Originally Posted by possumdog

My 3in CS-1 factory letters to 1986, shipped to Glynco. It has a serial number prefix of ANA. which as I understand it, also comes back to 1986. My factory letter indicates it was shipped with Hogue grips. They would have to be wood? since Hogue did not make the "goodyear" type grips back then. I got it in 1997. Traded a 2in model 10 and $50 for it. The gun shop owner and I did not know that it was anything "special" at the time. I tried to trade it for a 4in 686 a few years later and was told by one of the biggest/oldest gun dealers in my area that "Smith and Wesson never made a 3in 686". He told me it was cut down and would not trade with me at all. I was not happy and never went back to his shop...but I did do the research and turns out he did me a big favor!