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loeman
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I love your 586! It is really special. Does it have a story?
The 586 Was sitting in a safe at a LGS , and from the reseach i have found it was a limited run of laser engraved ones . The werid thing in the smith and wesson book show that product code shipped with pachmyer grips but the 2 other ones ive seen also had target grips and my box is marked for Target stocks
mikeruns
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Welcome aboard....nice revolvers!
HOUSTON RICK
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Welcome. Very nice collection. A good Texas starter set!
AveragEd
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As several of us have learned, box labels cannot always be taken for granted. My lesson was learned in the same area that you question, stock type. The label for my 686-3 Classic Hunter shows the gun as being shipped with Target Stocks and that is what was on it when I bought it but numerous advertisements for that version show the gun with a Hogue MonoGrip and that's what numerous other posters to this forum have stated came on their guns.
Here's the really weird part of that to me. That MonoGrip was the aftermarket one that bears Hogue's logo and blocks part of the S&W logo on the side plate instead of the one Hogue makes for S&W that has S&W's logo molded into it and has dual speedloader cutouts so the side plate logo isn't obscured.
There are some S&W doings that we'll likely never understand.
Ed
Here's the really weird part of that to me. That MonoGrip was the aftermarket one that bears Hogue's logo and blocks part of the S&W logo on the side plate instead of the one Hogue makes for S&W that has S&W's logo molded into it and has dual speedloader cutouts so the side plate logo isn't obscured.
There are some S&W doings that we'll likely never understand.
Ed
75Vette
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Welcome to the forum. That's a nice start to a great addiction. I'm lovin' the Hunter and it's combats.
Kernel Crittenden
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A great start. Some trivia.....
Since the '90's at least, to S&W a "Target Stock" is any grip that fills the area directly behind the trigger. It can be the traditional wood Target Stock we all know, or a set of rubber grips, as long as it fills that area. A non-TS would be a Magna style service stock that exactly follows the contour of the frame.
The label of the M629 is marked HTR/CPTR which is thought to stand for Hunter Competitor, although the term "Competitor" never appeared in the contemporary literature at the time. By coincidence the abbreviation CPTR is used in silhouette competition (for which this gun would be ideal) to represent Chicken-Pig-Turkey-Ram, which are the targets in sequence by order of distance from the shooter. The abbreviation C P T R appears along the top of many score sheets.
Since the '90's at least, to S&W a "Target Stock" is any grip that fills the area directly behind the trigger. It can be the traditional wood Target Stock we all know, or a set of rubber grips, as long as it fills that area. A non-TS would be a Magna style service stock that exactly follows the contour of the frame.
The label of the M629 is marked HTR/CPTR which is thought to stand for Hunter Competitor, although the term "Competitor" never appeared in the contemporary literature at the time. By coincidence the abbreviation CPTR is used in silhouette competition (for which this gun would be ideal) to represent Chicken-Pig-Turkey-Ram, which are the targets in sequence by order of distance from the shooter. The abbreviation C P T R appears along the top of many score sheets.
Welcome aboard! Nice way to drop in and say howdy - good job!
Welcome from the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey.
You have a nice collection of Smiths!
You have a nice collection of Smiths!
lscocoa
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Nice and welcome!
JCFindley
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Welcome from the Florida Panhandle and a a recent newb myself.
Beautiful guns!
Beautiful guns!
A Hound Dawg....
A Hound Dawg Howdy from SC.
The 586/686 = Darn Good Guns.
A Hound Dawg Howdy from SC.
The 586/686 = Darn Good Guns.
Kernel Crittenden
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Some more trivia.....
Your M629-3 Hunter Competitor was one of the first Performance Centers guns made. Hence the low product code of only 170008. A highly collectible and sought after variation. Label gives a ship date of........
The made the 170008 for about four years, and this is one of the earliest ones I've ever seen.
Be careful with the label on the Performance Center case. On the early ones they were apparently attached with a flour-and-water paste and have a tendency to fall off. It's the sure way to spot an original.
Your M629-3 Hunter Competitor was one of the first Performance Centers guns made. Hence the low product code of only 170008. A highly collectible and sought after variation. Label gives a ship date of........
February 28, 1992.
Be careful with the label on the Performance Center case. On the early ones they were apparently attached with a flour-and-water paste and have a tendency to fall off. It's the sure way to spot an original.
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