681. L frame fixed sights
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I also have one marked 68-1.
I think it was pretty common.
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Perhaps the finest all purpose everything you need, nothing you don't revolver Smith ever made.
Had one in the evidence locker where I used to work marked 68-1. This is a great revolver, unfortunately marketed for Law Enforcement about the time the switch to semi-autos was occurring. I would have loved to carry one.
A photo of a real 681!
Hey, I finally saw a picture of one!
Must be some type of 'roadblock' or Covid-like quarantine that prevents the 681s from moving west. In the meantime, I find myself pretending that my 686s have fixed sights, and you know what, these are not bad guns either! 
Almost forgot: My Wiley Clapp model Ruger has fixed sights. Too bad it doesn't sport a 4" bbl (And no, the Match Champion couldn't cut it
).
Kaaskop49
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Hey, I finally saw a picture of one!
Must be some type of 'roadblock' or Covid-like quarantine that prevents the 681s from moving west. In the meantime, I find myself pretending that my 686s have fixed sights, and you know what, these are not bad guns either! Almost forgot: My Wiley Clapp model Ruger has fixed sights. Too bad it doesn't sport a 4" bbl (And no, the Match Champion couldn't cut it
).Kaaskop49
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One of mine is out getting cut down to 3 inch, round butted and a 7 shot cylinder fitted.
I have another, but couldn't bear to cut down a NYSP 681, my name is not Nedroe
I have another, but couldn't bear to cut down a NYSP 681, my name is not Nedroe
CAJUNLAWYER
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Let me know how that 7 shot cylinder works outOne of mine is out getting cut down to 3 inch, round butted and a 7 shot cylinder fitted.
I have another, but couldn't bear to cut down a NYSP 681, my name is not Nedroe
A 681 is a gun I still want to acquire. I fell short on a nickel 581 that had a place in my safe. Gone before I pulled the trigger.
kbm6893
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I have a 681. It's a laser beam in my hands. I shoot it better than any other gun I have ever owned.
I truly wish that more L-frames, and especially those of the 7-shot variety, would've had a partial underlug option. It looks a lot nicer to me, and I'm a sucker for Model 10-esque exposed ejector rods. I'll have to track down a 619 one of these days.
I wish they made a 2 1/2" version like the 686.
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Congrats on the find! You don't see these very often.
I came across one recently as well. I replaced the stocks with a set of smooth target SB stocks and it handles very well.
There was a limited run 681-4 PC Quadport Lew Horton with 7-shot and 3" bbl made in the early days of the Performance Center.
This is one of my favorite guns.
Cheers,
686PC
I came across one recently as well. I replaced the stocks with a set of smooth target SB stocks and it handles very well.
There was a limited run 681-4 PC Quadport Lew Horton with 7-shot and 3" bbl made in the early days of the Performance Center.
This is one of my favorite guns.
Cheers,
686PC
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I'm a big fan of fixed sight revolvers.
681 is the Ultimate Combat Magnum.
681 is the Ultimate Combat Magnum.
I have one of those
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Good luck. The 620, 520, 619 are hen's teeth. The 619 seems to surface the least. They are smoking accurate revolvers.
Thanks everyone. I'm enjoying reading all your comments and learning more about the 681. I just picked one up that I believe is from 1986 (681-1 Modified). It is marked as an Ohio State Highway Patrol gun. It came with worn Pachmayr rubber grips. I replaced those with new Hogue cocobolo checkered wood grips. Great feel, great trigger, great shooter.
I miss mine.
I quite like the 681/581, it's the last gasp of revolvers as a serious service weapon, much as say the MAS36 bolt action rifle was the final (major) evolution of the bolt action rifle as a military bolt action rifle. As such, I believe it got a ton of things right. It's a fixed sight, L frame, .357 magnum, and it rules pretty hard.
