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December 4, 2011
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I'll throw in my 2 cents here. I think you guys are trying to read a lot more into this barrel wrench color code thing than there actually is. Dan Wesson was a small company and they most likely bought supplies in when they were cheap if possible. They also probably used what ever was on the shelf at the time they needed something. This is a common practice in the automotive industry as well as the marine industry.
IE, I had an old Jaguar and even though the factory wiring diagram showed a specific color code for a wire, that didn't mean that your car would conform to the color code. If a guy on the line ran out of the proper color wire, he would use what was at hand to finish the job. Also, some items would be found on non corresponding year vehicles due to supplies either running out early or lasting longer than expected until used up.
I suspect DW did the same, they used what they had at the time and didn't really care about color.
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February 28, 2009
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weaselguys said
Ok I have edited my original post to include steel wrenches and I don't care if it was from a gun you bought new or not , tell me what it came with , most people who bought new would probably not have replaced their wrenches with another type any way so if you bought used there is a good chance it is the original tool , I can sort out the odd ones later and know what should be with it by the responses , maybe this way I can get more responses.
OK, So now I have to go through my safe and make a list by caliber of all of my wrenches?
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October 15, 2015
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Zoommb am I well I think it is for a good cause and you have been of great help so far and I thank you , Scorpio I think you are somewhat right I don't think they cared about color but I also believe they bought in bulk batches from someone and had to buy more every year or few years , I would think that the mfg of the wrenches produced 1 or maybe 2 colors at the outside when they made them for each caliber more would not be reasonable since they would have to have more colors of caps avalible at that time and more colors of the plastic that they could melt . I think that is why we see so many blue , red and orange wrenches that would cut down on the amount of colored plastic they would have to stock and the colors of the caps they put on them is not done at random so they had to be following some criteria .
October 15, 2015
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Here's what I have so far
mod 12
mod 11 & 12
early mod 14
71-77 14 & 15 models
79-80 m22
late 77 - 79 steel 38/357
80 on till ? 357
81 m44
83 mod 44 & possibly 744
85-88 m44 & 744
94 m44 & 744
741 no year yet
Norwich 722
732P Lil Dan
445 super mag 88 to ?
96 to ? Norwich door nobs
Anyone having more years or models to add to what I have let me know . Anyone wanting to dispute what I have come up with so far please do so.
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