Pistol Toter
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- Jan 10, 2005
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About 3 weeks ago in the middle of the afternoon my phone rang. The voice on the other end I recognized as a friend and gunsmith that works at my favorite gun shop. He called me by name and said "I just got a trade in that you may just want to see, I have never seen one of these." Oh! What have you got? What he had was a pristine virtually unfired mid-night black 6 inch model 686, line on the cylinder so faint it is nearly imperceptible, no brass on the shield, not a scratch anywhere, with what looked like a little bullet lube on the breech end of the barrel, with a set of rubber Hogue grips Four hundred dollars later and I'm out the door. It laid on my desk for a week when I tore it down. The inside looked like it had just come off the end of the line. I meticulously cleaned and lubed and with one last wipe with a Shield soaked rag it went into a heavy zipper lock bag and on to the safe. I realize that it may not be the greatest find but with only a production of 2500 someday a revolver like this just might be a nice collector. The serial number starts BBE----. Maybe the forum members would like to start a registry of these; it would be facinating to see how many could be accounted for. I will eventually get this one lettered. I think that I will now be looking for a 4"er so that it won't be too lonely. That's my first L frame so it feels out of place with the K's and N's. I kept it hidden from my son until I got it cleaned up, it took a pick handle to get it out of his hands. LOL I thought you fellows might enjoy the interesting story about the acquistion. From the mountains of eastern Tennessee, Pistol Toter
