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11-24-2014, 12:50 AM
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Help finding year of 586-1 so I can get the right grips please. Suggestions welcome.
Got this at an auction today. Crazy story, but to long.
Anyhow, its a 586-1 (per yoke) with serial number AYB0980.
Georgeous gun: Nickel, 6", only one pinky-nail sized flaw well hidden above front of yoke. One problem: plastic junk jordan cracked grips.
I gotta get some decent grips for this thing whether I keep it, trade it or sell it because I couldn't live with myself if I let anyone know that I had anything to do with someone else having these. UGH.
What kind of grips would look best on this gun, and is a nickel 586 very rare?
Anyhow, help/suggestions more than welcome. Thanks.
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11-24-2014, 01:01 AM
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Nickel 586s are uncommon, not rare (the usual estimate is 10% of total production, no way to be sure). It probably had speedloader cut Target stocks, lots of K/L square butt alternatives (factory Combats, wood Hogues, Ahrend's, etc., etc.) Enjoy!
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11-24-2014, 01:13 AM
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According to the manufacturing data in the SCSW, your revolver is from 1987
BTW, the Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson (SCSW) is a wonderful reference on these fine firearms.
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11-24-2014, 05:49 PM
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If I was going to sell it, I'd put it back to as close to factory original as I could, which would be S&W wood Target Stocks. Stocks from that era were not s/n's or fitted to individual guns, but the right inside stock panel was ink stamped with a calendar date (month, day, year). AYB was likely October of 1987, so, ideally, I'd look for stocks stamped with a date a few weeks or months before that.
The small defect you noted could possibly be buffed out with some fine metal polish (Mother's, Iosso, Flitz), a finger, and a small piece of scrap tee shirt.
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11-24-2014, 06:48 PM
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But if you aren't going to sell, it get something other than the S&W targets....my observations are that rarely do the originals fit a shooter as well as after-market versions.
As you know, any K or L frame grip will fit. A search will show there are about a bazillion brand recommendations by members of this forum. For nickel or SS revolvers, I'm partial to dark wood. I like the contrast better than the lighter woods.
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