681 no-dash...I dub thee Pigpen !! [edit:engraved!]

PatriotX · Dec 5, 2020

Hi folks,

I'm not blaming anyone but myself for this one, I knew full well what I was getting into.

This may be the roughest gun I've ever owned...with the best trigger.

It's lighter and smoother than my PC gun, as well as a massaged k-frame.

The top strap has zero evidence of flame-cutting - just a little mark, really.

The rest...well, have a look.

My buddy offered up Pigpen as a name, and I think it fits.

[click pics for larger examples]

mckenney99 · Dec 5, 2020

That thing looks like it's been thrown out the window of a moving vehicle or two or three. Maybe stored in the bed mounted tool box of a pickup truck.

andy52 · Dec 5, 2020

mckenney99 said:
That thing looks like it's been thrown out the window of a moving vehicle or two or three. Maybe stored in the bed mounted tool box of a pickup truck.

I'm with you on that one it looks like road rash.

HorizontalMike · Dec 5, 2020

I hope you paid cash.........

Beauetienne · Dec 5, 2020

I could see buying that for a shooter, at the right price

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PatriotX · Dec 5, 2020

andy52 said:
I'm with you on that one it looks like road rash.

Breakaway500 · Dec 5, 2020

Someone dragged that one around the block. Lord...it hit everything but the bullseye! Amazing the hammer spur is still attached. Im a sucker for unloved Smiths..but that one would have to be cheap..even the Pachys are beat!

Erocksmash · Dec 5, 2020

I've got a "pigpen" on the way as well.... only its a 66 and a snub... really don't know what I wanna do with it yet...

As long as the mechanics are fine should be good to go...
At Least for garage duty....

If only the guns could talk..

SLT223 · Dec 5, 2020

Pretty sure that when out a car window and skidded down a street.

Hapworth · Dec 5, 2020

PatriotX said:
...This may be the roughest gun I've ever owned...with the best trigger. It's lighter and smoother than my PC gun, as well as a massaged k-frame.

Have you made certain the strain screw is fully seated?

The top strap has zero evidence of flame-cutting - just a little mark, really.

The rest...well, have a look.

My buddy offered up Pigpen as a name, and I think it fits.

Good name. Nice thing about a beater is you'll use it without worry. They have a way of becoming favorites...

pittpa · Dec 5, 2020

When all you have is nails, every tool is a hammer.

pasound · Dec 5, 2020

That's a beater worth shooting. Take the rough off the front sight and bang away.

I had a 60 I let a friend borrow for a camping trip. He had it loaded with snake shot and was going rock climbing. It went about 400' (he said) down a rock face in eastern WV. My gunsmith shot-peened it and straightend the crane. It still shot great. I sold it to the friend after he paid to fix it.

PatriotX · Dec 5, 2020

Some more pics of the carnage:

AHU ! Bless you.

Most of the damage to butt was absorbed by the Pachs, it would appear.

Rack it up !

dmthomp32 · Dec 5, 2020

At least you don't have to worry about any modifications changing the originality or collectability. You can do whatever you want with that 681 conscious free!

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LPD256 · Dec 5, 2020

Looks like a Police gun to me. Grips and frame are subject to many hits on the steering wheel and seatbelts. A wrestling match on the street with a perp has launched a few out of the holster and down the sidewalk. I say it says PD to me. We were posting at the same time. Number under cylinder is another clue.

PatriotX · Dec 5, 2020

LPD256 said:
Looks like a Police gun to me. Grips and frame are subject to many hits on the steering wheel and seatbelts. A wrestling match on the street with a perp has launched a few out of the holster and down the sidewalk. I say it says PD to me. We were posting at the same time. Number under cylinder is another clue.

That's likely a good call, and the wear on the Pachs suggest a long stint in the holster.

stansdds · Dec 5, 2020

Yep, that revolver has had a hard life. Not much use, but lots of abuse, could very well have ridden in the holster of a LEO or two.

4506517 · Dec 5, 2020

I have a 681 that was an Ohio Highway Patrol gun.

In pretty good condition.

Looks like someone drug that one down a driveway.

Engineer1911 · Dec 6, 2020

A blued Aristocrat rib and you have adjustable sights on a bead blast finish stainless gun. Mine shoots like a laser, if you can hold the barrel up, the gun is as steady as a rock.

Added photo, M686 and M681 with sight rib.

kaaskop49 · Dec 6, 2020

Any way of cleaning that up or is it too rough to even try? Hurts to see it in this condition, given that the 681 is a "near-grail" gun for me.

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