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Item Name: FS/FT Smith Wesson Model 28 Highway patrolman (1973)
Location: East Cobb / Roswell / Alpharetta
Zip Code: 30062
Item is for: Sale or Trade
Sale Price: 850.00 (Negotiable)
Trade Value or Items Looking For: S&W models (older revolvers), H&K, FN, CZ, Colt, Daniel Defense, Sig, Browning (will add or subtract cash for right deal)
Caliber: .357 Magnum / .38 Special
Willing to Ship: No
Bill of Sale Required?: Yes
Billing Information: Name, City, County, Cell Phone #, Look at Concealed Carry Permit
Item Description: 1973 Production Date
6" Pinned Barrel
Recessed Cylinders
Walnut Magna Grips
6 ROUND capacity
Adjustable Rear Sight
Original Blued Finish
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Excellent Mechanical condition, excellent bore, minor blemishes (like any 46 year old would have)
HISTORY
The Model 28, also known as the Highway Patrolman, traces its heritage back to the Smith & Wesson Registered Magnum. The Registered Magnum morphed into the 357 Magnum (first production model completed April 8, 1935).[2] The 357 Magnum was temporarily discontinued in 1941 when S&W turned their focus to wartime production, but was reintroduced in December 1948 with the new series beginning at serial number S72000. The new 357 Magnum had been modernized to incorporate the rebound slide operated hammer block and the new short throw hammer. It was redesignated the Model 27 in 1957.[3] Law enforcement agencies favored the Model 27, but its high-polish finish and labor-intensive topstrap checkering added expense with no added utility for a police carry gun.
The Model 28 is unusual in that Smith & Wesson removed, rather than added, features to the Model 27 to create it, in order to reduce production costs with no reduction in utility. The Model 915 resulted from a similar idea, forty years later. A classic N frame revolver, the Highway Patrolman is blued, but it is not polished, saving labor costs. The top strap and frame rounds are bead blasted to achieve a matte appearance.
In the late 1940s and the first part of the 1950s Smith & Wesson was the only American gun company manufacturing a .357 magnum revolver. Since this relatively deluxe model was the only revolver available for this cartridge at the time, police departments, as well as individual officers and private shooters, requested from Smith & Wesson a more strictly utilitarian "budget" .357 magnum revolver. S&W responded with the Highway Patrolman (later renamed the Model 28 in 1957). The manufacturing changes made for a more affordable revolver, though mechanically the Highway Patrolman is the same as the more ornate Model 27.
The Model 28 was in production from 1954 through 1986. For most of its production run it was a steady seller with both police officers and civilian shooters.
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Item Name: FS/FT Smith Wesson Model 28 Highway patrolman (1973)
Location: East Cobb / Roswell / Alpharetta
Zip Code: 30062
Item is for: Sale or Trade
Sale Price: 850.00 (Negotiable)
Trade Value or Items Looking For: S&W models (older revolvers), H&K, FN, CZ, Colt, Daniel Defense, Sig, Browning (will add or subtract cash for right deal)
Caliber: .357 Magnum / .38 Special
Willing to Ship: No
Bill of Sale Required?: Yes
Billing Information: Name, City, County, Cell Phone #, Look at Concealed Carry Permit
Item Description: 1973 Production Date
6" Pinned Barrel
Recessed Cylinders
Walnut Magna Grips
6 ROUND capacity
Adjustable Rear Sight
Original Blued Finish
**** If you would like more information and pictures, PM me ****
Excellent Mechanical condition, excellent bore, minor blemishes (like any 46 year old would have)
HISTORY
The Model 28, also known as the Highway Patrolman, traces its heritage back to the Smith & Wesson Registered Magnum. The Registered Magnum morphed into the 357 Magnum (first production model completed April 8, 1935).[2] The 357 Magnum was temporarily discontinued in 1941 when S&W turned their focus to wartime production, but was reintroduced in December 1948 with the new series beginning at serial number S72000. The new 357 Magnum had been modernized to incorporate the rebound slide operated hammer block and the new short throw hammer. It was redesignated the Model 27 in 1957.[3] Law enforcement agencies favored the Model 27, but its high-polish finish and labor-intensive topstrap checkering added expense with no added utility for a police carry gun.
The Model 28 is unusual in that Smith & Wesson removed, rather than added, features to the Model 27 to create it, in order to reduce production costs with no reduction in utility. The Model 915 resulted from a similar idea, forty years later. A classic N frame revolver, the Highway Patrolman is blued, but it is not polished, saving labor costs. The top strap and frame rounds are bead blasted to achieve a matte appearance.
In the late 1940s and the first part of the 1950s Smith & Wesson was the only American gun company manufacturing a .357 magnum revolver. Since this relatively deluxe model was the only revolver available for this cartridge at the time, police departments, as well as individual officers and private shooters, requested from Smith & Wesson a more strictly utilitarian "budget" .357 magnum revolver. S&W responded with the Highway Patrolman (later renamed the Model 28 in 1957). The manufacturing changes made for a more affordable revolver, though mechanically the Highway Patrolman is the same as the more ornate Model 27.
The Model 28 was in production from 1954 through 1986. For most of its production run it was a steady seller with both police officers and civilian shooters.
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