Thanks for the heads up concerning turn around time. Your comments may help someone here make a more informed decision. I hope your model 686 comes back fit as a fiddle and without any collateral damage.

Thankfully, turn around time is not on my list of worries. After a couple of recent experiences, I won't ever be considering sending any of my old, out of warranty firearms (or my "new" ones) back to the factory "repair center" to be tended to under any circumstances, or at any time in the future.

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