686 picture thread

[reppans]

 

[C/O]

reppans, nice duo you got there. I almost got me a 617 to go with my 686 about 3 weeks ago, but decided on something else instead. Maybe some time in the near future.

 

[Dodobird1589]

sprscientist what kind of grips are on your cs-1

 

[JDW250]

I missed the boat on this the 1st time around. But I'll play along in an effort to keep this thread alive. Here is a pic of my 686-5 on the day I brought it home from the pawn shop. Even though she was dirty, the pictures still don't do her justice. I've since cleaned her up, put a couple hundred rounds through her and I can honestly say this is my favorite handgun. I'm still looking for the right rig so I can keep her with me more often. I've also got a set of combats coming for her that will really make her shine. Beautiful weapons everyone. Thanks for sharing.

 

[625smith]

Here is my 8⅜ 686 that I picked up earlier this year. Very nice stocks on this one.

 

[M.Cunningham]

3" 686+

 

[dubhelix]

Model 686-3 2.5"

 

[lhump1961]

How did I miss this thread? Great guns all around! Don't have a single pic of just the 686 but I'm sure you can pick it out!

 

[kenjen]

my deer killer

 

[MacA]

Always like a reason to show off my 686 no dash w/ 4" barrel...

 

[cometpx4]

686

My 5" is upper right. It started as a 5inch stock, and then i had it worked over by the Smith PC.

 

[JohnAC]

Like usual, late to the party...

686-3

 

[tacreload]

I missed this one too.Here's mine.The short one is a -4 bought new in 1996.The 4" is a -1 bought last year.

 

[JayBird686]

686-4

 

[Doug Add]

Hard to get decent pictures of a stainless gun on a sunny day with just a BlackBerry, so I'm sorry for the picture quality.

Here is my 686-4 with Ahrends cocobolo retro banana grips.

 

[z4lunch]

no dash

Steve here, stole my wife Utradot off her 41 and put it on my new to me 686 no dash, I used a b square no drill mount. First outing at 50 yds
used some cast 160 Gn semi wadcutters dropped from a vintage H&G 51

 

[MMA10mm]

My first duty gun at the Sheriff's Dept.

Mod. 686-3 Midnight Black (blued stainless) w/ 4" barrel. (Pic below was to compare "bare stainless" in background on my 629-4 and "real blue" on my 586 [no dash] in the foreground to the "midnight black" 686 in the middle.)

Some close-ups of the wear and tear on the supposedly "weak" black finished stainless steel (this is after 4 years of duty use in all weather):

This is also after thousands of draws/reholsterings and shooting at least 1x per month (and frequently more) for those four years... I think the reputation the Midnight Black finish got was unfair. I can't imagine a straight blued carbon-steel gun would have held up any better!

 

[geodimeter]

I thought I had already posted on this thread but since I needed to get a new photo of my 686-3 anyways I'd add it to the gallery.

 

[ghitch75]

added another...all -4's....

 

[fyimo]

I only have one a 686 no dash with 6 inch barrel and I also have a 586-1 with 6 inch barrel.