I brought a 586 6 inch a few years back as a trade gun I prefer stainless handguns for every day use.

So I never fired it until to day so checked it out ran a patch threw the barrel and clyer's grabbed a few 125gr jhps that I had laying around loose.

Figuring I would just sight it in I sat down at 25 yards fired, first shot was about 2 inches low and 2 inches to the left.

I clicked in a couple adjustment on the sight and proceeded to fire a 5 inch 5 shot group all over the place.

I am wow what's up with that I loaded another cly full and proceeded to fire another group it shot off to the left about the same size.

I adjusted the sights again and it shot way to the right.

I thought something screwy here so I grabbed a box of Winchester match 38s and proceeded to fire a 4 inch group with them.

I good revolver should be some where around 2 inches or less.

I than took back into the gun room Cleaned the crap out of it.

I took it back out and after a couple cly full I started to get good decent 10 yard groups a couple where nice one ragged hole.

So after a box of 148 match it seemed to be shooting decent. I than fire a 6 shot group double action off hand at 25 that 4 cut one ragged hole pulled one 2 inches low and another 1.5 inches to the right.

So about a 2.5 inch group not to bad at 25 yards but I have seen better

I went and found another box of 125jhp loaded with 13grs of AL7 with a 1981 load date on them.

I went prone and proceeded to but 3 into .75 a inch low at 25. Clicked in a couple more of elevation and proceed to put the other 3 into less than a inch a .5 high.

I proceeded to shoot the rest of the box up at various ranges the last cly was 15 yards double action 5 in one ragged hole and pulled one about a inch left.

Don't know what caused the first horrible groups but she shoots like a champ now.

Glad you got your 586 to shoot. I have a 686 equipped with a red dot sight:


It also shoots! This was shot at 50 yards with a max hunting load and an MTM pistol rest:

Peter.

I bought one of the early production 586 Smith's and it was a shooter. The only gun I wish I would never have sold/traded. I gave $210 out the door brand new for that wheel gun almost 35 years ago. You will not be let down with that L frame!

BTW, mine had the 6" barrel also.

If it was a 686 I would like it a lot better

p dog, isn't the only difference that the 6 series is SS?
peter.

Yep the 686 is stainless

I have decade old stainless revolvers that look great the blued ones show the same wear a lot worse.