A few random thoughts, the economy was just so-so in the '59-'61 time span but it was not a boom time. The war was well over but the gov't had billions in war bonds coming due. the GI Bill had educated many vets and they were making a fair living but making kids about as fast. 1961 was the year JFK pushed in a big tax break to help the economy {something lost to modern day Dems.} and I can not help but wonder if the then relativly new Highway Patrolman had been sold to all the police forces that were going to buy it. If they had been in use with police but for five years, they may not have been used enough to warrent replacement so an inventory backlog of 28s may have been the key to no production of a 28-1. We also know that some police departments were using the Model 27 and sticking with it for a time and many departments were still using the K frame 38s and others used Colt revolvers.
More questions and no answers and I would like to know others opinions
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