CS-1 picture thread - Are you in the club??

[bigtubby]

Got a nice 3" with box and docs, tools paid a premium to join the club but a great shooter.

 

[Avery11]

What do you consider a premium if you don't mind talking numbers? I'm looking to pick up the 3" version of the OP pic with those same grips - no box etc for $790 shipped.

That sound like a fair price?

 

[bigtubby]

What do you consider a premium if you don't mind talking numbers? I'm looking to pick up the 3" version of the OP pic with those same grips - no box etc for $790 shipped.

That sound like a fair price?

I paid a little more than that with the box, but sold my 4" with box for $750.00 I consider the 3" more valuable but that is just me.

 

[jughed440]

So what is more rare, a 3" CS 686 or a 3" 66-3 ?

of the 5000+ 3" 66s produced, 4200 of them are 66-2s made for Ashland (according to factory letter)...that doesn't leave many between the -3s, -4s, etc.

it seems a 3" 66-3 would have to be more rare than a 3" CS-1

 

[combat19]

686 CS-1 4 inch

A pic of my CS-1

 

[ENGINE18]

I am so sick of seeing these 3" CS-1s! I had to grab my 696, no-dash and imagine it being a .357! I want one bad.

I would even settle for a 686 3" NL/non-CS!

 

[HLG]

Here's mine from US Customs back in 1989.

 

[johnsonl]

I hate all of you guys. I have been a Customs Inspector for 20 years and I have never run across one of the CS-1's. I even have the 1989 Bicentennial Commemorative 586. Well, one of these days I'll be browsing the right page at the right time.

 

[P35fan]

Here are four of my 686's with the 3" barrel. The top two are CS-1s:

 

[Sportsterguy]

of the 5000+ 3" 66s produced, 4200 of them are 66-2s made for Ashland (according to factory letter)...that doesn't leave many between the -3s, -4s, etc.

it seems a 3" 66-3 would have to be more rare than a 3" CS-1

I enjoy shooting and carrying my old Ashland 3" 66-2 more than my 586. Just feels better in the hand, easier to pack, balances better for me and I don't shoot magnums through it so recoil is not a factor. The trigger and accuracy on it is just as good if not better than the CS-1's and -3 that I've shot. JMO.

P-35fan, very nice collection you have there! They all look very handsome in their dressy combats.

 

[sprscientist]

Here is mine. I found it on the AR15.com classifieds last year. It had been posted there for two months before I bought it.

 

[KCOG]

Bought this one yesterday for $550. Only marks are the typical drag line on the cylinder. Think that's a good deal?

 

[KCOG]

Nick,

There were a total of 3500 or so CS-1's produced....Janet Reno had about 1500 of them destroyed after she found out that they were being sold to mere citizens. That number included both 3 and 4 inch versions. As far as I remember, there were at least 5000 of the 3" 66 produced...so my bet would lie on the 686 CS-1 of any length being more 'rare' than the 66 3"

Maybe someone has the actual production numbers for the 66's?....I'm just going off of memory here...

Any idea on how many 4" CS-1's were released from the Customs Service?

 

[SAFireman]

Bought this one yesterday for $550. Only marks are the typical drag line on the cylinder. Think that's a good deal?

Yup, that's a good deal even if it wasn't a CS-1...It looks barely used! Enjoy it.

 

[SmithToter]

My CS-1s

Can I play, too?

Here are my two CS-1s. I bought one back in January 1989 for $298.53 OTD. The other one I bought a bit later and paid more for it.

I just love Ahrend's cocobolo grips. I put them on most of my S&Ws.

 

[KCOG]

Is there some type of social group on the forum for the CS-1? Seems to me that the 4" are more rare but the 3" are more desirable. I have the 4" but really like 3" guns. Maybe I will stumble across a 3" to match.

 

[Titan]

Drop dead gorgeous guns!

In my opinion, THE quintissential S&W revolver.

 

[S&W forever]

I like them shiny

top is a 686 6"

 

[galena]

CS-1s

Hey Guys, can I play? Here's mine. Bought it for $285.00 in 1993. It has Millett front and rear sites, they came on it. I had to take some metal off the top of the front sight to get the group to come up to center on a sillouette target. I don't think it had ever been fired until I got it. I carried it as a sworn reserve deputy for about six months and then the dept went to semi-autos.....we still had to buy them ourselves. The Hogue grips are new, I carried it with S&W wood grips and a Tyler T adaptor. It still shoots great. I was totally satisfied with it until I looked at all the CS-1 pictures, now I've got to have a 3". Thanks alot!!!!! Keep shootin'

 

[GunsRUs]

My New 686 CS1 3 inch Acquisition

Here tis my 686 3 inch CS1 that I just picked up yesterday. No original grips or box but it is still a beauty. According to SCWA the serial number dates this to early 1988.