My dad has an old .357 Magnum revolver and we are Just wondering what It's worth. I cant find it anywhere online. It's a Smith and Wesson Model 586 stainless steel. The problem Is, I have been told by many that Smith and Wesson doesn't make a Model 586 In stainless. So what Is It, a misprinted 686? It's also 29 years old, Im not sure If they made a Model 686 back then though. My questions are, what is it, how much Is It worth? I will post pictures, also sorry If my Grammar Is off a litle bit, Im on my phone.
What Is this revolver, and what Is It worth?
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g.willikers
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A nickel plated 586?
lee n. field
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Nickel plate -- that's my thought too. It looks shinier than I see most stainless guns.
Winchester_73
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Same is true for hammer and trigger, unless someone would bother switching them out. Case hardened = 586, SS = 686
The gun appears to be a 586-4 or older, since its pre lock. I think -4 is the cutoff for those pre lock guns. That will be inside the yoke, when you open the cylinder, in the revealed portion where a serial number also is.
I would say $650 to $800, because nickel isn't readily available in a 586.
686 triggers and hammers were carbon steel also. S&W flash chromed most of them to look like stainless steel.
Page 269 of the 3rd edition of the SCSW shows a 686 with case hardened trigger and hammer.
S&W did not nickel plate stainless steel so either the gun is a 686 that someone polished the finish or it's a 586 and the 5 looks like a 6.
Jim
Winchester_73
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Ok, well for a SS gun, esp that model, without the lock, it would have the flash plating. If its case hardened, it would be a later 686. The one pictured in this thread does not have a lock. I'm pretty sure even through a -3 they had this flash plating. Later on, they did go to case hardened for SS revolvers. My mistake.
Jim Watson
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It's shiny like nickel and unlike stainless; except where S&W never plate their guns, it is marked 586 which was available nickel plated.
I conclude it is a nickel plated 586.
$800 seems a generous price, but they are discontinued and therefore automatic collectors items in the minds of many.
I conclude it is a nickel plated 586.
$800 seems a generous price, but they are discontinued and therefore automatic collectors items in the minds of many.
No offense to the OP or the other posters but it looks like the front sight insert is missing. And, although it's hard to tell because of the poor focus of the pictures, the finish looks a little dinged or scratched.
If those are all the case I think you're doing a disservice to the OP telling him the gun is worth $700-$800. A some what dinged up nickel 586 is not going to bring that kind of money in any gun shop I've ever been in.
Dave
If those are all the case I think you're doing a disservice to the OP telling him the gun is worth $700-$800. A some what dinged up nickel 586 is not going to bring that kind of money in any gun shop I've ever been in.
Dave
Sorry for the somewhat bad camera quality, I was using my outdated android lol. I don't have the best nerves and shaking makes it a little blurry. I don't know what you're talking about with It being dinged up though, 
any revolver will have a few scratches here and there If over a few years old and this Gun Is 28 years old. The sight Is perfectly on aim and shoots bullseyes anywhere you point it (If you can see that far)...
any revolver will have a few scratches here and there If over a few years old and this Gun Is 28 years old. The sight Is perfectly on aim and shoots bullseyes anywhere you point it (If you can see that far)...