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686-4 frame type?
I am considering long distance negotiations for pickup of a 686-4 . I saw it briefly last week but cannot remember if the grip frame is square or round. It had square type Hogue grips on it, but did they make in the -4 all the frames round with either (or) type rubber stocks for them? It is a 4".
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I do not own a 4", SCSW says 686's were built on the square butt frame, yet my PC 6" and 7.5" examples have round grip frames.
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My 686-4 is a square butt.....
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If I recall, the 4" 686-4s were originally square butts, but some of the later ones (and the 2.5 and 3" versions) were round butt. I have seen early ones with wood stocks and later ones with Hogue rubber grips.
Why not ask the seller? 
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Originally Posted by murphydog
If I recall, the 4" 686-4s were originally square butts, but some of the later ones (and the 2.5 and 3" versions) were round butt.
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Yes, the majority of 686-4’s with 4” and longer barrels had square butt grip frames. S&W standardized on round butt grip frames in 1996 and the 686-5 didn’t come out until 1997. My 4” 686-4 (ser. # CALXXXX) and my 6” 686-4 (ser. # CAZXXXX) both have round butt frames.
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I think right around the time they went to the new style MIM cylinder release they were also switching to all round butt frames.
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Originally Posted by mokuloa
I do not own a 4", SCSW says 686's were built on the square butt frame, yet my PC 6" and 7.5" examples have round grip frames.
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SCSW typically lists how they were originally released, but doesn't always list all updates that don't generate a -#.
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Stainless trigger and hammer is not a "686-4". The dash 4 has the case hardened hammer and trigger with the firing pin attached to the hammer directly.
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I found the revolver in question on a table at a LGS. Apparently the known owner wanted a 686+ so bad he had traded it off. It, the 686-4, was indeed a round butt wearing some kind of rubber thing resembling a square butt grip.
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The round butt 686-4 originally came with rubber Hogue Monogrips like these. I find them to be very comfortable. Don't get rid of them if you buy the gun.
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Here's my 686-4 . It came new with the Hogues shown in post #11
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My 686-4 4" came with ROund butt
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