Hi, I picked up my new 686 plus 3-5-7 in .357 Magnum from Tin-Star in Weatherford OK. The alignment looks good from what I could see. The lock-up was tight on all 7 chambers. The finish isn't what you'd expect from a 1950's era Blued gun, but I couldn't care less about that, I bought it to shoot, not look at.

Since I plan on shooting only jacketed 158 grain bullets in this revolver that's what I'll break it in with. It was mentioned in a different thread on this form, that using .38 Specials was a decent idea, that was if there was some failure it would at least be on a lighter load. I haven't looked for that thread again, but if memory serves 1000 rounds was mentioned.

Is this a reasonable was to break in a revolver? This is only my second NIB revolver and I'd like to get this done correctly. Is there such a thing as broken in enough to start working up an accurate hand load?

Thanks

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Mike
Norman Oklahoma