S&W M28-2 Back from S&W

[ASAdog]

I bought this gun for my dad back in ’73. Originally it came with a six inch barrel.

Around 1988 my cousin mis-loaded some over pressure .357 reloads and they were fired in this gun, causing the cylinder to freeze-up. To get the cylinder to open a hammer was used on the sides of the cylinder, leaving nasty dents on the sides of the cylinder. The gun was still shootable, but I never really trusted it (not knowing what unseen, to the naked eye, damage might still exist), so I advised my dad to stick to standard .38 Specials until he could have it inspected by an S&W certified gunsmith – which he never did have done.

A while back, I acquired a M28 four inch barrel. From the outside this barrel had holster wear and the front sight had a little excessive wear at the top of the sight blade, but internally it seemed pristine.

About four months ago I had my favorite S&W gunsmith (John Semm, Shooter’s Service Center, Portland, OR) send it to S&W to have the cylinder repaired, replace the six inch barrel with the four inch, and give it an over-all check-up and service anything that came up. John explained (I believe) how the cylinder had ended up being banged on.

This is the result –

 

And I’m darned well pleased.

John added one of his wonderful action jobs. S&W added a slight chamfering of the chambers.

In Pursuit,

[ASAdog]

Here’s the follow-up.

Two “S&W Forum” members contacted me about having correct Magna stocks for this gun, and both members offered to let me have their stocks. A “j38” contacted me first and works not far from where I do, so he was the first I responded to. I visited him at his office, and he had a great set of stocks for my Dad’s gun - and I thankfully accepted them for my Dad.

Here is a picture of my Dad getting to see his “new” (35 year old) M28-2 –



Here is the gun complete with Magna’s and a Tyler-T –



Peace,