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11-10-2010, 07:53 PM
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Still not sure about frame 686-2
How to tell if you have a K or L frame 686-2. 
Thanks for any info.
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11-10-2010, 08:12 PM
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L frame
A 686 is an L frame.....but can use the same grips as a K frame, just not the same holster (usually). Clear as mud?
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11-10-2010, 08:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rollin_hot
A 686 is an L frame.....but can use the same grips as a K frame, just not the same holster (usually). Clear as mud?
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OK, got it Thanks
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11-10-2010, 08:26 PM
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The Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson would help you a lot.
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11-10-2010, 08:33 PM
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One old-timer, older than me, explained it as the K-frame grip fit peoples' hands well but the frame did not stand up to the more powerful loads on the market and the L-frame was born to accomodate those loads with the same comfortable grip. Hope that explains it well enough.......
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11-10-2010, 08:38 PM
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Luangtom, that just about sums it up...........
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11-10-2010, 09:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luv2shoot
How to tell if you have a K or L frame 686-2.
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No such thing as any 686 ever built on a K frame. It's an L.
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11-10-2010, 10:04 PM
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Thanks to all of you guys, it is now clear that the 686 is an L frame. And thanks to all of you who are Veterans.
Richard
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