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Old 10-30-2017, 02:37 PM
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I've been wanting a 686 and found a few at a local gun show. I was trying to get about $650 for a LNIB Sig P245 that has been gathering dust in my safe and a seller offered an even trade for his nearly new condition 4 inch, 686-5 with rubber grips (asking $650). He also through in a set of older, fair condition, diamond target grips. (They don't fit this round butt revolver, but I can use them elsewhere.

The only odd thing to me about this 686-5 (CCK80xx) is that it doesn't have a pinned front sight. Did they all come pinned? Could it be an early -5 and possibly have a -4 barrel or maybe a barrel swap?

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..... Could it be an early -5 and possibly have a -4 barrel....
That's it. The CCK s/n prefix was in use in...

December 1997 and January of 1998.

This is exactly when the change over of the -4 to the -5 occurred. Your gun is the "missing link".

Prior to this the newest -4 I'd seen shipped in November of 1997. The oldest -5 in February of 1998.

To bad your -5 didn't come with its box, then we could of nail down the date exactly.
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That's it. The CCK s/n prefix was in use in...

December 1997 and January of 1998.

This is exactly when the change over of the -4 to the -5 occurred. Your gun is the "missing link".

Prior to this the newest -4 I'd seen shipped in November of 1997. The oldest -5 in February of 1998.

To bad your -5 didn't come with its box, then we could of nail down the date exactly.
No box, but what you're saying makes perfect sense. I've heard it's fairly common for S&W to carry over parts from previous generations. That would've be my first guess, but I wasn't sure where my -5 fell in the production line.

Thank you for the confirmation!
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Very nice, I have 6 inch 686-5 and it's one of my favorite shooters, it is actually one of the power port versions with a pinned patridge front sight
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I've been wanting a 686 and found a few at a local gun show. I was trying to get about $650 for a LNIB Sig P245 that has been gathering dust in my safe and a seller offered an even trade for his nearly new condition 4 inch, 686-5 with rubber grips (asking $650). He also through in a set of older, fair condition, diamond target grips. (They don't fit this round butt revolver, but I can use them elsewhere.

The only odd thing to me about this 686-5 (CCK80xx) is that it doesn't have a pinned front sight. Did they all come pinned? Could it be an early -5 and possibly have a -4 barrel or maybe a barrel swap?

Nice gun you have there. At the March gun show, I traded a XDM Competition into a 686-6 Pro-Series 5". Love it when a plan comes together. Bob
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