Saturday morning I was out fooling around and decided to stop in one of my favorite pawn shops. I don't usually get any screaming deals from them but they are at least realistic on their pricing which I like. To my surprise they had a quite a few S&W's in the case today. A 686 and a 586 caught my eye. I checked out the 6" 686 first since all I own are stainless revolvers so that is what I gravitate to. It was a no dash model with rubber replacement grips. It was in descent shape but it had some miles on it. They were asking $600 for it and I could not do that without the original grips.
I then asked to see the 6" 586. Since I don't own any blued revolvers it was kind of hard for me to judge the finish since I have no experience. The blueing looked pretty good at the time and it had the original grips. Lockup was tight and the screw heads were not buggered. It was a no dash model and it was not M stamped. They were asking $524.99 but I passed since I generally don't like 6" revolvers.
Well I went home and thought about it and did some reading in my Standard Catalog of S&W and decided if I could get them down a few bucks it may be worth it. They are closed on Sunday so I went up during lunch yesterday. It was still there and I looked at it again. I am not sure what was going through my head on Saturday but after looking at it again I came to the conclusion it was pretty much new. Blueing is near perfect on it and after looking closely it was not fired much.
I would up getting it for $475 out the door with a cheap cloth handgun case thrown in but no box and paperwork. I was trying for $450 but could not get there. I am not sure if I will be sending it in to S&W for the recall or not since I really do not shoot hot .357’s. Sorry for the long post.........
Later,
Person
I then asked to see the 6" 586. Since I don't own any blued revolvers it was kind of hard for me to judge the finish since I have no experience. The blueing looked pretty good at the time and it had the original grips. Lockup was tight and the screw heads were not buggered. It was a no dash model and it was not M stamped. They were asking $524.99 but I passed since I generally don't like 6" revolvers.
Well I went home and thought about it and did some reading in my Standard Catalog of S&W and decided if I could get them down a few bucks it may be worth it. They are closed on Sunday so I went up during lunch yesterday. It was still there and I looked at it again. I am not sure what was going through my head on Saturday but after looking at it again I came to the conclusion it was pretty much new. Blueing is near perfect on it and after looking closely it was not fired much.
I would up getting it for $475 out the door with a cheap cloth handgun case thrown in but no box and paperwork. I was trying for $450 but could not get there. I am not sure if I will be sending it in to S&W for the recall or not since I really do not shoot hot .357’s. Sorry for the long post.........
Later,
Person