Lou_the_welder
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I was at the LGS about a month ago when I saw it. I was picking something up when my sales guy Jess says, "Hey, Lou- check this out." And he shows it to me. A 686 5". So, you know what I'm thinking. I already have a 686 5". I do not need another. ...I walked away from it.
That was about a month ago. So, anyways. I was doing my usual "window shopping" as I usually do, over the "internets" when I seen my LGS had that same gun I saw on sale! I thought, sale! Ok. Now I need it. I hadn't warmed up my last rebate card long enough when I said, gotta make a purchase.
The barbarella "686"
Hints of features reminiscent to flash Gordon, coalescing in the physical embodiment of a revolver , the 686+ performance center 5" came in a grey plastic box marked "vented". You either love or hate this gun. I admire it.
I had done an internet search on this gun and somehow found a video with Bob Miele(?) Some guy from S&W performance center talking about this same gun. He said these guns came with "action jobs" from the factory, having a 10.5# DA pull and a 3.5# SA pull. Moonclip ready, yada, yada. But I thought, if he's referring to a master action package, that's a savings of $160 something. And that wouldn't be bad.
I quickly got home and began to scrutinize mine rather quickly. First of all, it does have a factory trigger job. I check all my new triggers on a gauge and this one is good enough to leave alone. Although the SA pull was 4.5# on mine, if I put rounds through it, it may loosen up a bit. DA was closer to 11#s, but again-nothing some dry firing or real firing might smoothen out.
Barrel cylinder gap .004"(more than acceptable)
The tear drop custom hammer feels tiny for my fat thumb and the extended cylinder latch is very nice and does not effect the use of speedloaders or moonclips. There's plenty of room.
Acceptable crown, cylinder play and force cone. The rest I can check later.
The unflutted/moonclipped 7 shot cylinder makes this a niche gun. But if you ask me, to what niche this may fall in? Ich weiß nicht! Weekend warrior. Range beast. Outdoor gun. Conversation piece. Definitely.
All I know is that i must shoot it. Good sights. Great trigger. Almost a piece you may want to leave in factory form.
It was on sale for $799 and I used a $30 rebate card and am applying for another rebate card for this one. They first offered it to me for $950 and I turned it down a month ago. Minus if it does have a factory action package(worth $160?) Then I did alright.
I'll shoot it this weekend. Well see how it goes.
Pictures or it didnt happen.
Added. If anybody knows exactly what type of action job is on these guns and their cost, chime in please. I'm only going by what the cost is in their current catalog.
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That was about a month ago. So, anyways. I was doing my usual "window shopping" as I usually do, over the "internets" when I seen my LGS had that same gun I saw on sale! I thought, sale! Ok. Now I need it. I hadn't warmed up my last rebate card long enough when I said, gotta make a purchase.
The barbarella "686"
Hints of features reminiscent to flash Gordon, coalescing in the physical embodiment of a revolver , the 686+ performance center 5" came in a grey plastic box marked "vented". You either love or hate this gun. I admire it.
I had done an internet search on this gun and somehow found a video with Bob Miele(?) Some guy from S&W performance center talking about this same gun. He said these guns came with "action jobs" from the factory, having a 10.5# DA pull and a 3.5# SA pull. Moonclip ready, yada, yada. But I thought, if he's referring to a master action package, that's a savings of $160 something. And that wouldn't be bad.
I quickly got home and began to scrutinize mine rather quickly. First of all, it does have a factory trigger job. I check all my new triggers on a gauge and this one is good enough to leave alone. Although the SA pull was 4.5# on mine, if I put rounds through it, it may loosen up a bit. DA was closer to 11#s, but again-nothing some dry firing or real firing might smoothen out.
Barrel cylinder gap .004"(more than acceptable)
The tear drop custom hammer feels tiny for my fat thumb and the extended cylinder latch is very nice and does not effect the use of speedloaders or moonclips. There's plenty of room.
Acceptable crown, cylinder play and force cone. The rest I can check later.
The unflutted/moonclipped 7 shot cylinder makes this a niche gun. But if you ask me, to what niche this may fall in? Ich weiß nicht! Weekend warrior. Range beast. Outdoor gun. Conversation piece. Definitely.
All I know is that i must shoot it. Good sights. Great trigger. Almost a piece you may want to leave in factory form.
It was on sale for $799 and I used a $30 rebate card and am applying for another rebate card for this one. They first offered it to me for $950 and I turned it down a month ago. Minus if it does have a factory action package(worth $160?) Then I did alright.
I'll shoot it this weekend. Well see how it goes.
Pictures or it didnt happen.
Added. If anybody knows exactly what type of action job is on these guns and their cost, chime in please. I'm only going by what the cost is in their current catalog.
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Shipping to my FFL is $127.32. That still leaves Buds as the better deal.
It's good to hear the brake pedal works too! I've seen those on Hogue's website for quite some time and wondered how they functioned. What a great start to the week.
I most assuredly twist my own but never used CCI primers. I use Winchester exclusively with no headaches. I broke down & bought a trigger pull gauge a few weeks ago (not the high dollar one) & it showed 1.5 lbs in SA on my PowerPort that I shoot 2-3 times a week. The WLPs have never given me a minutes problem. I hope you try & wear that new one out just to see what it'll take. sw282 has been keeping a round count on his 44 Magnum Hunter and is at the 13000 neighborhood IIRC. I'm horrible at keeping log books... 
