686 any day. I’ve owned maybe 15 or 16 Rugers. Most when I had a full a long time ago. I kept buying them and selling if they didn’t shoot well. I kept the last one.
The Rugers are crude revolvers! Crude sights, rude triggers and their quality in the early years were the pits. I have no desire to own another Ruger. My brother had a Super Red Hawk 44 Mag. It looked like the factory couldn’t decide whether to put the barrel on a 44 or a 45. It was a little small for the 45, but close. That revolver just shot bullets that tumbled.
I own quite a few S&W including a 586 (blue version of the 686). I really like that revolver.
