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07-26-2018, 07:21 AM
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686-5 with silhouette front sight
Got 4 new S&Ws this Monday...but this one is kind of special for me.
686-5 with a silhouette front sight
S&W 686-5 Practical Champion by Patrick Helms, on Flickr
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07-26-2018, 07:26 AM
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WOW---THAT'S DIFFERENT ! ! !
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07-26-2018, 07:59 AM
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That's a good looking gun. Wait...4 guns in one day??
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07-26-2018, 11:31 AM
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Did you get the original factory box? If so, post a picture of the end label. The 686 Practical Champion is an export only Smith, so we don't get to see these very often in the States.
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07-26-2018, 11:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kernel Crittenden
Did you get the original factory box? If so, post a picture of the end label. The 686 Practical Champion is an export only Smith, so we don't get to see these very often in the States.
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KUDOS TO YOU, YET AGAIN KC ! ! !
WHENEVER I SPOT A POST OF YOURS, I MAKE A POINT OF STOPPING TO READ IT. INVARIABLY, I LEARN SOMETHING NEW. THIS POST IS NO EXCEPTION......
I AM NOT AN "EXPERT" OR A COLLECTOR, BUT I HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN, NOR EVEN HEARD OF THIS PARTICULAR REVOLVER BEFORE......
NOW, THANKS TO THE Kernel, I UNDERSTAND WHY......
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07-27-2018, 11:47 AM
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Pretty sweet. But did I see that right? You got FOUR smith and wessons in one day??? Yowzah.... My brain would explode I think.
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Helmsp:
Very nice. I've added photos of its American cousin a Model 686-3 with the silhouette front sight. I looked long and hard for it, and finally found one as you see it - set up with a Leupold 2x scope and Hogue grips. Mine is very accurate - from the bench, it's no trick to shoot cloverleaf groups at 25 yards with it. It's also a good hunting gun as well.
Congratulations on a fine acquisition
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07-28-2018, 02:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kernel Crittenden
Did you get the original factory box? If so, post a picture of the end label. The 686 Practical Champion is an export only Smith, so we don't get to see these very often in the States.
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Unfortunately no. Here in Europe people don't tend to keep the boxes and papers. A real pity.
The practical Champion and all other similar models (target champion, the president, the international, practical champion, etc) were made for the European market and imported by Germany.
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Helmsp:
Very nice. I've added photos of its American cousin a Model 686-3 with the silhouette front sight. I looked long and hard for it, and finally found one as you see it - set up with a Leupold 2x scope and Hogue grips. Mine is very accurate - from the bench, it's no trick to shoot cloverleaf groups at 25 yards with it. It's also a good hunting gun as well.
Congratulations on a fine acquisition
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What mount and rings are those? Need for 625PC. Thanks
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686-4 AFS
Greeks a pic of my 6” 686-4 AFS still in it’s original plastic blue box.
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4 Smith and Wesson handguns in one day? Yikes! Hey, I really like the grips on that revolver.
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What mount and rings are those? Need for 625PC. Thanks
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Leupold scope, mounts and rings. The previous owner went first class on this one.
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08-03-2018, 05:31 AM
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4 Smith and Wesson handguns in one day? Yikes! Hey, I really like the grips on that revolver.
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Those are Nill grips, very popular here in Europe.
The other S&Ws are an unshot 67-1, 64-3, 625-3 and another CS1.
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