Thread: SW 686 versus COLT Python?
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Old 06-18-2020, 07:50 AM
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This information is correct. S&W created the L frame not to compete with any Colt but to answer a design shortcoming. The K frame was unable to handle sustained full power 357 loads. Frames actually stretched or distended creating excessive end-shake and related problems. The trick for S&W was to bolster the frame and yet maintain the very popular K frame grip size. The L frame 586/686 answered the problem very nicely.

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Agreed, with the L Frame, S&W took the best ideas of the N Frame and the K Frame, blended them together, and the result was arguably the best all around revolver ever made, when all things are considered.
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