AHHHHHhhhhh - My 686-6 has a crack in the frame!!!
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I am relatively new to this forum, are you the forum prankster? You are joking right? You realize that is the seam where the sideplate fits to the revolver right?
Why did it go back the first time? Because it made a loud noise after you loaded it and pulled the trigger? (Just playing along with you here).
(If you are serious and think it is a crack, I'm sorry I don't mean to poke fun, but I am 99.9% sure you are kidding and this is your idea of a joke).
Why did it go back the first time? Because it made a loud noise after you loaded it and pulled the trigger? (Just playing along with you here).
(If you are serious and think it is a crack, I'm sorry I don't mean to poke fun, but I am 99.9% sure you are kidding and this is your idea of a joke).
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Oh no! I just checked my collection....EVERY S&W revolver I own is cracked in exactly the same place! 
Seriously...HM is right; it is the side plate.
Seriously...HM is right; it is the side plate.
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Whew...
I wish Once you enlightened me, I examined it much more closely. Through all my cleanings, I never noticed it before. Thanks for your response!!!
I am relatively new to this forum, are you the forum prankster? You are joking right? You realize that is the seam where the sideplate fits to the revolver right?
Why did it go back the first time? Because it made a loud noise after you loaded it and pulled the trigger? (Just playing along with you here).
(If you are serious and think it is a crack, I'm sorry I don't mean to poke fun, but I am 99.9% sure you are kidding and this is your idea of a joke).
I wish
Once you enlightened me, I examined it much more closely. Through all my cleanings, I never noticed it before. Thanks for your response!!!HarrishMasher
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Oh cool. I really thought it was a gag. But nothing feels better than thinking your gun is broken and absolutely nothing is wrong. Enjoy and glad I didn't offend you.
Why did it go back the first time?
Why did it go back the first time?
The OP is not the first one to mistake the side plate joint for an oddly even and symmetrical crack. More than one "broken" revolver with a loose extractor or tension screw has been traded at a loss (and I've bought at least one of each at a bargain).
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The gun would literally jam, when I fired Hornady 158 grain XTP ammunition. They replaced the hand and the extractor. It fires much better now...and I no longer use the 158 Gr XTP.
The gun would literally jam, when I fired Hornady 158 grain XTP ammunition. They replaced the hand and the extractor. It fires much better now...and I no longer use the 158 Gr XTP.
Oh no! I just checked my collection....EVERY S&W revolver I own is cracked in exactly the same place!
All mine are too, I have a couple where someone tried to repair it with a screw.
one eye joe
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GLAD TO FIND OUT THAT YOUR 686 IS FINE. A GROUP OF US--INCLUDING MYSELF--JUST ASSURED ANOTHER MEMBER, IN A DIFFERENT THREAD, THAT THE 686 WOULD STAND UP TO A STEADY DIET OF BUFFALO BORE AMMO, W/O BREAKING. WHEN I CAME ACROSS YOUR THREAD, I WAS VERY SURPRISED (UNTIL I LOOKED AT YOUR PHOTO). I HAD NEVER HEARD OF A 686 CRACKING. I OWN 3 OF THEM, SO I WAS INTERESTED……..
zelda
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686-l had a similar moment with my Model 15 snubbie and saw this tit sticking out the side where the barrel starts. l frantically called Dad asking how to remove it. He told me it was a pin that helped hold it on. l also remember my Army days being told the only ''dumb'' question was one not asked.
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HM: If the illustration you used in your post is of your handgun, those rub marks on the hammer, trigger and hand all indicate that S&W could benefit greatly from some knowledgeable TLC. Just sayin'. That is the exact condition I liked to see when someone brought a S&W in for an action job. All I had to do was to 'read the signs'. ....... Big Cholla
I am relatively new to this forum, are you the forum prankster? You are joking right? You realize that is the seam where the sideplate fits to the revolver right?
Why did it go back the first time? Because it made a loud noise after you loaded it and pulled the trigger? (Just playing along with you here).
(If you are serious and think it is a crack, I'm sorry I don't mean to poke fun, but I am 99.9% sure you are kidding and this is your idea of a joke).
HM: If the illustration you used in your post is of your handgun, those rub marks on the hammer, trigger and hand all indicate that S&W could benefit greatly from some knowledgeable TLC. Just sayin'. That is the exact condition I liked to see when someone brought a S&W in for an action job. All I had to do was to 'read the signs'. ....... Big Cholla
Mule88
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Im screwed, all smiths have cracked frames
Boogsawaste
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At a gun show I was once offered a ridiculous amount for a s&w I was looking to trade with a vendor for one of his s&w's. He said "oh wow, your frame is cracked, but I can give you $100 for it for parts". I said "that's terrible! I never noticed it, but yours is cracked in the same place so I guess I can expect the same price for yours". He was pissed and didn't know what to say. Just figured I was a young guy who didn't know the first thing about revolvers. Goes without saying I didn't do business with that man.
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Nope just grabbed it off the net
MattJames
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I, for one, was completely impressed with the machining of those plates when I stripped both my 686-2 and 629-2. So tight and precise.
