S&W m-28 on the chopping block

[Spinnerblade]

I took my m-28 to the gunstore to put it on consignment today.

I've decided I prefer 357 in a carbine rather than in revolvers. It just seems like there is more bark than bite in the revolver, and when shooting the Marlin carbine it feels just the opposite, a lot of bite for little recoil and little muzzle blast.
Not trying to say everyone else has to feel the same way. If you love your 357 revolvers and blasting away with them I'm happy for you:) .

I also had a hard time getting the m28 to shoot really good groups trying several reloads and factory ammo. I used to have a Python that was very accurate and the m28 just didn't perform the way I was hoping.

So I decided that since the Smith had such a nice finish I would go ahead and sell it and hope someone else enjoys it. :blackdog:

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/spinnerx/Shooting09005.jpg

[nitesite]

For about $1000~$1500 Hamilton Bowen can turn it into practically anything your little heart desires... And be as beautiful as anyone can imagine. Highway Patrolman revolvers are a favorite base gun to Ham.

I'm not really serious about this, I just wanted people to Google Hamilton Bowen and look at his Custom Revolver work photos....

;)

[nitesite]

BTW, if I didn't already have a 28-2 4-inch and a hand boned tanned leather holster I'd be asking how much it would take to buy that sum-bi***.

Mine isn't the most accurate .357 Magnum revolver but it definitely has the finest "out-of-the-box" factory trigger I have ever experienced.

I hope yours goes to a good home.......

[creekwalker]

I alway's thought the S&W M-28 was one of the nicer "hidden deal" revolver's offered by that company. I have a M-27 with the same barrel length I purchased in 1974 that I really like, but to each their own. I hope you get your asking price and find something you like better because in the end it's what you want that counts.

[mbradst]

I got rid of a 6" m28-2 a few years ago and regretted it deeply. I ended up getting a 4" model that I like even more. The thing shoots where I point it and has a great trigger.

[Boge]

I have a cop buddy who is loco for M28's. As a man with medium hands they are just too big for me.

[BoltNut]

It sure looks cool enough, but I've never known about the glitches in accuracy associated with them. Interesting that the 4" barrel is a spot-on comparison though.

[Frostback]

I hear you Boge. Like you, I don't have large hands and find the N frames difficult to shoot well. I only have one; a model 29 Classic Hunter I just can't bear to part with. It' s just too purdy!

Frosty

[Blackdog]

Oh my. In a moment of weakness, I almost sold my 4" Highway Patrolman today. When I took it out to take pics, and thought about what I have, I had a change of heart, gave it a hug and back in the safe it went. Whew. That was scary.

BTW Spinnerblade, did yours sell? :biggrin:

[nitesite]

My 4" Highway Patrolman will be one of the last two handguns I would ever think of parting with. It's a freakin' N-Frame with a great trigger, and it shoots a cartridge that is so incredibly versatile with regards to power and bullet weight and velocity.

It isn't quite as scary accurate as my 4" 686 but it was made 25-years earlier and is a testament to S&W before they started "changing" into a company run by beancounters............

[Spinnerblade]

Yes it sold. I told one of the clerks to put a price of $560 on it and an other clerk kind of rolled his eyes. I don't think I said anything but I'm sure I thought "some of these guys are such dicks". Anyhoo, after checking for a couple of weeks, I didn't go back and check 'till after Christmas and it was sold.:yay: