3" 686 CS1 2M

[doublesharp]

About 15-20 years ago I bought a collection of guns from S&W LE salesman. Several Centennials with special serial #s 0000 or 0044 or BFR1000 on an 8 3/8s 686. One of the guns was CS-1 prototype 3" absolutely unfired and confirmed by the wiseguys (Fugate, Pizzaman, rburg et al) that set up at National Gun Day. They box label is issued in the salesman's name. I've only got a group picture handy but I've still got the gun and value it around $2500. Doubt if anyone else thinks it's worth that but it don't eat much and is cheap to keep.

 

[Rodan]

I finally found a CS-1 3" at a price I was willing to pay. Still too much, but a "deal" in the current market. Should arrive at my FFL this week, I'll post pics when I have it in-hand.

 

[Yendor357]

To ahead and pay too much, Rod.
In a few years, what you paid will seem like a bargain.

I remember many years ago paying $475 for a 629-4 Mountain Gun. I thought that was crazy. Now you put a 1 in front of that 475.

 

[Rodan]

Picked up the CS-1 yesterday. I have been after one of these for quite a while... I was watching one that is currently on GB and this one popped up in a BIN listing for less than the current bid on the other one, so I jumped. Within $100 of the lowest priced genuine* CS-1 I've seen sell in the last couple of years.

No box or papers, and likely not the original stocks, but that's not as much an issue for me as this will be a shooter. Nearly the perfect .357, IMHO.

* There was a "CS-1" on GB a while back that went cheap, but I don't think it was real... there were some things that were not consistent with the usual CS-1 features, and I think it was a 3" barrel on a 2.5" gun.

 

[Dermako]

Congratulations. I think. Grrrr.
You are extremely fortunate. I look almost every day on multiple sites and I missed it.
You are correct about a previous one on GB though. It didn't look right on multiple levels.

 

[Rodan]

Congratulations. I think. Grrrr.
You are extremely fortunate. I look almost every day on multiple sites and I missed it.
You are correct about a previous one on GB though. It didn't look right on multiple levels.

Thanks.

I bumped the other thread... the purchaser of the gun in question posted about it, and was intending to seek a letter. I bumped it to find out.

 

[686PC]

Picked up the CS-1 yesterday. I have been after one of these for quite a while... I was watching one that is currently on GB and this one popped up in a BIN listing for less than the current bid on the other one, so I jumped. Within $100 of the lowest priced genuine* CS-1 I've seen sell in the last couple of years.

No box or papers, and likely not the original stocks, but that's not as much an issue for me as this will be a shooter. Nearly the perfect .357, IMHO.

* There was a "CS-1" on GB a while back that went cheap, but I don't think it was real... there were some things that were not consistent with the usual CS-1 features, and I think it was a 3" barrel on a 2.5" gun.

Nice! Congrats on scoring one of your grail guns!

 

[hipowr]

Believe it or not, I saw these in the stores when they first came out in the 80s. The 3 inch guns came stock with those grips and mine has the exact same grips. Mine came in the box.

 

[Rodan]

Believe it or not, I saw these in the stores when they first came out in the 80s. The 3 inch guns came stock with those grips and mine has the exact same grips. Mine came in the box.

I did as well, and all of the ones I saw that came from distributors as new guns had the Magna stocks. There is some information on other threads that the issue guns came with Pachmayrs. I figured they were not original just because of the likelihood that they had been changed out over the years. No serial numbers to verify it on 1980s guns...

 

[vegasgunhand]

The CS-1 both 3 inch and 4 inch models were were ordered by U.S. Customs with the Pachmayr grips. I believe there may have been contract over-run guns that were sold to distributors with the magna grips. If you find a CS-1 with the original box you are lucky. When the guns were issued to agents, most of them threw away the boxes. When they were recalled from the field, many were just lumped into a single cardboard box and shipped back to the U.S. Customs Firearms and Training Unit at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

 

[SFeintuch]

this is my 4" I bought it new and it came with the magmas. Still nib