I officially joined the 686 club last month, as a kind of wedding gift to myself. I started out trying to buy a model 65 but the seller wouldn't let it go for less than $400 & I would only go to $350, so I thanked him and left. I was actually picking up a Ruger Single Six at another shop when I saw the 686-2 4" Stainless when I asked what he'd take for it. The owner said $450, I replied how about $400 OTD and the deal was done. So glad the deal didn't work out on the 65. Best of all, I bought it with change that I had been saving for the last 5 years. It was nice to see all that coin turned into something that I'll never get rid of in my lifetime, god willing, instead of on something I wouldn't remember after a year. The 686 is definately a special gun to me.