alfsauve
Member
While I'd prefer a no-lock, I also prefer a replaceable front sight blade. Kinda of limits my options.
686 vs 686 Prelock?
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5" prelock 686+ with Patridge sights.
Edmo
US Veteran
Only pre-locks for me please...
Below is my 6" 686-3 I bought new around 1989. Smoothest factory S&W trigger I own...
Ever notice how pre-lock revolvers are often photographed with the "lock free" left side exposed while many times those with locks are photographed with the lock hidden?
Edmo
Below is my 6" 686-3 I bought new around 1989. Smoothest factory S&W trigger I own...
Ever notice how pre-lock revolvers are often photographed with the "lock free" left side exposed while many times those with locks are photographed with the lock hidden?
Edmo
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Spokes
Member
Nice 686 and grips Elmo..
I have a pre lock 6" with partridge sights..
It's a dream to shoot..
I have a pre lock 6" with partridge sights..
It's a dream to shoot..
HOUSTON RICK
Member
I have a slight preference for pre-lock, but the lock is not a deal breaker for a gun that I want. Either one will serve you well. Your gun, let us know what you pick.
I got the Prelock. Yup rare find here behind iron curtains.
She joins her sisters. Post lock 586 and my trusty pre mod 10.
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SeamasterSig
Member
Pre-lock all the way! If both are in equally good condition and roughly the same price, you will forever regret not buying the pre-lock revolver. The late-model guns might function flawlessly in most cases (the occasional cock-eyed barrel or other quality control issue notwithstanding). But the obsession with pre-locks is about more than just the infernal lock. S&W revolvers from the mid-90s on down were made when S&W was at the top of its game. Those older guns still have a lot of life left in them and there is a good reason why the market values them as much and often more than the new guns.
Some people like the aesthetics of the new guns... or so I hear. But no matter how objective I try to be, they just won't grow on me. As far as I'm concerned, pride of ownership is based on more than mere functionality and when comparing a pre-lock with a post-lock in equal condition at roughly the same price, the pre-lock will win every time. Hands down!
Some people like the aesthetics of the new guns... or so I hear. But no matter how objective I try to be, they just won't grow on me. As far as I'm concerned, pride of ownership is based on more than mere functionality and when comparing a pre-lock with a post-lock in equal condition at roughly the same price, the pre-lock will win every time. Hands down!
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999rvlvrfan
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This is the prelock
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Is the prelock inside the state of California? My understanding is prelock versions cannot be shipped to California.
Correct. Cannot be shipped in to California. It was a private party transfer. And yes very hard to find below 1200.00 in this state.
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