Downside of the SW686
The one bad thing about the SW686 is that the sucker will digest high pressure .357 mags by the thousands without a hiccup. You will not be able to tell your spouse "I've worn this one out. I need to get another."
As long as you can live with reliability, durability, quality, and the ability to give it a slick DA trigger, you'll be satisfied. Oh, and you'll be stuck with merely hundreds of holster options in leather, kydex, and other materials.
Yeah, and don't forget you won't be able to spend as much as on one of those new service autos, which seem to start about $100-200 more.
Last, you will no doubt discover that it will also digest really cheap & easy to shoot .38spl wadcutter target ammo.
SW686--The Honda Accord of revolvers.