--- In danwesson@yahoogroups.com, Mike Rowles <dw7360@n...> wrote:
> On the side of the frame will be where it was manufactured.
Monson was
> the first place, hence the older gunds and on average, a better
quality
> gun. Palmer was the second place. A lot of good guns came out of
> Palmer but in the years nearing their demise, the quality was
spotty as
> they tried to punch out a lot of product too quickly.
>
> Some questions to ask:
> Adjustable or fixed sights
> Internal or external barrel nut
> Barrel style, full under lug or lighter weight barrel, also the
older
> guns had what was called the pork chop barrel where the shroud was
> actually the front part of the frame, whereas for the last 20-25
years
> the barrel shroud was straight.
> barrel length
> blue or stainless
>
> As far as dating it from the serial number, there may be an
individual
> out there with some records but all of the factory records were
turned
> over to the BATF when the company went under in the earlier 90's.
The
> new DW has not records of the old guns.
>
> If I can be of any other help, just ask.
>
> Mike (Mr. DW)
> CPK Limited
>
>
> antiquerad@c... wrote:
>
> >A guy here at work is wanting to sell me a dan wesson. He could
not
> >find the serial number on the gun. All he has found is that it
says
> >dan wesson 357 ctg 296767. Can anyone tell me the approx. age
and
> >value?
> >
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> > Thanks for the info, he does not remember where it was made,
I'm not familiar with the terms you used as far as pork chop barrel,
etc. Is there a place where I could get an exploded view of the
gun, maybe that would help both of us find out what he has. He did
tell me that it has a blue finish and he thinks the barrel is about
4 or 5 inches long and has fixed sights.
> >