Ever seen a lanyard ring like this?

[Dragon88]

Anyone ever seen a butt plate and lanyard ring like this? Supposedly this 686-3 belonged to a member of the RCMP. Pics speak for themselves:

 

[mc5aw]

Looks more DIY than RCMP. If there is a need to take off the grip panels, that brass plate adds four more screws to the process that require removal. Seems rather impractical.

 

[mkk41]

Have seen brass and aluminum plates added to the butt like that before. Usually on cop guns to keep them from getting beat up. Or used as trunchions.

 

[Retired LTC USAR]

Anyone ever seen a butt plate and lanyard ring like this? Supposedly this 686-3 belonged to a member of the RCMP. Pics speak for themselves:

But would it not be marked if it did belong to the RCMP?

 

[Texas Star]

I seriously doubt that a Mountie ever owned this gun. Can they even carry non-issue guns?

This one probably won't fit the issued holster, either.

 

[JM4151]

Lanyard Ring

Looks homemade!

 

[Dragon88]

I wish I had more info on the gun, but I do not. Nor do I know how a gun supposedly belonging to a Mountie made it's way to my neck of the woods. The lanyard setup to me looks like a brass plate, four wood screws and a key chain ring that someone DIYed on their 686.

Just wanted to pass this one around on the off chance it's not a one-off. When I visit the shop that has it I will handle the gun, if only to satisfy my curiosity.

 

[geoff40]

I own a Model 66 that has a factory lanyard done through target grips, it was a special order for a NH State Trooper. There is a bushing mounted off the bottom of the grip frame, which the loop is mounted on at the other end, to get their usual, bottom mounted lanyard ring through the extra wood. I can't imagine the factory doing the work done on that 686, not after seeing how they really did it.

 

[luis]

While I have not seen this design, I have seen other grips with the metal plate. Some small county departments in the 50s - 60s used the plate to break car windows in the event of an accident. None of the ones I have seen were factory but from a local smith or the department.

I would expect only smaller county departments and not city departments would have done this as large agencies required weekly gun serial number review.

 

[JWNathan]

On eBay a while back there were a set of N frame targets that had a decently thick brass plate on the butt with a steel "U" for a lanyard. think the auction was titled Alaskan grips or something. They were actually really nice looking and went for $50.
-Jesse

 

[Class III]

I'll just about guarantee that that 686 is not a former RCMP revolver. The barrel length on that specimen appears to be 4". The minimum barrel length of any handgun for anyone in CANADIA, including RCMP is 4.1". I have several friends that I hunt with that are RCMP and the only revolver I have ever seen any of them carry was a DAO Ruger, Security Six (?), with a 5" barrel. For the last 15 plus years that I have hunted in CANADIA they have been issued 3906's loaded with Winchester Ranger 124 gr +P. Last year they were all pumped at the thought that they MAY be going from the 3906's to the M & P 40 Cal (10 round mags, still it's 4 more than the Security Six and 1 more than the 3906). If it was legally re-imported it will have the importer's name, City and State stamped on it someplace. Check inside the triggerguard with a magnifying glass as I have seen a couple that were stamped there in micro print that sometimes looks like a scratch. Another couple of odd places I have seen the re-import stamp, on one 6" M10 it was on the INSIDE of the frame under the side plate and on a 6" Python it was stamped inside the crane cut out on the frame. All of the looking in the world will do you no good if it was re-imported by S & W, as the original manufacturer is not required to restamp their info on the firearm as it is already stamped on the frame. Hope this helps.

Class III

 

[Stevie]

I have seen pics somewhere of a 686 with a lanyard ring...but it's been years. The officers were all gussied up...and were wearing either 586 or 686 sidearms all lanyarded up.

Seems like it was some big city police force in the eastern part of the US...I want to say Washington DC..but I'm probably wrong..

Wasn't that sort of lanyard ring anyhow.

 

[Dragon88]

I have some more info now. Story goes that this 686 was an RCMP gun with no markings, was issued to the Mountie, and was given to him on his retirement. He was required to carry it with a lanyard, so the modifications to the butt were made.

*shrug* I dunno. The points Class III made above line up with what I know on the subject, but there are always guns out there that don't fit the mold. I'd like to see if it letters, but I'm not going to buy the gun on an unconfirmed and unlikely story.

 

[ohiococonut]

WOW! That's one big key fob!

Somehow I just can't imagine that hanging from my ignition though.

 

[Nick B.]

Rank and file members of the RCMP carried 5" S&W Mod 10s.
When they switched to semi autos they carried and still do carry the S&W 5946 , there was an exception for members with small hands to carry the 3953 if they wished.
With the semi auto pistols if it is a Mountie gun there will be a little etching of a Mountie on horseback on the gun, theoretically a gun with that marking should not be available to the public for purchase.

Certain specialist units have carried other firearms.

Police duty weapons are exempt the barrel length regulations.

If that L frame was owned by a member of the RCMP then it was a privately owned weapon and not carried on duty.

NB

 

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