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February 1, 2016
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If you believe that gun came from Monson as a SS, then you may believe this is my brass magnet !! 
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February 20, 2008
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snake-eye said
Hey Photo, does your 715 have the over travel screw in the trigger or in the frame?
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March 25, 2013
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I was that other collector. I told him he should post close up pictures of the top of the hammer, serial number, sideplate behind the cylinder, the chambers if possible and the frame behind the trigger.
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February 13, 2012
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Well, I bought the silly thing. ( before coming across this thread -yikes!). Yep, it's stainless. And gorgeous on the outside. Some small scratches. Most of the internal are stainless, with the weird exception of the part of the hammer assembly that meets the trigger. The side plate screws are blued but polished somehow or something on the heads. The inside was desert dry, the hammer spring was rusted and stuck. After some love, some reduced power springs by wolf and the other ones by Erik and it purrs like a kitten. I tried it out yesterday with the six inch barrel and it was more accurate than I am. Of course, the finish is like a refrigerator and shows fingerprints. Lol.
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March 25, 2013
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Stainless guns have stainless sideplate screws. Dan Wesson also never made stainless rear sights. If you can post pictures of the serial number, cylinder stop, frame mounted trigger stop screw, rear sight, and the top of the hammer spur we can discern if it is stainless or chrome.
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March 2, 2008
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Here's a really wacky, way out there idea: a 15-2 that has had bluing completely polished off, to yield a gun "in the white". I'm not even saying that this is the case here (because it is WAY out there), but I have seen pictures of revolvers polished to "white", and then waxed to be pretty shiny.
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May 2, 2009
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I may need to go pull out my high polish 714 - -I bought it from a former Monson VP and assume it is a one-off from the old days. I don't mess with it much because I never figured out if it was high polish SS, or a nickel/chrome job. SD serial number
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March 25, 2013
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Shoot, I think you have the real McCoy. The first stainless started with an S, then S/, then SD. I am not sure when they went to letter codes for the model. I used to know but I used to know lots of things. I think sometime after 1983?
February 16, 2016
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That Trigger is polished for sure.
February 20, 2008
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SHOOTIST357 said
I may need to go pull out my high polish 714 - -I bought it from a former Monson VP and assume it is a one-off from the old days. I don't mess with it much because I never figured out if it was high polish SS, or a nickel/chrome job. SD serial number
Shoot, is that a fixed sight? 83 sound right, mine is an 82 with SD6353
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May 2, 2009
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photohause said
Mine is fixed sight 714-- is yours high polish model?
February 29, 2012
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Just to add to this thread.
My Stainless Steel 714 DW Revolver (not high polish model) SN# S/00463X
Wondering if it's Stainless Steel or not? Take off the grip, and check the grip tang.
If it is a Stainless Steel gun and not a refinish, you'll see SS inside a circle there.
If a revolver has the SS in a circle mark, cast into the grip tang...
Then it's definitely Stainless Steel.
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February 20, 2008
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SHOOTIST357 said
Mine is fixed sight 714-- is yours high polish model?
No high polish - standard.
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May 2, 2009
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the funny thing is, the finish on my 709 puts the 714 to shame 🙂 It is a true mirror finish gun.
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February 16, 2016
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Bullwolf said
Wondering if it's Stainless Steel or not? Take off the grip, and check the grip tang. If it is a Stainless Steel gun the revolver will have "SS" in a circle mark, cast into the grip tang.
Great information, thanks for sharing.
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February 22, 2009
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SHOOTIST357 said
the funny thing is, the finish on my 709 puts the 714 to shame 🙂 It is a true mirror finish gun.SHOOT
there's the 38 I'm waiting on..... or a 708; not picky....
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May 2, 2009
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rwsem said
there's the 38 I'm waiting on..... or a 708; not picky....
You and about a dozen other DW enthusiasts 🙂 Maybe some day it will go up for sale--I'm getting older, kids are in college, prices keep climbing... here's some eye candy...
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February 13, 2012
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February 13, 2012
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So here are the photos I took. Apart from the part of the hammer nothing is blued. The inside was really rough -like it was carved out of a block and I had to sand it w/1500 grit paper and then polish it to get it smoother. It wasn't smooth chrome. And nothing flaked off when I worked on it. The recessed part of the of the barrel shrouds are't smooth either. Either someone removed all of the blue and left the inside of the gun in the white (which given the rust on the hammer spring I don't think is possible because it would likely have rusted or something equally odd is going on. Or it's stainless. The outside of the shrouds etc have fine scratches in bright light. ????
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February 13, 2012
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BTW when I was polishing the inside of the side plate (with a dremmel because I'm an idiot) I slipped and the shaft hit the edge of the side plate (you can barely see it in the third picture). No chipping.
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