Old 686 police trade-in purchase

[scott1970]

One of our local police supply stores is getting in lots of revolvers from police trade-ins from Puerto Rico. I found this one in the big 'ol pile of various revolvers.

It's a no dash 686 which dates to early 1981. It is super clean. Amazingly, super clean and in superb condition other than some light finish wear on the grips. And this from a store known far and wide for never cleaning any police trade-in. I suspect this revolver was never issued.

After haggling with them I got it out the door for a grand total of $454. I've since turned down an offer of $600.

 

[lamarw]

Very Nice~ Did it come with the wood grips?

I paid $440 for my -1 back in Nov. 2011, but it came with ugly rubber grips. It now has similar beautiful wood grips like yours.

Great score on your part.

 

[scott1970]

It came with the targets in the picture.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Scott1970:

Very nice Model 686 - you got a great deal. I wrote about one of our local gun stores that are also selling the LEO trade-ins from Puerto Rico:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/377354-used-google-page-ranking-leo-handguns-sale.html

I did not see any L-frames for sale when I purchased my Ruger Security Six. My Ruger was very clean on the outside, but absolutely filthy on the inside. Thankfully, there was no rust.

Regards,

Dave

 

[scott1970]

Hey, same stores. I found mine at GT Distributors in northwest Georgia.

This most recent batch had three L frames, a pair of Colt Agents, a mess of Smith .38s, and several Ruger .357s.

Staff told me they had purchased hundreds of handguns and would have plenty of variety coming in for a while.

 

[snubbiefan]

Sounds like a sweet deal.....and really sweet if the gun has no import marks on it. Not that it makes a twit of difference in the quality of the gun, but it does to some folks. Asking around here for just about any 686 pre-lock is $700-plus retail.

You'll need to check and see if it's been sent home for the "M" fix, or decide you don't want to send it home.

 

[scott1970]

No import stamps on any of them. It may have been a deal breaker, but I was spared the decision.

 

[old bear]

I don't understand why a import stamp is such a big deal to many; after all it's just a part of the revolvers history. It in no way effects the Performance of the revolver.

 

[Buford57]

I'm not sure why an import stamp would be necessary, since Puerto Rico is in a Commonwealth relationship with the US. The stainless Rugers seemed to be very popular when I was working down there 20 years ago.

 

[nyeti]

Here is another thread with some info:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/377354-used-google-page-ranking-leo-handguns-sale.html

 

[scott1970]

I'm not sure why an import stamp would be necessary, since Puerto Rico is in a Commonwealth relationship with the US. The stainless Rugers seemed to be very popular when I was working down there 20 years ago.

They have several that look like they were carried back when you were down there. Rough, but cheap.