Rarest Dan Wesson?

[Jefferson]

LOL, I should have known you'd be involved somehow Jeff. You're right, you should have bought it. - dan

I am usually lurking around, just did not want to give the guy the satisfaction of making 300 beans in 10 minutes,

I had a dan Wesson 357 super mag at the time and a MOA, ruger super Blackhawk 44, T/C with 6 barrels, EAB pistol in supermag I think, 1 xp100, 2 annies in rimfire

exemplar, a Wichita in silver, and some other neat stuff so I did not need it to compete with,

as they say those were the days, miss them but eyes are not what they used to be,

Jeff

 

[handofzeus]

I've been a member of the DW Forum for a number of years also, I actually posted some pics back when and nobody had seen any for sale for awhile as I recall. Mine has no gold inlay but there isn't a mark on her and she still has the Burris sticker on the scope. This hunter didn't come with extra barrels. Only one barrel and two shrouds, one scoped and bare and one with irons. It may not be Gucci but I love the mini samsonite case!

 

[Zedbra]

^ that looks good. Do you like shooting with the scope? I find it sure makes it heavy, but a lot more fun lobbing them at 50yds and 100yds. Here's my Dan with a scope on my 8" shroud

 

[marshall]

The barrels are not eather with the proper paper work, they are leaving , not coming in.
CBSA don't have to answer to anyone, maybe union leader?
I don't think I have ever seen a engraved one , sold couple pac's in the 80's, have not seen one since.

The shrouds are not illegal to ship, though. Send them through a courier.

 

[dan belisle]

When I was looking at the first DW 44 Magnums in Canada, the very first ones were heavily engraved (78? 79?). There were also special finishes, my 44 VH6 is in what DW called Satin Blue, which looks remarkably like Colt electroless nickel. - dan

 

[handofzeus]

^ that looks good. Do you like shooting with the scope? I find it sure makes it heavy, but a lot more fun lobbing them at 50yds and 100yds. Here's my Dan with a scope on my 8" shroud

Nice. I don't shoot the hunter....ever. I have another Dan with a 6" that is crazy accurate. Some of your weight issue might be the scope size. My God man, I've seen sniper scopes smaller than that!

 

[marshall]

That scope is kind huge, reminds me of a 2.5' s.s. ruger sec. six with a scope mount, I kid you not.
I have a 6 in D-w, fixed sights, but it doesn't have that nice rich blue, a 14 I think

 

[dan belisle]

Yes, fixed sights were 14/714, adjustable 15/715. - dan

 

[P9S]

love my DW so much I did a web page for it (retired)
if you don't want to read the blah blah blah hope you like the pics

http://www.neonfeather.com/dw44mag/

 

[Harry Callahan]

love my DW so much I did a web page for it (retired)
if you don't want to read the blah blah blah hope you like the pics

http://www.neonfeather.com/dw44mag/

Very nice job done with that .44. Looks great and gave the DW some personality!

 

[Harry Callahan]

Here's a quick picture of three DW's. From top to bottom: Mod. 15-2 .357 8" VH from 1985, Mod. 22 .22lr 6" VH from 1979 and my shooter, a '83 stainless Mod. 722 .22lr 6" VH. All are Monson manuf. in box with docs and tool. The 722 as seen a few thousand rounds, the other two are in new condition.

 

[handofzeus]

Read the Blog, thanks. That Widowmaker is unique, to say the least! Thanks for sharing. (I even read the text!)

 

[dan belisle]

I still have my 44V (3 digit serial number), a 357 max Model 40VS, and a 22VH. I've had a few others over the years, should have kept them all, lol. - dan

 

[handofzeus]

I know the feeling of regret. 4 years ago I came across a 22VH for $400 that sat in the case for 3 months. I thought about it every day until one day I checked and.....poof, gone.

 

[unstableryan]

I've got a model 15 with the 6" and 8", with the case, paperwork, buckle and tools.

It's a decent revolver

 

[handofzeus]

I've got a model 15 with the 6" and 8", with the case, paperwork, buckle and tools.

It's a decent revolver

Always love to see pics of somebody's toys!

 

[unstableryan]

Always love to see pics of somebody's toys!

I'll put it all together for a pic later or tomorrow, but we just realized what time it is... we are going to be late for something.

 

[handofzeus]

Sorry for reviving this thread but I'm still searching for an estimate on Hunter Pack values. I keep checking the US auctions and general online listings including a response from the DW Forum (nada) and it's pretty hard to base a price when you can't find another example! I know I don't have a one of a kind but this is nuts. Does anybody know anyone who has a DW Hunter in the Samsonite case???!

 

[dan belisle]

Last hunter pack I saw in 44 went for 1200. That was a while back though. - dan

 

[handofzeus]

Thanks Dan, just curious as to how far back. 5, 10, 15 years? Mine is .357 BTW.