A S & W Highway Patrolman

boatme99 · Mar 5, 2021

My S&W 357 H.P. It's a true HP, pre model 28 which dates it at 1952 or 53. They were produced under the HP name for 2 years before being designated Model 38.
N frame, 4" barrel. Recessed and pinned.
I think it's in pretty good kip for a 66 year old shooter.

Markpixs · Mar 5, 2021

Now that's a classic pre-28, one of the best from S&W and that N-frame tames the recoil

EarnestT · Mar 5, 2021

I am moist

duckslayer · Mar 5, 2021

Beautiful pistol

Michigander08 · Mar 5, 2021

Nice! I wonder why polices didn't use 1911 instead of revolver?

Enfield303 · Mar 5, 2021

That is a beautiful pistol. I have an older model 28 with the 6" barrel. I can't imagine that I will ever live to wear it out.

Markpixs · Mar 5, 2021

Michigander08 said:
Nice! I wonder why polices didn't use 1911 instead of revolver?

125g JHP in 357 was the stopper back in the day, and better penetration, at least according to South Carolina Highway Patrol officers I talked with when in high school. And the 1911 is best carried cocked and locked, some folks aren't comfortable with that opposed to a D/A revolver

bratgirllcp · Mar 5, 2021

Ohhhhhhhhhh Nice!!!

Drooling

3paul10 · Mar 5, 2021

Very nice brother!

bratgirllcp · Mar 5, 2021

LOL I just asked hubby if I am ill,,,,,,,, Id rather look for/at these than shoes or handbags
he told me to calm down momma.

Michigander08 · Mar 5, 2021

bratgirllcp said:
LOL I just asked hubby if I am ill,,,,,,,, Id rather look for/at these than shoes or handbags
he told me to calm down momma.

At least you have the option to look at guns, shoes, and handbags. I can't go and look at shoes and handbags. You have the best of this world. :lol:

3paul10 · Mar 5, 2021

Michigander08 said:
At least you have the option to look at guns, shoes, and handbags. I can't go and look at shoes and handbags. You have the best of this world.

You can check out shoes and handbags...this is a no judgement site. We even allow Outrider to play with us.

Magnumite · Mar 5, 2021

EarnestT said:
I am moist

That’s one way expressing enthusiasm...

I had a 6” M28. Shot like a laser. One of the more accurate handguns I ever fired. Should have never sold it.

Batt816 · Mar 5, 2021

Great Karma! I’m in!!

(Sorry, I had to do it)

TWM · Mar 5, 2021

That’s about as good looking of a handgun as I’ve ever seen. Very jealous...

28Shooter · Mar 5, 2021

OP, nice purchase but boy are you are in trouble...they're the plain stepsister with the insatiable libido of the S&W product line and my favorite! When I bought my first one back in the early/mid-'80s, nobody wanted them. The Model 27 had the pretty face and that's the one everybody had to have. Well, this ole boy took the money he saved on the brand new 28 purchase and had Steve Herrett make me a set of custom Jordan Trooper grips for it and it's still my favorite gun when I want to do some serious revolver shooting. Great balance, perfect lockup, tough as a tank, and pure old school - what's not love! My oldest is a year or two younger than yours and I'm jealous.

Cold Steel · Mar 5, 2021

Michigander08 said:
Nice! I wonder why polices didn't use 1911 instead of revolver?

The 1911s of 1953 didn't have the reliability of 1911s today. If you had someone who could go over your 1911 of the day, fine, but I had a friend who waded ashore in the Philippines just a few days after MacArthur, but there were no photographers or journalists. But there was a wirey little Moro who came screaming out of the jungle with a machete raised over his head. My friend thought quickly, pulled his 1911 and shot the man in the chest after which his gun jammed.

So he used his 1911 as a club and he brought it down on the man's head. "And he survived!" he told me. He never owned a .45 auto of any type for the rest of his life, despite the advances in ammunition and guns. He put all his faith in the .357 125gr JHP and 9mm specialty ammo.

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balext · Mar 5, 2021

That's really sweet.

august1410 · Mar 5, 2021

Smith and Wesson changed to Model numbers from the names in mid 1957. This is a gorgeous Highway Patrolman. There are few guns as good or better than an N frame Smith .357 Magnum.

Mightydog · Mar 5, 2021

Very nice....they sure don’t make them like they use to!

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