Good Deal on Used 686 at BassPro -- production year?

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I just bought a 6-inch 686-1 from the "Fine Gun Room" at Bass Pro Shops. Serial number AWLxxxx. Anybody know the production year? I'm guessing 1988 or 1989.

Great condition, original checkered wood grips with speedloader cut--which I'll replace with either Hogue Monogrip or finger-grooved, smooth wood grips. Hardly any topstrap cutting. ONLY $370! Who would have thought you'd find a decent price on a used gun from BPS?

Pics to come later.

I'll be shooting mainly .38 and .357 wadcutter or semiwadcutter handloads through it. This one replaces the 4-incher I bought in 1987 and sold in college a few years later.
 
I bought a M686-2 a few months back from Cabela's for $500. $370 is a very good price for a great old S&W revolver. Since I was able to see my M619 a few weeks later I didn't put out a lot of money for the M686. I regret selling the M619 though and if I could do it all over I would keep both.
 
Congratulations on a fine firearm. The 686 is an excellent firearm and at $370, it is truely a bargain.

Congratulations again!

And happy holidays!
 
This is my second 686. When I was in high school back in 1987, I saved up the princely sum of $250, which I gave to my dad to buy me a used 686-no dash--my first handgun. I then paid an exorbitant $36 for a set of smooth wood grips with finger grooves. I still regret having sold it a few years later.

Tonight, I removed the yoke and cylinder and cleaned them and their related parts. Someone has removed the sideplate before because the screws show the evidence. I'll be checking the internals in a few days.

I'm interested to see if the action has been tuned at all because the single-action trigger pull is pretty light and very smooth.

Can't wait for a range trip, which will probably be next week at the latest.

Merry Christmas to all!
 
UnderDawgAl,
Make sure the previous owner didn't mess with the springs. Sometimes people who don't know what they are doing will cut a spring to make the trigger feel lighter. As we all know that's not a good idea for reliability...

If you get out to the range next week don't forget to give us a report.

A Very Merry Christmas to you too...
 
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