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Originally Posted by Kernel Crittenden
Based on the BEW serial number prefix, the gun left the factory in Springfield, Mass., in ..…
March - April 1990.
In my opinion, the gun appears to be a standard production Model 686-3 Distinguished Combat Magnum with a standard barrel that was modified aftermarket. The gun also looks like it was polished.
The 6-inch barrel would make it a product code 104224, if it had a white outline rear sight. The hammer and trigger are not stainless steel, they are carbon steel with a surface treatment called "flashed chrome".
The grips are known as "Combat Stocks" and are highly desirable and collectable, and no longer made. The grips alone can sell for $250 in the USA.
The proofs and markings look to be fairly typical of a gun imported into the European Union. Most seem to go to Belgium first for processing, then move about to distributors internally within the EU.
barthelemot, did it come to you in the original factory box?
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Originally Posted by barthelemot
Hello
Thank you for all his information, Sir
No, I don't have the original box,
A Belgian police officer ordered this gun on 04.28.1990 to Akah France
Akah France importer has been closed for 13 years
Thank you very much
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If this gun could talk... So imported new in Belgium, then France, likely as a stock 6 inch 686-3 with target stocks. Then (tastefully imo) customised with a total polishing, milling the barrel Python style and adding S&W original combat stocks. I like it.
Seems AKAH France still exists today
AKAH - Albrecht Kind GmbH
Belle arme en tout cas, et probablement unique en son genre. Félicitations.