I have some old parts manuals here that I can scan a page or two and
send them to you. If it has an external hut, that means the hut
actually sticks out the ned of the barrel shroud, it puts the vintage at
early 70's late 60's....The early years of Dan Wesson. To me, if it is
that, it is not worth $200. Repair parts are hard to come by if it
needs any. Some of the parts are still in use and some are not.

To identify the pork chop barrel from the current barrel, go to our
website at www.danwessonfirearms.com. If you look at the barrels
assemblies, you will see that the shroud is a straight steel extrusion.
The old pork chop has a tang that stuck down about 1-1/2" or so that
actually was the front end of the frame. By removing the barrel
assembly, you could take out the cylinder and crane. Todays design
doesn't allow for that, the frame must be disassembled. I will get a
picture of both scanned and send them to you. The gun you are talking
about if it is an old one is at best a house gun or belly gun, intended
to just point and shoot.

Mr. DW


antiquerad@... wrote:

>--- In danwesson@yahoogroups.com, "racelover382003"
><antiquerad@c...> wrote:
>
>
>>--- 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.
>>
>>
>
>The guy here thinks the gun has an external barrel nut
>
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