I carried a department issued 686 back in the early 80's. When I retired for whatever reason I did not take my 686 with me. A few weeks ago I found one of our issued 686's. A retired 89 year old LEO had it and asked me if I wanted to buy it. He didn't know where he got it. I recognized a rack number electric penciled in the crane as being one of our old duty weapons. I found out that the gun was issued to one of my good friends who died several years ago. To say I'm happy to have this 686 would be an understatement. It is now officially an heirloom gun.