S&W 686 plus revolver.....

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Anyone have an opinion on the .357 S&W 686 plus revolver? Does it having a seven round capacity change any of the good reviews that the regular six shot gets or does this just make it better?

TIA:confused:
 
In the State, people can carry a gun or home defence, that make one more round has a big advantage and selling point. We are in Canada, law was made up for bad guys, not good guys. Defence is not allow thus one more round has nothing for us but a little expensive. I have a six shot 686 and is a very sweet shooter.

Trigun
 
The extra round means you don't have to reload quite as soon as with six. Unfortunately it also means finding a speed loader for it will be a definite problem. I like the PC627. An 8 shooter and a real nice handgun - my favourite. The 686 is a smaller frame though and does feel smaller and lighter in the hand.
 
I have a 7 shooter. Same gun as a 6 shooter, you can put more holes at
once, an extra chamber for cleaning. That is the difference.
 
Thanks for the feedback. Some people got the wrong impression of my question. I wasn't asking about the extra round being a benefit or not, I was wondering if it compromised anything and made the gun lose it's proven track record. Was thinking maybe the changes to make room for the extra round caused any issues.
 
Nothing to take away from its track record. Still a solid performer. The main reason I got one was for the 5" barrel. :)
 
One observation; after handling 686 7-shooter I wouldn't be surprised if this revolver is even stronger gun than standard 6-shot one. This might sound absurd but the weakest point on any modern 6-bore revolver is cylinder, to be more specific; bolt notch area. All blown up revolvers (pictures) I had seen clearly indicate that split went through bolt notch. Some folks mentioned that all splits actually started in bolt notch. Ruger made them bit offset to make cylinder stronger, but if you check 6-bore S&W you will see that bolt notch is right above/bellow chamber where the cylinder wall is the thinnest. By going with 7-bore cylinder, bolt notch is now positioned between chambers so outer cylinder wall is not weakened. In that respect, even with 7-bore cylinder and reduced thickness between chambers, overall strength might be up. S&W made big mistake (IMHO) not making N-frame 27 7-bore and long enough to accept 357 case when loaded with Lyman 357429 crimped in crimp groove.
 
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