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March 19, 2017 - 12:20 pm
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Howdy, 

I'm a long time lurker on the forum and just thought I'd introduce myself.  The first firearm I ever purchased, 28 years ago, was a DW 715 VH6 and it remains my favorite revolver and the most accurate.  I'm an active duty Marine and firearms collector and researcher.  Mostly Stevens 520/620 shotguns but some military firearms as well.  I blog and answer history and value questions on the Gun Values Board and several other forums.  Here are pictures of my DWs, my original 715, a 744 which I believe is a Monson gun assembled in Palmer (the 6" is the original barrel), and a 15-2 snubby with detective grips.

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Glad you are not lurking anymore. Nice stable of Dans. That Monson frame and Palmer shroud dates the gun to 1991. That happened a lot that year. Who needs the name twice anyway. 

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March 19, 2017 - 5:34 pm
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Welcome to the dwf thanks for stopping by the New Members area and good job on pics in the first post!  We like cool-pics.  Nice collection you have.  

Also, thank you for your service!proud-to-be-an-american

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Thanks for the kind welcome!  Also thanks for the confirmation on the age of the 744.  I've estimated 1983 for the 15-2 and 1986 for the 715, if off please correct me.  Looking forward to learning more and sharing with the DW community.

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Welcome to the forum.  The grain on those .44 grips look exceptionally nice compared to the normal we see.

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Thanks Harley, they are very nice.  Luck of the draw I guess.

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