Post by TMan on Mar 16, 2005 18:29:35 GMT -5
I just happened to be driving by a local gun store, and suddenly my car swerved into their parking lot. The owner is a good gunsmith, and I have no fear of buying anything used from him. I bought my Tanfoglio GT-32 and my engraved Jennings J-22 from him, even after he told me not to buy them.
Anyhow, he had 3 used S&W 686's. One was a -1, another a -4, and I don't remember what the 3rd one was, but it had a round butt. He said that the more modern ones have the round butt. I've always been partial to a nice rounded butt, but on a gun
Interestingly enough, they were 2", 4", and 6" models. The -1 was the 4", and had a square butt, so he said. I noticed that two of the guns had the firing pin in the hammer, but the 2" model didn't, but it fit my hand better than the other two. Since he gave me dry-fire permission, I tried all three, and the -1 was the best.
I asked him how the ones with the firing pin in the hammer worked. As soon as I got the words out, I flinched expecting an answer like: "You pull the trigger and it goes bang." Fortunately, he was more polite than I, and he showed me how the firing pin did not protrude even if you pressed on the hammer, you had to actually pull the trigger before the hammer would go far enough forward to protrude. The newer model had the firing pin in the frame, and trigger pull wasn't as good either. They don't make them like they used to.
In the box with one of the 686's was a brocure from S&W showing different grips they have for sale. He got busy, so I didn't discuss any further with him, but what I found interesting was the fact that they had a Square Butt Conversion for guns that have round butts, but there wasn't a conversion to make a square butt work with round butt grips.
So, my question is: why would someone want to convert from a round butt to a square butt? Is it just for looks?
Anyhow, he had 3 used S&W 686's. One was a -1, another a -4, and I don't remember what the 3rd one was, but it had a round butt. He said that the more modern ones have the round butt. I've always been partial to a nice rounded butt, but on a gun
Interestingly enough, they were 2", 4", and 6" models. The -1 was the 4", and had a square butt, so he said. I noticed that two of the guns had the firing pin in the hammer, but the 2" model didn't, but it fit my hand better than the other two. Since he gave me dry-fire permission, I tried all three, and the -1 was the best.
I asked him how the ones with the firing pin in the hammer worked. As soon as I got the words out, I flinched expecting an answer like: "You pull the trigger and it goes bang." Fortunately, he was more polite than I, and he showed me how the firing pin did not protrude even if you pressed on the hammer, you had to actually pull the trigger before the hammer would go far enough forward to protrude. The newer model had the firing pin in the frame, and trigger pull wasn't as good either. They don't make them like they used to.
In the box with one of the 686's was a brocure from S&W showing different grips they have for sale. He got busy, so I didn't discuss any further with him, but what I found interesting was the fact that they had a Square Butt Conversion for guns that have round butts, but there wasn't a conversion to make a square butt work with round butt grips.
So, my question is: why would someone want to convert from a round butt to a square butt? Is it just for looks?
