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Old 09-12-2010, 08:56 AM
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I picked up a 686-4 with a 2 1/2" barrel that I plan on carrying. The finish was scratched up, and I didn't really like it, so I decided to give it a matte finish. Other changes included a chamfered cylinder chambers, rounded edges and some polish to the engagement surfaces and trigger face. I also switched the factory mainspring for a Wolff standard weight mainspring and the factory trigger rebound spring for the Wolff 14# rebound spring. The finish was mostly gone on the rear sight, so it came off, got blasted and then parkerized. It fit in nicely with the whole 'low glare' matte finish carry gun that I was aiming at. One interesting thing to notice (and something I didnt expect) the windage screw is stainless and didn't take the park - so the sight has a nice accent as a matte stainless finish. The cylinder release latch was also left as-is, so it isnt matte to create a little 'accent' on the left side. The barrel was pretty hevily leaded, but the Lewis lead remover took care of that and the lands and grooves look like new.

It came with Houge grips, but I wanted a smaller profile grip for carry purposes. The grips I put on are Precision Gun Specialties (textured finish).

An HKS speedloader with GoldDot 135 grain short barrel magnum are the 'bang-makers'

My usual pocketknife is a Kershaw Leek

I do most of all m own gunsmithing. I'm not a 'trained' gunsmith, but I am not some yahoo in the basement with a mallet and a dremel either. I have a Bridgeport Mill and a 7x36 lathe in my workshop - About the only thing I don't do is rebarrelling. So - I did all the work myself on this 686. Some people may say that I 'ruined' the resale value by matte finishing it, but was not in any 'collectable condition' anyway - and it's not for sale - so it has no price tag on it anyway (and it probably never will) as I have no intention to sell it.

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Old 09-12-2010, 09:22 AM
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Looks like one bad___ carry gun to me. You did good. Personally I'd have some pretty smooth wood grips but those certainly work for what you want.
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Old 09-12-2010, 09:46 AM
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Thanks,
A set of grips I have my eye on are the Nill-Griffe SW03HO grips. They have some texture on the side and the front with a smooth back.

I don't know if I want to 'pull the trigger' on them, but I am thinking about them.

If anyone has a pair, I'd love to hear a report on them.
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I did a 681 kind of in the same theme, but I had to stick some factory combats on it....if that was my 686, I would have put a C&S extreme sight on it (snag proof) and bobbed the hammer....but that's just me....your mods fit your needs, and it looks great to me....I don't think that a satin finish is going to hurt the resale, as you can restore the original finish quite easily.

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That looks all business,nice job.
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I thought about a DAO conversion ... but I am not sure about it

Does the reduced mass of the hammer, in the loss of the spur, affect the impact on the primer?

I'd rather not have to get a longer strain screw.
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That's one fine revo! I use those grips on several of my CC S&Ws.
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Very purposeful looking...nice job.
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I like it!
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I thought about a DAO conversion ... but I am not sure about it

Does the reduced mass of the hammer, in the loss of the spur, affect the impact on the primer?

I'd rather not have to get a longer strain screw.
Mine goes bang every time....I see bobbed hammers quite a bit, and I have not heard of anyone needing any other mods to affect a proper strike. Mind you, mine is not DAO, you can cock the hammer by hand if you really wanted to fire SA.
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I might just bob the hammer too. Or pick up another hammer and bob that one.
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They still show up for me - they are hosted on photobucket.
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They still show up for me - they are hosted on photobucket.
Guess I was travling to fast to see them. You can bobbed that hammer and it will look OK. You can do it like this:

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WOW - That doesnt' even look like it has a hammer installed. I think I wouldn't go for the complete 'bob' but rather, just remove the spur and reprofile slightly.
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Nicely done. That is one of the coolest looking 686's I've seen.
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Nicely done. That is one of the coolest looking 686's I've seen.
If you are talking about mine, it is a 619 (Note no rear sight) and the hammer has been cut flush. Didn't figure you wood cut your like it, I was just showing you that it doesn't make a differents in it .
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Nice work, I like it. Reminds me of my parkerized 586 L-Comp, except I had the hammer and trigger bright polished and a set of Nill grips. All business, like yours, just a little more bling.

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I like it .... of course I am a fan of parkerizing. Don't get me wrong, bluing certainly has its place, but since I have a parkerizing set-up, but no bluing salts, everything looks like it needs parked
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