Smith & Wesson 686 plus 4" barrel

And the alterative revolver is....GP100. 4 lines running vertically (like four sentences, each on their own line) running down the left side of the barrel. AND a warning under the barrel. AND a "7 shot 357 Magnum" on the right side.

Basically a John Grishim book is printed on the GP100 barrle, but a 2mm hole just next to a cylinder release and is never been a functioning issue with the L frames is UNACCEPTABLE to the revolver community. Okay....
 
but a 2mm hole just next to a cylinder release and is never been a functioning issue with the L frames is UNACCEPTABLE to the revolver community. Okay....
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Yep, that's the way it is, and we've explained why...:D
 
Yikes,
I have both (lock, no lock) and honestly miss the nice groves on the grip frame of the adjustable sight revolvers more than anything. Maybe lock guns have the groves too?
I will say, look at what recently happened to one of our greatest firearms companies, Remington. A part of American history.:mad:
Any small step to try and prevent a bankruptcy from taking place and making a bunch of lawyers rich is fine with me.
And I do know about the Bushmaster connection, I bet there is someone/some people from Remington that totally regret that acquisition.
Kind of related:
I sold a 336 35Rem to a guy that after a weekend of hog hunting asked for his money back. He and his friend went through a box and a half of shells trying to kill a trapped hog. Drinking was also part of this happening so what is really at fault?
Marlin's much hated cross bolt safety or the fact that 2 idiots should have just gone to the bar rather than gone hunting, pretty scary actually.
 
wild cat mccane said:
And the alterative revolver is....GP100. 4 lines running vertically (like four sentences, each on their own line) running down the left side of the barrel. AND a warning under the barrel. AND a "7 shot 357 Magnum" on the right side.

Basically a John Grishim book is printed on the GP100 barrle, but a 2mm hole just next to a cylinder release and is never been a functioning issue with the L frames is UNACCEPTABLE to the revolver community. Okay....
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No matter how hard you beat this dead horse, it’s not going to get up and pull your wagon.
 
Originally posted by JustJake

Noop. Try a Ruger Police Service Six.

Good L-size Roscoe. Pick your desired barrel length.
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No, the "Six" series guns, including the Service Six, were not an L-frame equivalent; they were a K-frame equivalent. The GP-100 was Ruger's answer to Smith's L-frame.

This 6" 686-5 belonged to a friend and is my first. I then found a limited production pre-lock 7-shot 686-5 (before they started marketing them as a "Plus") and finally picked up a 4" dash-8 this last summer as part of a package deal. Now I just need to find a 2.5" and 3".



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Originally posted by wild cat mccane
And correct me, but doesn't the Ruger Police Service Six also have 4 lines of text on the left side of the barrel just like the GP100 that I mentioned?
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JustJake said:
Noop. :rolleyes:

So you stand corrected.
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Actually YOU stand corrected again. Ruger started with the barrel warnings in the late 70's, including the Six Series guns. If you don't believe me here's an example:

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First off, its only two lines on guns with longer barrels! :D

I don't remember the warning on guns from the 70s, but then, I probably just wasn't looking. I do have the two lines on the New Model Blackhawk I bought in 83.
 
wild cat mccane said:
Hum...no.

You clearly haven't picked up a GP100 in the last 30 years...

AND the bottom/underside of the Ruger barrels have a warning too.
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Not sure who that was directed to, but yes, my latest GP-100 thankfully has it on the bottom rather than the side, unlike my other one.
 
Two of my favorite revolvers are a Smith & Wesson Model 686-5 Plus and the new Colt Python, both with 4" barrels. I have found them to be equivalents in every respect, the Smith having the advantage of being significantly cheaper and, if self-defense is a priority, offering an extra shot.
At the risk of sounding hard to please, though I'm a fan of full-length under-lugs on these two revolvers (balance/handling feels better to me and the extra weight helps dampen barrel rise under recoil), I'd pay a little extra for a little longer (5") barrel.
 
I wish the 686 3-5-7 in 5" didn't come with the smooth cylinder. I just don't like that look. But it does exist. Someone else here discovered TALO no longer does the Deluxe or 3-5-7 versions of the 686 and hasn't for years. That one kinda went unnoticed.

I just bought my 5th 686 4" Plus from Firearm Depot last week. Arrives tomorrow.

The price was too high and was considering the Python. But one thing I don't care for on the Python is the 6 round cylinder against the 7 chamber 686 Plus.
 
Yeah, I know a lot of guys like unfluted cylinders in these guns, but to me an unfluted cylinder belongs in a single-action revolver, not a double-action. In a piece like a 686 it simply looks like someone didn't finish the manufacturing process.
 
I don’t care for an unfluted cylinder, the added weight is just added stress on the cylinder stop and serves no useful function as far as cylinder strength is concerned.
 
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