Just from your pics it appears to have some minor pitting evidence so I'd say it was media blasted at some point and refinished.
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It has absolutely been blasted. Someone please get out the book and check the ser#. Mine is lost in the storage unit.
That is definitely aftermarket hard chrome finish. S&W had similar offerings but not on the model 586. One was on the Model 28, it was referred to as a satin nickel. The other which is not like this but they did a 686 in midnight blue, essentially blued a stainless gun it turned out to look like a dull blue. Really did not sell well as the finish was not as durable as a traditional blued revolver. Based on the frame markings if I am seeing it correctly that initially left the factory as a blued revolver. Manufactured late 80s 88-89
