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May 2, 2009
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I kind of find it disturbing the amount of used DW parts on Eb@y... They can only come form one place, and that is stripping down an actual DW revolver...
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June 25, 2013
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Cannibalism...
One wonders of the motivations behind it.
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March 27, 2009
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That or from all the parts kits that were part of Dans destroyed!
February 16, 2016
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Maxwell 'Arlen' Silver said
Cannibalism...
One wonders of the motivations behind it.
Money, plain and simple. Some just look at it as business and there are times when the sum of all the parts individually, is more than the item whole.
Think what a revolver would cost, if you had a blank frame with sideplate and then bought each part separately at spare part retail prices.
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December 4, 2011
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I had the same thoughts. I also wonder if this isn't like an automotive chop shop in cyberspace.
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March 25, 2013
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I have built several guns from bare frames and parts that I collected on ebay. I happened to knock down a couple of basically unfired bare frames on Gunbroker that were sold by Toltec. It is only worth doing if the price is very low and the sideplate that was with the frame is included. If you buy a cylinder assembly try to get the hand from the same gun from the seller. It is a plus if the firing pin, spring, pin, dedent ball, spring and screw are still in the frame.
I never knew the reason Toltec broke them up. Others parts kits I think are from Law Enforcement buy back programs. They destroy the frame.
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October 17, 2008
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A few years ago I bought a box of new small parts on eBay, trigger,hammer, ejectors, hand etc.
I kept one of each and resold the box on eBay, the box had dozens of parts
June 21, 2017
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I bought a plano tackle box with maybe over 100 small DW parts in it, springs, screws, trigger asemblies, balls, nuts....etc. I suspect this came from someone who retired from gunsmithing.
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Rex Bear said
I bought a plano tackle box with maybe over 100 small DW parts in it, springs, screws, trigger asemblies, balls, nuts....etc. I suspect this came from someone who retired from gunsmithing.
Sounds like it.
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Or from someone like us with a bad case of DWAS. 
January 7, 2018
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Ole Dog said
I never knew the reason Toltec broke them up. Others parts kits I think are from Law Enforcement buy back programs. They destroy the frame.
I know this is an old post.
I am seeing a lot of the "cut frame" destroyed guns showing up. Some even with the frame minus the SN section. Makes me want to cry, but is better than melting it down. Usually the external parts are not in great condition though. I am betting this is most of the "part kits" from the police evidence locker or turn ins as stated up above this. I wonder how you get on the list to buy these? I know a Gunbroker seller that buys a bunch of intact guns from Police auctions, but rarely gets only parts. I saw an NFA he got all the parts minus the receiver once, but that is understandable.
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