Recent content by 2rott

I'll try to take a picture & post. I bought it used about 15-20 years ago. No box. Great condition, excellent trigger (probably a trigger job,but a good one), just some holster wear front of barrel. Real good house gun especially for the girls living here. I'm talking myself out of selling it to...

Sorry no pics, but by now I'd only be duplicating. Okay 686's...4 " best for IDPA & & Steel Challenge... 4" Plus.. better foe steel challenge... 6" Great for bowling pins... All have some king of fiber optic on them. I would have more, but i'm outa room in...

Hope you can help. It's a blue 3" Model 10-8. Ser. # AER33XX 38 special. I've been looking for a chart without luck.

I shoot a lot of .38's for various comps. every week & thought It would be nice to practice with .22's & save some money & time reloading. I recently purchased a 4" 617 & the trigger was so bad, probably at least 14lbs, I sent it in for a trigger job. Most of my other revolvers have had trigger...

Like someone else said, you can purchase larger grips for the one you have. What are your future plans for shooting? If you may get into IDPA shooting than up to a 4" barrel & 6 shots are are legal. For bowling pins, the 5" & 7 shots are an advantage. For Steel Challenge, the 7 shots is a big...

New to me at least. In the past year I bought a 6" 686, 4" model 10 & 4" model 64. Sold a few to buy a few. I prefer to buy used. I usually trade even more or less. Works for me.

I don't see a down side, only an up-side. Like someone said, certain action sports only allow revolvers with 6 shots, so at our club you load six in your revolver for IDPA. For other sports like Steel Challenge & Bowling Pins, 7 is allowed & is a big advantage. I wish I had a 7 shot revolver.

What type of target shooting. If it's slow fire or "Bullseye" shooting, any of the 6" revolvers mentioned like the K38, model 14 or 19 or even the 586 or 686. You mentioned it had to be a .357. Why. Do you plan to shoot mostly .357. If it's for general range use, you could get any of the 4,5 or...

I own a 586 & a couple 686's & other S&W blue & SS revolvers. Right now I believe bliue prices are running almost as high or higher than SS prices. There seem to be a lot more 686's for sale. My blue guns function just as good as the SS ones, but I don't fell as guilty when I don't clean the SS...

Thanks for clarifying that for us.

I own 586's 686's 10's & a 64 & have had a model 19. Three to 6" barrels. Love them all. Some are better than others for a particular use. You can't go wrong with any of them. If you know what type of shooting you will do mostly, it will help in making the best choice. If it's general range use...

I have the exact same model a M 686-1. I don't believe gunslinger 7's 686 has been back to S&W for the recall because mine also has another M stamped above the -1 that looks like it was added after the original stamp. I'm not sure what the first M that we both have on our revolvers is for, but...

I carried a 4" revolver on the job a long time ago. That was the requirement. Now I shoot "Steel Matches" with a revolver & I only see 4" revolvers in competition. Other lengths are allowed but 4" seems to be quicker for the short shot. I have found the 6" barrel to be more accurate for the...

I recently purchased on GB for the first time & now have 2 revolvers I got for relatively low prices. A clean S&W 10 for $270 & a model 64 for $325. If you follow GB closely you will notice a lot of the revolvers are very high priced. Most of these high starting priced or high reserve priced...

Stay away from this deal. Like someone else said, "this could get ugly". What if he doesn't own this gun? I wouldn't get involved unless I was CERTAIN of all the facts involved & knew the person well.