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Recently inherited a much prized DW .357 after my dad passed. Been lurking a while learning things I never knew about these guns. My dad loved the gun as did I when I was a teenager. Picked it up after not shooting it for 30+ years and surprisingly knocked the X out of the middle of the target. I had forgotten what an accurate shooter this is. From reading around here I am pretty sure what I have is a 15-2 (Monson, Mass 357142). I assume the first 3 digits being 357 is a coincidence? Happy to learn anything else you guys may be able to pass on. Thanks to all the contributions to this site. I have always been a fan of this particular piece, but am now a big fan of these DW firearms in general.
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
I remember my dad acquired this gun from a guy he knew that came in one day and said if he did not take $10 to the pawn shop where he had pawned the gun he was gonna lose the gun and still owe them $10. The guy told my dad he'd rather him have it than the pawn shop if my dad would give him the $10 to pay them. So that is how this piece came into my dad's possession. I think my dad felt bad for the guy and gave him $50, but even in the early 80's, that was still a pretty good deal I'd say. It only had the 2 and 4 inch barrels when my dad got it, not sure if it had more barrels with it originally or not. I found the 8" barrel recently and added it.
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