"PLUS" doesn't really matter. If someone points either of them at you, do you really care if they have 6 or 7 shots? A friend of mine, when I was shopping for a home defense pistol told me, "If you ever have to point a gun at someone, make sure it's big enough that they can hear themselves echo down the barrel". Made sense to me!Nice, I have a 686 with 6" barrel, stainless, not a "PLUS" though.