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How's the timing on it?

Never mind. This is a complicated researched answer.

I have gone ahead and polished my 686-4 with some Flitz and a lot of hand polishing. I left the detents in the cylinders matte, just because it looks better to me that way. This gun is one of the best looking revolvers I've ever seen. The Colts are really nice blued, but this gun is...

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.

Thanks for the welcome. It is appreciated.

I get the feeling that the OP wants to be talked into keeping both of them. :D It looks like he's going in that direction, to be sure. Good move.

The one thing that some people have concerns with is the ability to use their handguns for hunting. For deer hunting, in the state of Maryland anyway, is six inches. From what I gather, it is a longer barrel length than most states require. Here is a summary of this requirement, "Handguns used...

My only S&W (so far) I had a co worker ask me if I wanted to buy a "Six shooter" from him. It's a stainless 686. I told him that I already had a stainless, Ruger GP 100 in 357 Magnum, so it would be redundant. He was asking $350 for it. I went ahead and polished it, just out of curiosity as to...