http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:53:05 +0000 http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/686-short-stop#post-107 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:28:51 +0000 Daniel 107@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Just returned from the local gun shop after inspecting my new arrival from S&amp;W. It’s a 686 2.5” variant. I was told it was the only ‘new’ one available across the network and I was a bit surprised it arrived so quickly. I ordered it on Friday and it came in on Wednesday! In any event I was pleased. </p> <p>The darn thing is a handful, or at least its stubby L-frame design makes it look that way. Granted, I don’t have a large posture and my hands are medium at best. The stock Batman grips fit me better than I expected. </p> <p>Still, I’ll be sending it off to be tweaked, mooned and honed while I&#39;ll ask H. Bowen to add his sights and tune it. I haven’t decided if I’ll leave the hammer alone or bobb it. If I&#39;m feeling large afterwards, I may well have it finished in either hard chrome or NP3. Frankly, I never have really liked the stock stainless look from smith but that&#39;s just me. In any event, I was looking for a good range gun and a custom candidate and this should do fine.</p> <p>Any thoughts are welcomed as this forum is still new, so I thought to throw this out.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Dan Ortego </p>