The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: twyacht on December 24, 2012, 08:35:00 AM
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I really admire 4" Revolvers. Especially after having to let my Ruger Police Service Six in SS go to another home years ago.
Always liked the 686, started combing around for one, but always came across ones with the internal lock. :-\
Working in another part of the state, I finally found one at a fair price.
The SA trigger is downright scary light. Adj. rear, and very smooth DA. This one was hardly used and in exceptional condition.
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/SummerandK31and686014_zps8798e78b.jpg)
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/SummerandK31and686013_zps8fd76297.jpg)
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/SummerandK31and686002_zps10081601.jpg)
The manual calls it the Distinguished Combat Magnum modeled after the Model 66 predecessor. It is a stout and very comfortable pistol to shoot full house loads in, and very accurate.
Love these 4" revolvers.
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Beautiful TW. Which revision is it? Hard to say from the pictures. -1? -2? And if you don't mind how much did you pay? Mine is a -1. While some people are posting over-inflated prices on the auction sites, I think the $650 range is about right.
The only thing I'd like on mine is to chamfer the chambers and make the front site replaceable. I might have to give in and get a Pro-Shop SSR model. Probably cheaper than machining my older one. They're selling NIB for about $770 on-line
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Beautiful TW. Which revision is it? Hard to say from the pictures. -1? -2? And if you don't mind how much did you pay? Mine is a -1. While some people are posting over-inflated prices on the auction sites, I think the $650 range is about right.
The only thing I'd like on mine is to chamfer the chambers and make the front site replaceable. I might have to give in and get a Pro-Shop SSR model. Probably cheaper than machining my older one. They're selling NIB for about $770 on-line
Don't know the revision, when the cylinder is open the numbers AHI1988 and under says MOD 686 are on the frame.
than on the yoke it has A10 and under is a 32349 number. There is a V on the back of the open cylinder. It also has the MARCAS REGISTRADAS under the Made In The USA engraving.
If that helps I'd love to know the revision, and what differences the -1 and -2 mean.
I think the dealer said it was 1988. But I stole it for under $500. ::)
Thanks alf, I know your an aficionado on S&W Revolvers.
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Very nice! Congrats
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Yours appears to be an unmodified no-dash. Which means it was the original design. -1, -2, etc. indicate engineering/manufacturing changes.
According to "the book" this one should actually be from 1985ish.
Here's the run down:
-1 1986 changed the internals a little bit.
-M 1987 An overstamp indicating a no-dash or -1 had a recall modification, hammer nose I think. Not an overriding safety issue.
-2 1987 hammer nose bushing change
all the way to the current -6 which has internal lock and MIM parts.
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Sounds like Santa is being VERY nice to TW this year ! ;D
What did you do ?
Offer to shovel up after the Rein deer ? ;D
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Wow, that's nice! Merry Christmas.
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Sounds like Santa is being VERY nice to TW this year ! ;D
What did you do ?
Offer to shovel up after the Rein deer ? ;D
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/redneck_christmas.jpg)
Yes, I needed to make up after my "naughty-ness" last year.... ::)
Thank You for the info alf. I really appreciate it.!!!!!!!!
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I have owned a couple of those over the years, and they have all been very accurate shooters. Nice gun.
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Beautiful Smith! Gotta love the pre lock 686's. Mel bought me the 6" back in 1984. I added the 2 1/2" a couple of years later. I think the L-Frame S&W's are just about the perfect frame size.
(http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50/billt460/SmithWessonRevolvers001.jpg)
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Great find. I got mine for under 5 and had it worked over for IDPA. Next up, after an AR is a 4" 625, also worked over for IDPA and USPSA.
Richard
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Love the grips on the snub billt. Quite the pair!!!
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That's exactly what I have been looking for.
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I should add that some years ago, (pre lock), S&W had a recall on the 686's. Supposedly they said the guns could lock up with hot loads, because the hole for the firing pin was oversize. This would allow material from the primer cup to "flow" into the area left open by the oversize hole, thereby tying up the cylinder of the gun.
I'm not sure of the serial number range that was included in the recall, but I'm sure you could E-Mail S&W for it. I never returned mine because I never experienced such a problem. I even tried to deliberately cause it by firing some old 110 grain Super-Vel loads I had from the 70's laying around. No dice. The gun ate them without a hitch. The primers were extremely flat, and showed some cratering and tooling marks , but no more than any other hot handload would. Super-Vel manufactured some of the hottest ammunition avaliable at the time, and was loaded to much higher pressures than even +P ammo today. So I figured if it ain't broke, why try to fix it. Most of the people I talked to about this said the problem was sporadic, and not all guns in the serial number range had the issue.