586 L comp with 6 rounds’ cylinder!!??

[BaiMinkai]

I do not understand your comment

I do not see a difference between his barrel pictured above or my barrel pictured below.
Both are full lug

The 3" Model 19 Carry Comp uses a barrel of the exact same profile

Most of the 586 has a different full lug, you can check in the S&W website....
Model 586 | Smith & Wesson

 

[colt_saa]

Most of the 586 has a different full lug, you can check in the S&W website....
Model 586 | Smith & Wesson

the gun you reference in this post is not a Performance Center offering

In John Patrick's post he is claiming . . .

what strikes me is that your revolver doesn't have the typical full lug ejector rod shroud. It has the "1/2" shroud of the Model 19 and 66.

That is not a correct statement from him

A full lug barrel extends to the end. The partial lug barrels extend to the length of the ejector rod

Your L-comp has the standard full length Comp underlug

The top gun is a 3" Model 60 Carry Comp. The lower 4" barrel was for some French Special order, as you can see it also has a full lug barrel with the slanted end cut


Here is the Model 66 F-Comp

 

[PeteC]

Those are proof marks from the country that Smith & Wesson exported the revolver to

Liege Proof House, Belgium. They use different marks depending on the type of firearm and/or test done (see below). The other two marks can probably be identified also.

My guess would be one of them (the letter with an underline) is the date code, or year when the proof was done. The other one with the small star, is the inspectors mark.

 

[BaiMinkai]

Liege Proof House, Belgium. They use different marks depending on the type of firearm and/or test done (see below). The other two marks can probably be identified also.

My guess would be one of them (the letter with an underline) is the date code, or year when the proof was done. The other one with the small star, is the inspectors mark.

Thanks! Very interesting...

 

[PeteC]

Is this your gun? Or at least, the description it was sold under??

Note the position of the logo on the edge of the grip, and the shape of the underlug at the front (shape/slope NOT length).

If it is, you might be able to get some additional information, like a product code, from the store...

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SMITH & WESSON Revolver 'Performance Center' Mod. 586 L-Comp 3' .357Mg. - Prima Armi

 

[John Patrick]

the gun you reference in this post is not a Performance Center offering

In John Patrick's post he is claiming . . .

That is not a correct statement from him

A full lug barrel extends to the end. The partial lug barrels extend to the length of the ejector rod

Your L-comp has the standard full length Comp underlug

The top gun is a 3" Model 60 Carry Comp. The lower 4" barrel was for some French Special order, as you can see it also has a full lug barrel with the slanted end cut


Here is the Model 66 F-Comp

I'll try to cobble together enough photos to make clear my observation.

Model 19s, 66s, "1/2" lugs.

Model 586 full lugs, including one L-Comp.

Your 586 L-Comp, identical to OP's.

If anyone has the tech skill to expand my thumbnail photos, I would appreciate it.

 

[Engine49guy]

I'm no expert on those "comps" although I do own one, it's a satin blue "K comp" 19-7 IIRC.
It's a pre IL gun with a full underlug but pretty sure the lug is tapered back unlike my 686 snub.... (ugh you guys are gonna make get up and start pulling guns to compare at 4 am lol....)
Any SW PC gun is a gem but that ported barrel is a conundrum to me, adds length but it's not really more barrel just a big port ahead of the front site.
Basicly the advantage of a 3" barrel over the old 2.5" snub is you get a full length ejector rod...

 

[colt_saa]

I'll try to cobble together enough photos to make clear my observation.

Model 19s, 66s, "1/2" lugs.

Model 586 full lugs, including one L-Comp.

Your 586 L-Comp, identical to OP's.

If anyone has the tech skill to expand my thumbnail photos, I would appreciate it.

Full lugs extend in full diameter to the end of the barrel

Partial or 1/2 lugs only extend full diameter to the end of the ejector rod

If you look at your 3" 66, it is clearly the 1/2 lug design. The barrel lug immediately narrows at the end of the ejector rod.

It does not continue full diameter to the end of the barrel, all of the ?-Comp guns I have pictured in this thread do continue with their full diameter to the end of the barrel.

 

[John Patrick]

Thanks for expanding the photos.

Flip side of the 3" Model 66.

There isn't much difference in the distance from the pin to the end of the barrel, but there does seem to be a minor difference. I don't know if the K and L frame ejector rods are the same length.

Your 586 L-Comp and OP's are the only 586 L-Comps I've seen with the tapered barrel lug. The universe of L-Comps I've seen is pretty limited though, just your's, OP's, what I saw googling in response to this thread and a handful of others at gun shows.

 

[PeteC]

... I don't know if the K and L frame ejector rods are the same length.

They are the same, from the front of the yoke, about 36.5 mm.