New to me 686, anyone have a date chart?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - New to me 686, anyone have a date chart?

Posted: 4/16/2021 12:33:14 PM EDT

Picked up a 686(no dash) in trade this morning, SN AEJ05XX. Wondering if anyone has a date chart they could check, not finding anything on google.
I did find info on a recall for cylinder binding, looks like this one wasn't sent in for the fix. Off to the range to try it out.

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Posted: 8/16/2021 12:59:35 PM EDT

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I have the exact gun.
Serial #ADF63##
I bought it new in February of 1984

Posted: 8/16/2021 10:19:40 PM EDT

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I have the exact gun.
Serial #ADF63##
I bought it new in February of 1984

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Ended up getting differing information. S&W told me 1986, but the date chart a member posted in another thread shows mid or late 1984.

Didn't take long for it to become one of my favorites.

Posted: 8/17/2021 9:20:26 AM EDT

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Ended up getting differing information. S&W told me 1986, but the date chart a member posted in another thread shows mid or late 1984.

Didn't take long for it to become one of my favorites.

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The date charts are only an approximation. Especially with the triple letter series.

Posted: 8/28/2021 6:57:28 PM EDT

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Mid late 84 is correct

Posted: 8/28/2021 7:04:32 PM EDT

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If you ask over at http://smith-wessonforum.com/ you will get someone that has the book and can look it up for you.

Posted: 8/28/2021 7:07:11 PM EDT

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Ended up getting differing information. S&W told me 1986, but the date chart a member posted in another thread shows mid or late 1984.

Didn't take long for it to become one of my favorites.

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By 86 the -1 were out

Posted: 8/29/2021 9:18:57 PM EDT

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I'm jumping on this: What information does the dash convey?

My brother had a 4" 686-4 and I always wondered what the "-4" meant.

Posted: 8/29/2021 10:04:25 PM EDT

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I'm jumping on this: What information does the dash convey?

My brother had a 4" 686-4 and I always wondered what the "-4" meant.

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Long story short, revision number. A lot like M16, M16A1, etc.

Each dash number brought an "improvement" to the original design.

Posted: 8/29/2021 11:04:33 PM EDT

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No dash is an early one, early 1980's

no dash sometimes have an "M" stamp to show it had the recall fix.

I had one, many years ago, and the did the "M" upgrade for free.

686 is a classic

I love them.

those grips are worth a pretty penny too.

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Mine is a dash -4 that I had cut from 6" to 5" and 7 shot cylinder installed.

Posted: 8/29/2021 11:15:57 PM EDT

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Beautiful score op!

Posted: 8/30/2021 7:41:34 PM EDT

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No dash is an early one, early 1980's

no dash sometimes have an "M" stamp to show it had the recall fix.

I had one, many years ago, and the did the "M" upgrade for free.

686 is a classic

I love them.

those grips are worth a pretty penny too.

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Mine is a dash -4 that I had cut from 6" to 5" and 7 shot cylinder installed.

https://i.imgur.com/NvpZM5S.jpg

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I like that-a lot! Best of the 4" and best of the 6" rolled into one. Mine is staying as-is except maybe for a gentle polish-but I do have a more recent 4" 686 that I think will be getting a trigger job and lock delete soon.

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