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December 21, 2016
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anyone see the .44 "trainer"on GB? any thoughts?
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June 11, 2016
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I saw it but it makes no sense to me unless you are some serious collector that wants it. What good is a gun that does not shoot?
Did you know that DW made a 22LR Rifle? I saw one on a website the other day they were asking about 1K for it, had no idea they had made a rifle.
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December 21, 2016
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December 4, 2011
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Why does it need to ship to an FFL? It has no firing pin or even a place for one, it's no moe a gun than an airsoft pistol, even less than that since it won' fire anything. Interesting piece but I don' need any non functional items in the collection. Would like to hear the history on this one though.
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October 17, 2008
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I saw that one too, why ship a paperweight thru an FFL
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March 2, 2008
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DA....64 said
I saw it but it makes no sense to me unless you are some serious collector that wants it. What good is a gun that does not shoot?Did you know that DW made a 22LR Rifle? I saw one on a website the other day they were asking about 1K for it, had no idea they had made a rifle.
Maybe this was called the "Coyote"?
Yes, there was a "Dan Wesson" .22 lr rifle
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January 17, 2015
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Up here deactivated guns demand a premium, they are necessary to teach the firearms licencing course and a bit of a nuisance to get them verified as permanently 'non-working'. I was handling a friend's deactivated Tommy gun the other day and man I would love to send a few mags down wind with a real one - though it is a heavy beast.
August 9, 2015
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I never got the appeal of non firing replica guns. It would be like having a non driving /running replica car...what's the use.
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January 24, 2009
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I don't get it either...especially since it's from Norwich, it's not like a Norwich 744 is a "ground breaking" special gun at the time. 
However, since I doubt a similar one like this will cross our paths any time in the next decade, I am posting the important pics from this ad here for posterity...
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February 4, 2017
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You might see it as useless...you might think of it as a paperweight...but, what's that old saying about beauty in the eye of the beholder?
It's always going to be a wonderful example of DW craftsmanship...a larger amount of effort went into this than an operational pistol. And...just think of the rarity! Some might consider this the keystone to a DW collection.
And, by the way...it looks like it's on the way to a good home somewhere.
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April 20, 2010
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I see it as a quite interesting rarity that will have an appeal to the serious Dan Wesson collector. Appealing in a similar way that factory brochures, ads and fliers are etc. I do not understand why it needs to go through an FFL though. The auction description looks like the seller copies and pastes a lot of it, as if it is used in all his auctions.
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December 4, 2011
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Anybody see what it sold for? I missed getting it in my watch list.
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June 11, 2016
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It is still in auction one bid 700.00.
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December 4, 2011
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That' odd, it didn' show up when I searched earlier. Have to try again.
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If a man designed it, and a man built it, then a man can fix it.
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April 20, 2010
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"The lion and the tiger may be more powerful, but the Wolf does not perform in the circus"
February 20, 2008
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DA....64 said
What good is a gun that does not shoot?
Obviously, these were made for Democrats!!
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June 11, 2016
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LOL
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