S&W REVOLVER 28-2 .357 4 BARREL ADJUSTABLE SIGHT - BLUE

Smith and Wesson Revolver Model 28-2 Chambered in .357 Magnum with a 4" Barrel, Adjustable Sights and Wood Grips

This Handgun is in USED Condition

SOLD AS IS

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.