Smith & Wesson 686 Plus. The 7 Shot 357 Magnum
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- Today we are taking a look at the S&W 686 Plus chambered in the 357 Magnum. This is an awesome 7 Shot 357 Magnum Revolver. Are you looking for custom grips for your S&W Revolver? Browne Works has got you covered.
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I had an absolutely stunning revelation: they'll keep putting them out like that as long as we keep buying them.
That’s true
I would buy this kind of Revolver just so that small scratches don't matter. This is the great work horse Revolver.
Have a 3 inch Plus Deluxe and it is amazing. Pre cough model and zero problems.
I have one in a 3” Deluxe version. Great revolver. Never had a problem with it.
U can fix those scratches with mothers wheel polish , if there super deep wet sand first with 2000 grit sandpaper first , make sure paper is wet , there is another TH-camr Big Swoll has a channel on S&W shows u how to polish pistols
Thanks man. I will have to check that out.
Great video, thank you!!! I've wanted the 3 inch model forever!!! I'm just looking and waiting for a local dealer to get one in stock, I don't want to order online, too may QC issues with S&W reported lately. A local dealer by me has a couple of the 3" 3-5-7 model but I really like the fluted cylinder verses the non-fluted that comes with the 3-5-7 model.
Perfect, I've been looking for a revolver lately and the 4" 686+ is the one that's most caught my eye.
Just got one last month, 4.25” 686+ Distinguished Combat Magnum. Took the hogue grips off, and with some Mother’s polish and a couple hours now it’s practically a mirror. Took it to the range, and it’s just as accurate as my S&W 4506, can put all 7 rounds in the x ring.
When my wife wanted a revolver, I showed her some options online as I was deployed at the time & she settled on the 686. When I got home, I was surprised to see 7 chambers; that’s 1 more than my Ruger. She got the plus & hadn’t even realized it. Hers came with nice looking rosewood grips but I had to replace them with a rubber grip for her.
It’s a great choice
@ if you’re interested, I’ve got the rosewood grips sitting in a box of parts & probably won’t be using them. I will have to double check but it’s a strong possibility they won’t be used here again
i also have a CHarter Arms 357 Magpug. After a few hundred rounds, it has difficulty revolving. i love my 1950s S&W & Colt 38s, they still function like brand new
Mine was bad...I did a hand polish job and spring swap, added rosewood target grips. Now, it is as slick as any classic S&W. It's a shame they don't come from the factory like that.
It is a shame that the customer has to clean up their own gun
I had bought a classic series model 19 and it had a lot of the issues you are describing but on a blued gun so it was even more noticeable. I bought a new python and have been very pleased with it all the marks and scratches on it are from me using it
The S&W 686+ Deluxe comes with wood grips. Beautiful.
Isn't that only available in three inch?
@scottwoods3510 My version has the 6" barrel.
I have a .357 686-7 shot with wood grips! Got in 2024.🦅🇺🇸😊
My 4" version of this is My favorite gun!!
That is a beautiful gun. I love stainless and am looking to get a Ruger Vaquero single action in 357 stainless. If you have a single action I would love to see that video. And I also think 1911s are a great looking firearm and are more than a tool. They are art and defender of home and castle.
Something has got to give regarding the QC on these firearms. The S&W revolvers that I have all are pre-lock and before MIM with the exception of I think one. All of them have exceptional fit and finish. Guess I got lucky but yeah, they all have good ones and the occasional run of not so good ones. It's a shooter for sure Matt and looking forward to it and the Python comparison. Great video and really enjoy the revolver content!
Nice review, the Python is a safe queen that if scratched ruin your day, the 686 plus is a workhorse, f**k them scratches go have fun!
That’s still looks like a decent wheel gun.
Oh it’s a great gun. It just has a few issues.
My only issue with the Smith and Wesson revelers is Hillary Hole Saftey. I have a Smith and Wesson Model 620, which is now a collector's item because it has been discontinued. It went on from 2005 to 2008.
The internal safety can be removed rather easily.
Have a 686 6 " with the Hillary hole. My favorite gun. You take the set screw out. it is a six shot and it is quite nice. I will sell all of my other pistols before it will go.
They do offer wood grips. Its the deluxe version.
I picked up a nice set of Pachmayr grips for mine. It's my favorite handgun I have the 4" 686 plus, I bought before that stupid lock (mid 90's)..................................... I sold the Python, never looked back
I have exactly the same gun which is my back up for my Beretta 92fs as my home defense guns.
Good choice 👍🏻
I can't afford a Python, but after all these comments on QC, I'm gonna look at Ruger.
Can you do a video on shooting techniques for a revolver vs a semi auto? Anything you do different? Grip differences, etc?
I sure can. Let me put it on the list. 🤠
S&W has a QC control problems, but the cause is this: S&W hired a few bad employees who do a shoddy job, and S&W let the product pass on to the dealers--there is no intercept function in the factory, it seems. The dealers then sell the below-quality merchandise to the customers, knowingly or unknowingly. My son gifted me an unfluted 686+, and in his excitement, he did not notice the major flaw while at the FFL: the barrel was canted to 11 o'clock. Otherwise, it was a flawless specimen! Maybe it will show up sometime in March from S&W after 5 months of turn-around time.
S&W is not what it used to be.😕
I have several more S&W revolvers coming up for review and they have issues too. I agree with you about their QC. It’s sad really.
I’ve got the 3 inch with wood grips. Picked up in 2018. None of the issues that you have. I wouldn’t buy a recent made smith.
What's changed with them since then?
You are not nit picking, that is horrible that it went out like that, especially for that price. Have seen way too many videos on the terrible QC going on at the once great Smith & Wesson.
You're right, their color cased hardening has been a little weak. 😔
Compared to Smith&Wesson's matte, the Luger's glossy material is better looking and more classy, both in terms of material and construction and in fact between the 686 and the GP100 I've always preferred the GP100 even with the Colt.
Patriot Gun Polishing Service from Miami FL will take care of any finish flaws, -
I will have to check them out man. Thanks. 🤠
@@wyominggunproject A new growth industry: aftermarket refinishing services for brand-new guns. Sad that it's come to that.
@@gnosticnight it really is.
I have the 5-inch Talo edition.
That’s sweet 🤠
S&w qc won’t go up until pay does. Hopefully they band together and unionize.
I owned the 686 L frame in 357 and it was not a 7 shot, but a six shot.
You’re not nitpicking, not for what these revolvers cost.
Wish the sits were like GP100
329 is scandium
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I always feel that the Luger GP-100 is more realistic than the Smith & Wesson 686, and Luger's overall frame structure, commonly known as "a lump of steel", is stronger than Smith & Wesson and Colt.
By Luger, do you mean Ruger?
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I have the same 686-6 plus. I just could not stand the rubber grips. I went with Altamount walnut grips. So much better than the cheesy rubber. I am always pleasantly surprised by how well I can shoot the 686-6 4" barrel. It's maybe too heavy for carry around (i'm small) but it is just fun to shoot at the range.
Are you sure this gun wasn't sitting in the gun case for a while? Getting groped by customers? Mine was fine.
I don’t think so because I go to that store about once a week and they didn’t have one because I was keeping my eye out for one then one day I showed up and there it was. So it couldn’t have been there more than a week.
It is Smith & Wesson as all other guns are mass production too. The review is okay a little too much opinionated about quality
That’s funny because the Colt Python is mass produced and has none of these problems. 🤷🏻♂️
@@wyominggunproject Not made in America first, then I have talked to some whom had problems with there Colts too. You get a good one or a bad one with either company. Both are still great revolvers.
Had many issues with my new 686. Bought it a couple years ago. Sent it back to S&W. Came back to me with the same issues I sent it back to S&W with. Light primer strikes. Cylinder coming loose. Factory grip interfered with hammer spring. Had to cure all this BS myself. $900 revolver that needed work to function from the start.
Unfortunately I have heard this a lot about S&W quality lately.
@@wyominggunproject I bought a new 686+ a few months ago. The cylinder locked up after a hundred rounds because the ejector rod was bad. Upon close inspection, the end of it looked like it had been hacksawed off crookedly. Then I bought one of their "performance center" revolvers and had mechanical problems. The quality control is not what it used to be. I have a model 66 from 1977 that still functions perfectly after thousands of rounds.
Smith &Wesson customer service and there quality is keeping me from purchasing anymore of there products. Think I'll buy the python.
I don’t blame you.
Finish is very rough and ugly.
Yep