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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:37:46 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:38:01 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:38:16 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:38:30 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:39:04 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:39:15 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:39:27 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:39:40 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:39:58 GMT -5
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Post by AxeHandle on Jan 19, 2023 19:41:41 GMT -5
After posting the pictures I realized this model 28 IS NOT the twin to mine. Mine is much nicer!
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 19, 2023 20:19:40 GMT -5
After posting the pictures I realized this model 28 IS NOT the twin to mine. Mine is much nicer! ***** Bill Ruger called the Model 28 the bargain of Smith & Wesson revolvers. When the Ruger Blackhawk sold for $87.50, the M-28 sold for $85. And, yes, the one pictured here looks rough for the breed. David Bradshaw |
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Post by needsmostuff on Jan 19, 2023 22:35:56 GMT -5
And, yes, the one pictured here looks rough for the breed. David Bradshaw Maybe, but I have some dandy Mod 28 revolvers that are rougher than that.  Mod.28 and to a lesser degree mod.10s get a lot of leeway on condition from me for cosmetics. One of my quirks but, to me service guns just look a little better with some "experience" showing on them. |
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 20, 2023 10:19:53 GMT -5
After posting the pictures I realized this model 28 IS NOT the twin to mine. Mine is much nicer! ***** Stan.... seeing, handling, and shooting a spectrum of Smith & Wessons made under the ownership of Bangor-Punta, I was unable to make a chronology of quality. Seriously deficient examples of alignment, fit, and finish appeared in the middle to late 1970’s. Yet, good examples continued to appear. Bangor-Punta demoralized both labor and management, really exposing the shop to a play by the Teamsters Union. The vote was very close. Then, during the annual stockholders meeting, the head cheese spoke in favor of federal gun registration. Word got out, of course, followed by a large falloff in sales. Demoralization in the plant had Smith & Wesson managers ducking, turning down promotions so as to not have their heads chopped off by Bangor-Punta top management. As an illustration, it was my impression, some persons assembling guns were too new or unqualified to do so. But that does not explain barrels out of alignment with the frame, lousy chamber-to-bore alignment, crappy bluing, etc. (Timing is both a manufacturing AND an assembly issue.) One afternoon, as the great Al Plaas works on one of my M-29’s, he says, “There are some people you don’t want working on your guns.” Made right, a Smith & Wesson revolver shows BRILLIANT MASS PRODUCTION is possible. S&W survived this era of conglomeration, and we are better for it. My introduction to S&W came entirely from top quality production, start to finish. Caution: any comment of political slant will be deleted. David Bradshaw |
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Post by oddshooter on Jan 20, 2023 14:02:27 GMT -5
I hold the model 28 in high regard. It taught me double action(DA) shooting.
Up to that point I had only tried double action with J frames I had, thinking I could control the shot better with a smaller, lighter gun.
For me, that turned out not to be the case. The weight and size of the model 28 just seemed a large and heavy for my hand before I tried it. My M28 doesn't have the lightest trigger at 8 lb, but it is smooth all the way back.
But when shooting at the line, the weight/size kept me from jiggling as I squeezed that trigger. It could have been several other factors, but I was amazed that the I could shoot that 28 N frame in DA better than my J frames.
The M28 at that point had a permanent place in the vault and in my heart. My model 27 was gorgeous, but no better shooter than the 28.
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