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August 5, 2011 - 10:04 pm
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is a stainless 715  357 revolver a large frame or small frame ? 

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Everything below 357 max ( which is a huge frame) are small frame Dan's.

 

so 22

22 mag

32

32-20

357

38

Now lil' Dan's are tiny frame five shot Dans

 

Large frame 41 mag and up

 

7 is stainless

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the ser. num starts with a   SD006XX what does the sd mean ?

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yea i found that but i was wondering what the SD at the begining means, anything  ?

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If it did they didn't keep the SD very long, serial #"s starting showing up

a few years later starting with a "357".

 

Member Charger Fan was working on decoding the lettering system awhile

back, sorry, can't seem to find that post right now.

 

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We've had a few discussions on this--no real hard facts.  S is probably stainless.  Then if you look carefulley, it seems like A=22 D=357, etc.

A few of us have the SD guns.

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ok would ya'll think a 715  357 with a 6 inch barrel and a 4 inch barrel ,looks like a ewk barrel tool , hogue grips and also has original grips ,a bianchi leather holster,and sights have been replaced with blackhawk adjustable sights and the original sights are included  would be worth 500.00

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I will give you my non-expert opinion, if that 715 functions alright and looks in decent shape- YES I think it is a very good buy with all that. If I found one in my area at that price with 2 barrels and everything I'd jump on it right away.

Like I said provided it is in shooting condition with no major issue. I'm sure other guys will weigh in with guidance here also. And of course we will need pics when you get it!

 

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There was a period in the early-mid '80's where the Stainless numbering  seemed to lead with "S", followed by another letter that looked to be caliber specific. As with all things in the DW Serial Number world, things changed after a time, probably driven by an ownership change.

Buy the gun, it's a good deal. Be aware that there were all metal DW factory barrel wrenches that can look a bit like the EWK wrench, getting the extra rear sight is a real plus.

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well i got it ,just got back i'll post up pics when i figure out how , lol , thats something i need to learn how to do . oh he threw in a box of ammo too .

 

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August 6, 2011 - 4:36 pm
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Depends on what a guy wants and how much he wants to give for one!  If both parties walk away happy theb it was a good deal!  poke

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dwa_midwest i agree 100 % , i would liked to have got it for less of course but i'm happy with the buy and he seemed like he was happy too.

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