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Post by bushog on Dec 25, 2018 18:43:25 GMT -5
I'm looking for a 686 with the 5" half lug barrel.
Actually I'm really just looking for a barrel.....
Can anybody help?
Will S&W sell me a barrel?
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Post by warhawk on Dec 25, 2018 22:14:40 GMT -5
Look at the current Performance Center 686+ five inch
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Post by jfs on Dec 26, 2018 16:50:43 GMT -5
Bought my 5"- 686 when they first came out and was surprised at the 25yd accuracy with the F/O front and V notch rear and good trigger.. TIGHT cylinder gap.. Good gun
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 26, 2018 17:26:21 GMT -5
I'm looking for a 686 with the 5" half lug barrel. Actually I'm really just looking for a barrel..... Can anybody help? Will S&W sell me a barrel? ***** Not aware of Smith & Wesson ever selling a barrel----unless factory installs. Call S&W. In my experience, when the factory installs a different barrel, the takeoff is returned. Now I have a question: what is an S&W “half lug barrel?” David Bradshaw |
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Post by matt56 on Dec 26, 2018 17:37:37 GMT -5
You will have to call S&W to see if they will modify your existing gun. The problem is the 5" half lug barrel 686-6+ was a 2004 stocking dealer special and not a regular catalog item. If S&W even has any barrels left they might not part with them. The product code for this particular gun was 164284 if it's any help.
Since a 686 was always equipped with a full underlug these special guns are routinely noted as having "half lugs" just because it's a feature the gun wasn't normally equipped with. I probably wouldn't call a 629 with a standard barrel the same thing.
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Post by jfs on Dec 26, 2018 18:21:44 GMT -5
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Post by bushog on Dec 26, 2018 18:55:32 GMT -5
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Post by bushog on Dec 26, 2018 18:56:48 GMT -5
Bought my 5"- 686 when they first came out and was surprised at the 25yd accuracy with the F/O front and V notch rear and good trigger.. TIGHT cylinder gap.. Good gun Yep...that's it! I'll find one..... Thing is that it is the only half lug L-frame barrel other than the mountain gun barrel. |
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Post by matt56 on Dec 27, 2018 15:55:09 GMT -5
Probably not many know about the S&W model 619 and 620. They are L frame 7 shots designed in the 2000s to replace the 4 inch model 65 and 66. Here is a 620 www.gunbroker.com/item/795135060And a 619 www.gunbroker.com/item/791385497Obviously they never caught on but I would buy one for the right price. They do have a two piece barrel which is not typical of an L frame. |
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Post by tedro on Dec 28, 2018 6:19:43 GMT -5
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Post by bushog on Dec 28, 2018 6:42:00 GMT -5
Oh Grasshopper..... Thanks for the tip but you have to be careful on fleabay as sellers are not of our breed. If you read further it is actually a 66 barrel. I saw that one several days ago and almost swallowed my tongue until I investigated.... |
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Post by bushog on Dec 28, 2018 6:43:08 GMT -5
Probably not many know about the S&W model 619 and 620. They are L frame 7 shots designed in the 2000s to replace the 4 inch model 65 and 66. Here is a 620 www.gunbroker.com/item/795135060And a 619 www.gunbroker.com/item/791385497Obviously they never caught on but I would buy one for the right price. They do have a two piece barrel which is not typical of an L frame. Here... www.gunblast.com/SW619-620.htmI think If I were going with a 2 piece barrel in .357 I'd buy one of the new M66-8s For an L frame with 2 piece barrel the M69 is a fine revolver.... |
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Post by tedro on Dec 28, 2018 6:52:17 GMT -5
Oh Grasshopper..... Thanks for the tip but you have to be careful on fleabay as sellers are not of our breed. If you read further it is actually a 66 barrel. I saw that one several days ago and almost swallowed my tongue until I investigated.... Ouch, sorry for the bad info, I just scrolled past it looking at barrels. |
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Post by matt56 on Dec 28, 2018 17:53:56 GMT -5
I had a 66-8 that I traded off for something somewhere. It was a good gun, shot where you aimed, very accurate, it just didn't do anything for me that made me want to keep it. I do have a 69 also. It's accurate too but it's going to take a little more for me to let go of that one.
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