3.5" 27 then you should buy one. You will spend a lot of money to wind up with a less than fully satisfying gun trying to make a 28 into what you want.

Really, the 1/2" all that important? I have N frame 357s in both 3.5" and 4" and you never notice the difference unless you turn the gun sideways and look at it.

This made my FAQs.
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\Modifying a gun into a different configuration.

33. Trying to turn the gun you have into the gun you want is never a good idea. It will be cheaper, faster and easier to sell the gun you don’t want and buy the one you do want rather than try to alter or convert your gun into a different configuration. In most cases the alterations suggested are not possible due to physical limitations and if they were doable the cost of such work would be beyond all but wealthy fools who like to throw their money away.

 

[CraigC]

If you want a 3.5" 27 then you should buy one. You will spend a lot of money to wind up with a less than fully satisfying gun trying to make a 28 into what you want.

It would help if folks actually read the thread(s). His model 28 has already had an action job performed and been refinished. He wants his finished product to be HARD CHROMED. So yeah, it makes a hell of a lot more sense to chop a half inch off his existing model 28 and have it plated than to sell it for peanuts, buy a high dollar model 27 just to have an action job performed on it and plated. Get a grip folks, it's a refinished Highway Patrolman, not a minty Triple Lock!

Trying to turn the gun you have into the gun you want is never a good idea. It will be cheaper, faster and easier to sell the gun you don’t want and buy the one you do want rather than try to alter or convert your gun into a different configuration. In most cases the alterations suggested are not possible due to physical limitations and if they were doable the cost of such work would be beyond all but wealthy fools who like to throw their money away.

That depends entirely on the individual circumstances. In some cases, it is indeed desireable to modify an existing gun that to liquidate and replace it. In this case, it would be stupid to sell the 28 in favor of a much more costly 27 that doesn't fit the need anyway. Read folks!

 

[Oyeboten]

Here's one I did, it was fun, educational, and satisfying to do even though much of it was new to me...been carrying it pretty well every day since -

There are Captions if you click on the first image to enlarge, then easy to just click on 'next'.

http://public.fotki.com/PhilBphil/s--w-model-10-proje/

 

[whitecoyote]

Here's one I did, it was fun, educational, and satisfying to do even though much of it was new to me...been carrying it pretty well every day since -

There are Captions if you click on the first image to enlarge, then easy to just click on 'next'.

[URL]http://public.fotki.com/PhilBphil/s--w-model-10-proje/[/URL]

SWEET!
You did an excellent job.

 

[bdb benzino]

That is the nicest model 10 I have ever seen!

 

[Checkman]

So how much are Model 28's bringing nowdays? I'm talking stores not Internet auctions. I haven't seen one for sale in a few years though I know that can often be a matter of timing.

Actually I've seen more five screw pre-number S&W revolvers for sale these past few years than Model 28's!

Heck I've actually come across a few Model 27's recently. What is going on?

Anyway just curious about M28 prices. I paid $350 for my 4" Model 28 in 2004.

 

[SaxonPig]

"It would help if folks actually read the thread(s). His model 28 has already had an action job performed and been refinished. He wants his finished product to be HARD CHROMED. So yeah, it makes a hell of a lot more sense to chop a half inch off his existing model 28 and have it plated than to sell it for peanuts, buy a high dollar model 27 just to have an action job performed on it and plated. Get a grip folks, it's a refinished Highway Patrolman, not a minty Triple Lock!"

Actually, it would help if folks accurately represented the replies and not create words not offered. I never said anything about preserving the M28. I said it was not economically sensible to rework a 28 just to have a 1/2" shorter barrel.

The OP seems determined to have a chopped and refinished 28 that will be unattractive to most people (Hard chrome? Shudder.) and be worth about 1/3 what he has invested in it. If this is really what he wants then that's OK by me (but please don't post photos when it's done). His gun and his money.

 

[CraigC]

Yes, because brushed hard chrome is so ugly that folks mistake it for stainless steel all the time. We all KNOW how most folks take to stainless steel.

Nobody builds a custom gun with any regard for resale but your 1/3 projection is silly at best.

The Weigand front sight will almost look like it was born there.

 

[jp_over]

Great read; any recent update on a recommended world class Smith and Wesson gunsmith? I ask because I've been thinking about picking up a 629 and would like to have it tuned.

 

[MrBorland]

This thread's over 4 years old. Let's start a new one if a new topic is up for discussion.