Andyo5,

It’s being sold as a new gun.

I didn’t mention earlier it had about a 2 mm yoke/frame gap. And 2 deep scratches on the other side of the barrel.

I was about to spend 800 dollars more than a normal 686. Is it not right to expect near perfect quality?

Also, if you look closely at my picture it also appears that the barrel is shooting to the ceiling. Look at the place for the crane on the frame and look how the place for the crane on the barrel angles upward.

So it was either a 686 competitor with a badly canted barrel, or one with a frame gap + yoke/frame gap. Which would you have picked for 1400? Hahaha

I still want this model... I see some online retailers selling this model as “new”-factory repaired.