yay! posting in a 6 year old thread, Im a contributor! my 686 quickly became my favorite. Got it at a show in 2009 for 450. It was actually in a house fire earlier this year, found it in a puddle of black, ashy water in a half open drawer. took it out, rinsed it off, oiled it up, checked the barrel and shot it. Not as pretty as it once was was still my most accurate pistol. The trigger still feels great too.