Mine gets worked out fairly regularly, mostly to keep my trigger work more honest.
It’s a 4” 686-5 P with no keyhole and Hogue grip, from circa 1997 or so. Action work by SPC is really slick, one of the smoother DA’s I’ve shot and a ridiculously crisp SA- it is truly a tack driver if I do my part.
I think it cost me somewhere in the neighborhood of $600 back in 2000 or so.
Well worth the $600!
So fun to shoot. My first -6 I wanted new. But my next one will have no lock
No x81s? I love this one, gets to go to the range frequently
I've had one 686 or another since shortly after they were introduced. The last, a -5, has an auxiliary cylinder fitted by a gentleman named Vito at S&W, who has since retired. I had one of the cylinders rechambered for 9MM. So I guess I'm one of those 686 guys
I dont get to shoot it as much as I want lately but it is a tack driver.
The 642 has a fresh cerakote and hardchrome refinish, street action job and cylinder chamfer by APW Cogan. Excellent work and a wonderful trigger. I beat the crap out of it as an EDC and BUG as well as many rounds.
686 my mom bought for me in the mid 80s. It’s in my son’s safe now.
I have a ton of good memories tied to that revolver.
First gun purchase was a 686 (-2 I think) for $350ish brand new back in the early 90's. Other guns have come and gone but this one will never be sold by me.
"Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
First gun I ever bought as an adult was the 681 no dash in the early 80's, it made the recall trip but has never given a moment's trouble and the accuracy is so consistent I could never find a way to rank the chambers and stamp one. Gave it to my Dad and eventually came back to me when he went to heaven.
If a full power .357 round is the thing to be launched I find these to be the best balanced hand launchers out there.
Nice seeing all these -5s. Still pre-lock, but after the new frame cutover so current production parts will work. The hammer will show a gap where the lock engages, but at least S&W will still service them. Also when they started pinning the front sight so it was replaceable.
If you got an early enough -5 there was a brief period where the new hammers (no nose) that work with the frame mounted firing pin were still forged even on the non-PC guns.
Guys, whats a good sized carry revolver (for winter)? So big jackets etc
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