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08-17-2017, 07:50 PM
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586 good or bad opinions?
I seen a s&w 586 with a 8 1/4" barrel I heard there was a recall on these good or bad?
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08-17-2017, 08:29 PM
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Not sure about the recall but one with that long barrel is going to be serious muzzle heavy. Love the look of the full under lug. I think it's a personal preference thing but the 4 inch feels slightly muzzle heavy but good, anything longer you will have to hold it yourself to see how well you like it.
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08-17-2017, 08:42 PM
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You might want to ask this question in the 1980 to Present Forum since the M586 was introduced in 1981.
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08-17-2017, 08:46 PM
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Recall is still active, so if this gun is affected it will be done on Smith's dime. Only 586 / 586-1 / 686 / 686-1 were recalled. Primer flow with hot loads could lock the gun up. Search the forum for details. The correct barrel length nomenclature is 8 3/8".
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08-17-2017, 08:55 PM
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Got one love it. It is a tack driver. No dash, returned to the factory this spring for the warranty work. If it has been done it will have an M stamp on the crane yoke. Some need it some don't just depends. I can ring a 10 inch gong off hand at 50 yards single action 10 out of 10 times pretty easily. From a bench I can bang the gong at 100. Never tried further. At that distance the front site covers the gong.
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08-17-2017, 08:59 PM
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That's a long barrel, but don't let the recall dissuade you from buying it if that is the only reason you're holding back. My 4" 586 no dash has not been modified and I haven't had any issues with it, nor did the CHP officer that carried it for 30+ years before he sold it to me.
It is also the revolver I shoot most accurately.
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08-17-2017, 09:19 PM
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You're gonna need a bipod. Really, I love 586 Smiths. The last of the true-blue guns.
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08-19-2017, 06:57 PM
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The 586 is one of the best S&W Revolvers ever made, even if it isn't pinned and recessed.
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08-19-2017, 07:36 PM
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I have the six inch barrel 686+ version. I'd jump on a 4-inch 586 if the price was right. They are excellent handguns.
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08-19-2017, 09:21 PM
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I have M586 and M686 with 8-3/8" barrel. 50 rounds @ 50 yards with 1 hand is a workout. Forget about the recall it is not a problem.
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I bought a NIB 4" Nickel 586 about 12 years ago. It had never been fired but the firing pin bushing had fallen out and was lost. S&W put a new bushing in it free and sent it back. The recall was basically to replace the bushing with a smaller hole one. Not to worry.
The comments about an 8 3/8" barrel being heavy depends on who is holding it. If you have hand and arm strength, you'll love it.
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I have a 4" 686 that is one of my favorite revolvers, however the one gun that I would trade it for is a 4" 586 in comparable condition.
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08-19-2017, 09:51 PM
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I have a 6 inch 586 that is a great shooter, though it is, as some have mentioned, a little muzzle heavy. Mine has not had the modification done, but appears to have been shot a lot by its previous owner.
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08-19-2017, 10:46 PM
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I'm with Tom R, the Model 586's, at least the early ones, were made on all new machinery & tooling and were an all new design building upon what S&W learned from about two and a half decades of seeing Model 19's in service. Even without the beloved P&R features, they were and are great guns and so are their stainless brothers, the 686. I bought mine used and it had the modification done and the M stamped on it. It's a 4" and balances well. The 8 3/8" version might feel a bit unwieldy as opposed to an 8 3/8" Model 27 that has a tapered barrel. But it's up to the OP to see how it feels to him.
The only other revolver I have owned that just seemed to hit whatever it was pointed at without a lot of concentration was a Dan Wesson .357 that I shouldn't have sold.
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