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April 15, 2015
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Hi folks, I'm a new member with a new to me Dan Wesson .357. I've been searching the forum trying to pin down what I have, and I hope some one here can clear it up for me. It's a Monson gun, with a 3.75 inch barrel, pork chop shroud, adjustable sights, recessed cylinder, Five digit Serial #4306x . I assume it was blue, but it's been Cerakoted. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
December 19, 2014
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Howdy, welcome to the 
. If it says "Model 15" below the Monson, Mass. writing and the rear sight looks like the sight in the attached pic then it's a Model 15 (no dash), otherwise it's a 15-1 (15-2 have non-porkchop shrouds).
April 15, 2015
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Thanks, this one doesn't have any model number on it, and the adjustable sight is smaller than yours.
December 19, 2014
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Yup, 15-1. We love pics so post them up. And of course we need a range report ASAP!
April 15, 2015
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I'll do my best to get a pic up, I've only fired six rounds, at various small targets at various distances, I didn't miss any of them. 
Any guess on the year of mfg.?
December 19, 2014
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Hopefully SteveCt will weigh in, he's got the good numbers on the dates. My "suspect" guess is late '74 to early '75.
These DW's don't miss much
April 15, 2015
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Thank you for the info, yeah this thing is very accurate, it makes me grin out loud.
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March 25, 2013
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Shooting like that is only partly the gun. You must have some skills. I have no proof but a unfounded suspicion that the porkchop shrouded guns may be more accurate in general than the -2 models. Does anyone else have any opinions on this observation.
April 15, 2015
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Well, I don't know about skill, just lots of practice.
December 19, 2014
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Ole dog - I personally doubt that gun-to-gun there is any accuracy difference simply because I don't think Mr. Wesson would have deliberately reduced the accuracy in pursuit of something else (e.g. cost savings). One thing to note, is that it seems more common that the newer models have the longer barrels attached (in the pics of the pacs) and maybe they are getting shot more often than the shorter barrels (of which the older models seem to be shown more with the shorter barrels). The accuracy of a longer barrel is well documented (longer sight radius) but it takes a lot of skill to handle the longer barrels (more bullet velocity therefore different aim point, etc). Don't know for sure, just me rambling a bit. (I'm excluding the snubbie barrels in my treatise, thinking more of the 4" and up)
Of course for me, the porkchop models are the most accurate (Ok, those are the only ones I have LOL).
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March 2, 2008
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middlecalf said
Hopefully SteveCt will weigh in, he's got the good numbers on the dates. My "suspect" guess is late '74 to early '75.These DW's don't miss much
Paul got this pretty much on the button. Just a guess looking at the very slim info on the -1 models, most likely 1974
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April 18, 2014
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Show us some 
. We love pics of Dan Wesson.. Helps us help you too.
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March 2, 2008
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Dan Mullins said
Thank you again, I appreciate that. I've not found a lot of info on the 15-1, but by searching this forum I was pretty sure I had one. I sure do like this revolver.
THIS may help you understand where your DW came from, and where they progressed after the 15-1
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April 15, 2015
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Ok, I think I can get these pictures to work, I'm not crazy about the Cerakote. What do you think?
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December 5, 2008
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Would that be a Pinto or a reverse Pinto?
It grows on you. If I look at it too long I'll probably want one. 
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April 18, 2014
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That's different. not bad, like painted pony. there ya go. I could get used to it...
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April 15, 2015
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Haha, I guess we all agree, I've gotten used to it.
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March 2, 2008
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Dan Mullins said
Haha, guess we all agree, I've gotten used to it, but I'd sure like it to be that gorgeous Dan Wesson blue.
Obviously, too late for DW blue, my guess is that the original finish got so crapped out that heroic measures were needed. I am intrigued by two tone guns, that one was pretty well done.
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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