I agree with the others...too high.
The 686 is an astounding gun. The original 686 was designed to compete directly with the Colt Python. And the gun writers who compared the two guns found them to be about dead even, with the 686 actually beating the Python in some cases. I recently got a 686 6-inch (recent production) and it looks like it's very well made, too, but I haven't shot it.
I also have one of the first 686 pistols made, and I haven't shot that, either; it's far too beautiful (and heavy). I mostly collect them these days. And if I do want to shoot a .357, I shoot my Ruger Security-Six. I prefer medium frame guns to the heavy frames (and yeah, I know that S&W calls their 686s "medium frame," but as Lincoln is purported to have said, if you call a dog's tail a "leg," it's still a tail!). Nope, the Model 19/66s were medium frames! The L-frames are a bit heavier than mediums and a bit lighter than heavy frames. Perhaps we should call them "Medium+" I reckon if my wife wanted to gain weight, she could still call herself "petite," but she'd still bust the scales!
Anyway, I'd take some cash in bargain with them. And when you get the gun, get some Flitz or Simichrome polish, put on a good movie and make it shine!
The Model 66 was a great gun, and one S&W should still make,
in my opinion.
This is one of the first 686s out of production. It has hard chromed
hammer and trigger, an integral front sight and a stamped side plate.
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