Let's see some pre-lock 6" 686's

[M3Stuart]

My 686-1 6" now has the Pachmayr Decelerator grips. Yippee!

And I polished it with some Fitz polish.

 

[WE0H]

Suppose my 586-2 is not good enough?

Wish I'd have seen the 686 back then rather than the 586 I bought. I was a total newbie to handguns back then.

Mike

 

[AveragEd]

Here are some basic photos of mine - two no-dash, one -3 unfluted and two -5 PowerPorts. The unfluted -3 and the first PowerPort are unfired.

Ed

 

[jmark1651]

Nice 686's. I must say the 586 is wonderful,also. I love a blued revolver!

 

[Saddleup]

Here is first post and my 686 no dash, great shooting gun.
Matt

 

[WE0H]

Here is first post and my 686 no dash, great shooting gun.
Matt

Very pretty 686 Welcome to the forum. These people are awesome around here

Mike

 

[M3Stuart]

Hi Saddleup; welcome. That's what mine looked like before I went to the Pachmayr grips. I wanted some rubber between the metal backstrap and my hand.

Weoh - your 586-2 looks fine to me! Great choice actually - as many on this board will confirm!

Nice 686's!

 

[WE0H]

Hi Saddleup; welcome. That's what mine looked like before I went to the Pachmayr grips. I wanted some rubber between the metal backstrap and my hand.

Weoh - your 586-2 looks fine to me! Great choice actually - as many on this board will confirm!

Nice 686's!

I bought that in the mid '80's I believe. I am the original owner. I put those Hogue grips on it as the factory grips would tear my hand's skin. It has not even 500 rounds thru it.

Mike

 

[sw44spl]

that 586 looks real nice.

 

[586L-Frame]

My S&W 686-4 6 inch L-Frame that I will be picking-up in a few more days.
586L-Frame

DLC's S&W 686-4 6 inch L-Frame.

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[586L-Frame]

Here's my two 586 no-dash L-Frame's that I originally bought new in 1981 & 1982 and my 6 inch Ruger GP100.
586L-Frame

DLC's .357 Magnums-Ruger GP100 6', S&W 586L-Frame 6" & 4" Distinguished Combat Magnums.

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[TDC]

A very early 686 no-dash...

 

[410bore]

A very early 686 no-dash...

very neat with the patridge sight i would like to stumble into one like that

 

[snubbiefan]

Crappy picture.....good gun.

 

[markeb]

Not the greatest picture. My first gun purchase. It's a 686-4 bought new in 94. One of the best shooters I own.

 

[TDC]

very neat with the patridge sight i would like to stumble into one like that

This was a special PD order that I made immediately after the L frames were introduced. Quite a few Patridge front sights appeared later on 686's instead of the more common Red Ramp so you've got a good shot at finding another. I also ordered its "brother," a 4 inch, with the more common Red Ramp at the same time..

Very nice guns!!

 

[tbury]

1985 vintage 686 6" with "hunter" front sight.

 

[wheelgun28]

Heres a 686-3, classic hunter

Supposed to be 5000 or so of them around but they dont come up for sale all to often it seems

I wish I had the box...

Dont pick on me for the Houge grip, it was factory on this

 

[AveragEd]

I have one of your gun's twins but mine came unfired in its original box with checkered Goncalo Alves target stocks (and the box is marked "TS").

I learned from Smith & Wesson that they don't know how many of them were made because a huge computer failure wiped out their records. All they can tell you is that since that crash, they have shipped three of them and there are no more in inventory. When I told her that the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson states that 5,000 were made, she deferred to that figure as being correct.

Here's a photo of my gun's box label.

Ed

 

[AveragEd]

There is kind of an oddball 6" 686-4 for sale on GunBroker right now (item #235598186). It is supposed to be a -4 gun but it has MIM parts - hammer, trigger and cylinder release. I at first thought it was a -5 gun but it doesn't have the extended cylinder stop on the frame that the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson says a -5 should have. I can't believe a former owner would have changed all three parts over from forged to MIM.

Anyone else ever seen this?

Ed