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December 7, 2020
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I did my research online with archived magazine articles, and had a brief conversation with his brother, George.
This 1988 Pre-production model came standard with the blued barrels on the SS gun. The font of "445 SuperMag" is different than production models. And I have speculated that only the pre-production barrel assemblies came stamped with "U.S.A." behind Monson Mass as most marketing media and production models are missing this.
DM being an avid hunter supposedly suggested that clamps were not adequate for the power of the larger bore may have introduced the idea of factory out-of-the-box mounted scope. In that same year, the Hunter Pac was introduced.
DM also received Palmer pre-production (prototypes?) of the new compensated barrel assemblies after what many owners still call a failure of the Power Port barrel system. These compensated barrel assemblies required the barrel nut tool to remove the end cap. Both the tool and the end caps were redesigned before production:
This Dan did accompany him on many trips where he posted his trophy shots in magazines.
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Very interesting! Thanks.
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January 24, 2009
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Very cool, thanks for showing the shot of the end caps. I'm glad DW decided to change them to the knurled type for production. Regarding your theory on the "USA" on the shrouds, I think you are probably correct.
The only question I have is why is there a blue BA in that set? I could kind of see it if it was a different length from the other one, but it's not...so, kinda odd.
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