Found a nice S&W 28-2 today
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Nice! 
I sold one just like that (in PA) a couple of years ago. I got it for $150 from a boy who was going through a divorce back in the 90's.
Picked up a 4" 28-2 a little later on, and in about NIB shape. Barely a drag mark on the cylinder. Original box too. $500.
They ant gettin any cheaper.
The 4" replaced another 28 I foolishly sold years ago. Bought it new around 72-73. The 28's are a workhorse of gun, and great shooters. I just like them "short".
I sold one just like that (in PA) a couple of years ago. I got it for $150 from a boy who was going through a divorce back in the 90's.
Picked up a 4" 28-2 a little later on, and in about NIB shape. Barely a drag mark on the cylinder. Original box too. $500.
They ant gettin any cheaper.The 4" replaced another 28 I foolishly sold years ago. Bought it new around 72-73. The 28's are a workhorse of gun, and great shooters. I just like them "short".
eddiejoe333
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Very nice! I'd like to get another myself. I seem to keep selling them.
Tyler "T" grip.
http://www.t-grips.com/
Just be aware, they tend to be very slow to get orders out, and not real responsive to answering phone calls or email.
You may want to check Ebay, as they seem to have them pretty regularly. I sold a few there myself.
While Ive always preferred them over most other "larger" grips, and I use them on a number of my S&W's (I really like the service type grips, as shown on your gun), anymore, I use the Houge mono grips on the guns I shoot a lot with, especially with heavier loads. They make it much more controlable to shoot with, and a lot more comfortable, as they fit my hand much better. Ugly as hell, but they really work well.
http://www.t-grips.com/
Just be aware, they tend to be very slow to get orders out, and not real responsive to answering phone calls or email.
You may want to check Ebay, as they seem to have them pretty regularly. I sold a few there myself.
While Ive always preferred them over most other "larger" grips, and I use them on a number of my S&W's (I really like the service type grips, as shown on your gun), anymore, I use the Houge mono grips on the guns I shoot a lot with, especially with heavier loads. They make it much more controlable to shoot with, and a lot more comfortable, as they fit my hand much better. Ugly as hell, but they really work well.
I still have the 6" bbl M28 I bought new in 1975. (Wish I'd kept the box though; that is long gone in the mists of time). It was a duty gun for my first full time LE job, back when it was not unusual for cops to have to provide their own gun. Wore it every night when I walked a foot beat, some of you youngins' probably don't remember those. (Didn't have a radio either, just a key to a call box, lots of dimes in my pocket and knowledge of where every pay phone was located.) Later on, I found it too big for me to wear comfortably in a car, but I did carry it again - in a shoulder holster - about ten years later when I worked narcotics and spent a lot of time sitting in a car on surveillances.
Nice 28 you got there.
As the others have said, you're looking for a Tyler's T-grip. Unfortunately, as the others have said, Tyler's has in the last several years developed a reputation for "spotty" service shall we say.
However, there is an alternative now.
My recently acquired Model 28-2, with a BK grip adapter.
BK's are made of a polymer resin and look and work exactly like a Tyler's. I honestly can't tell the difference between one and other, by look or feel. The only practical difference is the BK's have two copper clips, and the Tyler's have one. Price is about the same.
Where BK's have become my choice is (1) I can order and pay for them online. No more printing out a form, writing a check and mailing it off to wait. Now I go to BK's site, click what I want, pay with either credit card, or pay-pal. The last one I ordered was in my mail box in three days.
http://bkgrips.com/
Now that I thought about it, I ordered one for a Model 13-3 I've got on layaway.
Good to see that Tyler's say they have a 2-3 week delivery time though, and that their website has been update recently. Nothing wrong with them at all.
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Mike Irwin
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My first 28 was an almost new 6" that I bought in 1994. They had two, one was pretty ragged out, the other was the one I bought. The ragged one was, IIR, $300, the one I bought was $325.
I decided to play stupid and asked the guy "why the difference in price?"
He didn't really give me an answer, he just said he'd sell me the virtually new one for $300.
SOLD!
I bought my 28 4" via private sale a few years later. It had never been fired, no drag mark. Guy was selling guns he'd bought but never shot.
$250.
But he'd thrown the box and paperwork out the week before, figuring no one would want it
I decided to play stupid and asked the guy "why the difference in price?"
He didn't really give me an answer, he just said he'd sell me the virtually new one for $300.
SOLD!
I bought my 28 4" via private sale a few years later. It had never been fired, no drag mark. Guy was selling guns he'd bought but never shot.
$250.
But he'd thrown the box and paperwork out the week before, figuring no one would want it
When I was young and stupid I traded into either a 4" Model 28 of some variety or a Highway Patrolman. I was too inexperienced to even correctly ID the gun at the time. Swapped it off soon afterward.
About 6 years ago I bought a well worn 4" 28-2 from a guy who needed some money. I asked what he wanted for it and he said he needed $190 to pay the bill that needed paying so he would sell me the 28 for that amount.
Within a few days I got an email from a member on another forum asking me if I would be interested in an early Highway Patrolman. I said that I just bought a 28-2 so I really didn't need another one. He said he really wanted to sell it and asked what I had paid for the 28 so I told him $190 and he said I could have this one for the same amount.
Go ahead...tell me you wouldn't have bought it.
So for two years I had the pair. Lettered the pre-model gun and it was made in the first few months of production and shipped to the city where I was born 7 months before I arrived. It was nicer than the newer gun with only some holster wear at the muzzle. Must have been handled a lot as the original stocks show a lot of wear to the checkering.
Couple years back I decided I didn't need both and put the 28-2 on Gunbroker. Sold it for $450. Here's the one I kept...
About 6 years ago I bought a well worn 4" 28-2 from a guy who needed some money. I asked what he wanted for it and he said he needed $190 to pay the bill that needed paying so he would sell me the 28 for that amount.
Within a few days I got an email from a member on another forum asking me if I would be interested in an early Highway Patrolman. I said that I just bought a 28-2 so I really didn't need another one. He said he really wanted to sell it and asked what I had paid for the 28 so I told him $190 and he said I could have this one for the same amount.
Go ahead...tell me you wouldn't have bought it.
So for two years I had the pair. Lettered the pre-model gun and it was made in the first few months of production and shipped to the city where I was born 7 months before I arrived. It was nicer than the newer gun with only some holster wear at the muzzle. Must have been handled a lot as the original stocks show a lot of wear to the checkering.
Couple years back I decided I didn't need both and put the 28-2 on Gunbroker. Sold it for $450. Here's the one I kept...
Driftwood Johnson
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Howdy
Hard to beat a Model 28. This 28-2 left the factory in 1965. I bought it a few years ago. Only thing wrong with it is a small chip at the bottom of one of the grips. Which I do not intend to replace.
Hard to beat a Model 28. This 28-2 left the factory in 1965. I bought it a few years ago. Only thing wrong with it is a small chip at the bottom of one of the grips. Which I do not intend to replace.
At the range with this 28-2 today (my on property range) what a fine and accurate revolver this is. I thought I would have problems with the grips
but, no problem at all. I guess when you get focused then all is good. Great revolver, I am very pleased. Question, what is the difference between the model 27 vs. 28 ...?
but, no problem at all. I guess when you get focused then all is good. Great revolver, I am very pleased. Question, what is the difference between the model 27 vs. 28 ...?
mikejonestkd
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The 28 is a real workhorse and a fine revolver. I own a 4" and a 6", both are 28-2.
The 27 is better finished, with a deep bluing vs the matte blue of the 28, the 27 also has a stippled top strap and rib, the 28 is plain. there are a few other cosmetic differences between the two models.
Police depts didn't need the fancy and higher priced 27, so the 28 highway partolman was a great alternative.
Functionally they are identical, both are outstanding N frames.
The 27 is better finished, with a deep bluing vs the matte blue of the 28, the 27 also has a stippled top strap and rib, the 28 is plain. there are a few other cosmetic differences between the two models.
Police depts didn't need the fancy and higher priced 27, so the 28 highway partolman was a great alternative.
Functionally they are identical, both are outstanding N frames.
Better, in this case, is an opinion. I happen to prefer the Satin Blue finish of the M28 over the High Luster Blue of the 27.
The high luster finish takes more polishing (more finish time), and so is more expensive. Many prefer it, I do not.
As mentioned, other differences include the grooved top strap on the 27 (to reduce glare) vs. the bead blasted flat finish topstrap of the 28. Again, more work, more time, more cost on the 27. Fuctionally, I have found no difference.
27s came with target hammers, target triggers and red ramp & white outline rear sights. 28s did not. Original stocks on the 28 are the small "magna" type, on the 27 they are the large "target" type.
28s were only offered in 4 and 6" barrels, 27s in a wide range, from 2.5 to 8 3/8", and while the 4 and 6 are the most common, the other lengths are out there, and generally today, bringing a premium price.
27s were available in nickel finish. 28s were not. (there is a documented exception there were 5(?) 28s factory nickled for a specific order.) If you find a nickel 28 odds are very high it was done aftermarket.
I had 4 Highway Patrolman before I retired a couple years ago. Have sold two of them, at well below going rate in my area, and still a couple hundred bucks more than I paid for them. I might sell another, someday. My main one, not for sale, ever.
As far as I'm concerned, a model 28 is the best .357 Magnum you can own, in terms of what you get, for what you pay.