Smith & Wesson 586

[albertacowboy]

I have a 6" S & W 586 revolver in .357 Magnum of which I am greatly fond, but I have to pay for a new (to me) truck. This revolver is of the earliest vintage, of the "no-dash" spec. I'm thinking of selling it and replacing it, when possible, with one of the later "dash 2 or 3" etc. variants with the later improvements. This is to avoid selling my Python, which is not going to happen.

How much of an improvement would a later 586 or 686 be over my current model, which shoots fine and works great?

 

[foxbat]

Keep your 586...It won't even come close to helping you with your truck payment by selling it, and you'll spend a lot more, for nil improvement, if you bought a new one later.....
Just a suggestion, but I would seriously consider selling my sister/wife/ 'significant other'/ mother, etc, into some type of sordid, moral turpitutde before dumping a perfectly good firearm.....

 

[brnolvr]

586 is no longer made, it ended production in 2000.
I also have a early one with no dash, My 586 would be the last revolver I would sell out of the five revolvers I own.
The later the revision the poorer the finish, the rougher the trigger pull. That what I have found.

I vote keep it and get rid of something else or lose the truck! cause once it's gone you won't find another down the road......