Railrunner85
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I have a smith and wesson 686 DCM pre-lock. I've been told that the Distinguished Combat Magnum means nothing, Is this true?
My memory, I was shooting revolvers in PPC when the 686/586 were introduced was that:I have never heard the term Distinguished Combat Magnum before.
The M586/686 is the Distinguished Service Magnum.
The M581/681 is the Service Magnum.
The M19/66 is the Combat Magnum.
After reading your post, I did some research and found I was in error. My memory of the early 80's is not as good as yours. I stand corrected.My memory, I was shooting revolvers in PPC when the 686/586 were introduced was that:
The 586/686 were the Distinguished Combat Magnums - Distinguished to refer to the PPC Distinguished Match for which is was designed to compete with the Colt Python and Combat Magnum to tie it's linage to the M19/66
The 591/681 were the Distinguished Service Magnums - The fixed sights on there guns would classify them as Service guns