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Join Date: June 20, 2011
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do I have a collector revolver ????
I have a new smith wesson 686 and the SKU # Model # on box is different from what I purchased... I called S&W to see if I was reading it correctly.
The seral # on box match my revolver, however the other numbers call for a 6 round cylinder and I have a 7..... |
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Join Date: November 6, 2011
Location: Burien,WA
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sounds like you have some kind of S&W factory SNAFU, not sure you could call it a collector piece though.
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Join Date: October 14, 2009
Location: Sunshine and Keystone States
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Make sure you don't have 7 holes cut into a 6-shot cylinder. Another forum user (Japle I believe) bought one of those and it would have been potentially dangerous to fire since one or more of the cylinder bore holes had dangerously thin walls, especially for a .357 mag. S&W replaced the cylinder free of charge.
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Join Date: October 10, 1998
Location: Ohio USA
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I'd forgotten about that. I don't recall who it was that happened to. W/luck, whoever it was will chime in. |
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#6 |
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Join Date: October 14, 2009
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Actually, now that I see the picture again (thanks Sport45), Japle's revolver had 6 holes cut into a 7-shot cylinder. Same issue with the wall thickness.
Last edited by spacecoast; November 6, 2012 at 04:13 PM. |
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#7 |
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Join Date: February 23, 2005
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No, it doesn't make it a "collectable"...maybe a novely or a point of discussion over coffee...or whatever....but no big deal in my view.
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#8 |
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Join Date: June 20, 2011
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thanks
thanks, everyone....... Glad I ask... I will check it out.....
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#9 |
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Join Date: June 20, 2011
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thanks
must be poor record keeping.... cylinder looks OK...
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