hog slayer
Expert
Sense of the Smith & Wesson frame sizes? I realize that they were Factory designators, and never intended to be used as common lingo. I'm just trying to sort it out and see if there's an easy way to remember this. You don't find frame sizes in the Smith & Wesson catalog, however if you want to buy a holster you'd better know the frame size. I just went and compared a 686 4 inch revolver and a 617 to see if holsters would be common comma and the guy behind the counter says that they're different frame sizes and they won't fit. But that doesn't appear to be correct as I put them side-by-side. I was told that the 617 is AK frame, and the 686 is an L frame.