Brothernov
Member
Hello everyone, I've been lurking here around here quite a while learning everything I can about revolvers in general and S&W in particular ever since a buddy of mine showed me his newly acquired 686. I've always been a pure Colt 1911 guy, but when I held my buddy's 686 I decided I was going to add the best damn revolver ever made to my collection. Initially I assumed it would be a python, but after losing a weeks worth of work researching the internet, I concluded that all the colt's are great, but the cost difference didn't equal the value difference. In fact, I've concluded that a lot of knowledgeable folks believe that if you could only own 1 gun, it should be a 686 dash 4 or lower. That said, I scoured gun broker.com looking for a 686, and just brought home the dash 3 in the pic below. It is pristine. You literally couldn't distinguish it from a brand new one off the assembly line. I get a stiffy just holding holding it. It's quality engineering at it's best and I couldn't be happier to own it. It's the coolest thing I own and I own a lot of cool things. Obviously I can't wait to shoot it, but a big part of me wants to build a display case for it and hang it over the fireplace. ok, I'll calm down now. I'd like to learn as much about this weapon as I can, I know that because it's a 3 it was built between 1998 and 1990. I think my serial number is BPH7012, if that's not it I'll need to remove the grips to figure it out. Can you Guru's/Experts provide me any additional info about this gun, at least a most specific date of manufacture? Thanks in advance for all your help and everything I've learned reading all your posts.
