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January 16, 2018
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I was very pleased to find a clearing house of other information and Dan Wesson fans here. Up until recently, I was aware of Dan Wessons but that was about it. I came into possession of an 8" stainless 44 magnum. Giving it the first good cleaning it had had in easily 30 years, I was amazed at how tight it was and the build quality. I suppose my journey continues from here.
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June 11, 2016
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Welcome from Wisconsin, sounds like you have a nice one. Any pictures?
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Dans Club
December 4, 2011
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Welcome to the forum from PA! Thanks for stopping by new members. Sounds like a nice gun you picked up, btw we love 
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February 16, 2016
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January 16, 2018
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So the next trick is figuring out the year of manufacturer. Looks like that info and databases of user info off a number of sites online is technically speaking... all over the road. This one is SN# SB0136xx.
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March 2, 2008
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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January 16, 2018
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Thanks Steve. How did you figure 1983? I ask because the info is all over the place. The SN registry here has a stainless model like mine with a SN about 1k lower than mine as from 1987. Trying to learn a pattern here with the Dan Wesson’s.
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March 25, 2013
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Toss out any numbers that say 1979 based on the wrapper. The earliest year besides that is likely close. The one from 1987 might have been in some distributors or retailers inventory for a while. Sales of Dan Wessons after 1983 or 84 slowed down quite a bit. This led to repeated financial problems after 1985. All records disappeared into the black hole of the BATF after each ownership change. Since it was before digital records, they may be lost forever.
January 16, 2018
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That didn’t occur to me, shelf time vs time of sale. A discussion I’m sure is repeated here often is head shaking at the ATF seizing the records then the documents disappearing. I remember all the gun and drug issues of the 80s. The purpose of securing records of a failing company would be to preserve them in part for LE I would think.
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March 2, 2008
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Hampton_CIT said
Thanks Steve. How did you figure 1983? I ask because the info is all over the place. The SN registry here has a stainless model like mine with a SN about 1k lower than mine as from 1987. Trying to learn a pattern here with the Dan Wesson’s.
There is a very simple rationale for my response, I was looking at the wrong page of my S/N info and gave the year for SB o.... 
1987 is clearly correct
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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January 24, 2009
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Take that thing out right now & blaze 3 cylinders of ammo down the pipe!!
Then report back & tell us exactly how BIG your grin is right then.
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