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January 22, 2008
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I noticed something this morning that I had not seen before. I was cruising GB and spotted this picture. The picture is of a DW 744 shroud. I noticed the "S" stamped in the shroud I would assume it means "Stainless".
I checked my 744 shrouds and its on them but not on my 357 Blued shrouds or my 722 shrouds.
Just thought it was bit of info worth sharing.
December 17, 2008
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Very interesting.
I checked my 741 and found a different detail: my frame and shrouds have two locating pins!
The first is in the usual location, the second is right where the "S" is on Jody's shroud picture. I don't see any "S" identifiers on my shrouds.
If I get a spare minute, I'll put up a pic.
January 22, 2008
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That's wild about the 2 locating pins... would make getting additional shrouds more difficult unless all 741's are like that. I would remove the shroud on my 741 however they included a 44 wrench with it. It's NIB so guess the shroud has never been removed.
Looking forward to your pics.
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February 28, 2009
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My 741 and spare barrel arrives in a few days and I will be able to look. No wrench but the 357 SM wrench will work 'til I get one from that guy on eBay.
January 22, 2008
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I just pulled the brushed blue shroud off and its stamped "C" which I assume stands for Carbon.
JB
January 4, 2009
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mike... FYI...
if "that guy" on eBay is "Polo"... he's ok to buy from
but he LOVES... Obama... just so you know..]
Also.. you can sometimes get that stuff cheaper from CZ.
Wayne
44 mag. blued older ( 025000 series Monson frame), original 8" vent barrel no mark
new 4" VH from CZ, just got 2 months ago.. "C"
haven't looked at older 6" VH yet..
December 17, 2008
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Pics of my 741.
Does anyone have one that is pinned like this?
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March 2, 2008
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Some of my SS shrouds marked “S”, some not. Haven't checked the blue ones yet
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.
George Carlin
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February 28, 2009
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Jody:
Look at item #130300501663 on ebay. It looks like a large fram zebrawood grip.
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February 2, 2009
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It is and started at a very reasonable price, til the seller added additional pics.
March 25, 2008
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dusty trail hit it right on thanks for the pictures my 41 is the same it's a monson sn. c oo137x thanks I had a post in revolvers on the same thread.
January 22, 2008
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Hey Dusty,
Thanks for those pictures! My 7414 didn't have two pins but still need to check my 741.
JB
April 29, 2009
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The S on the shroud was for Satinless so when we went to polish them we could be sure that we were polishing one for a Stainless gun, as for the Blued they had a C on them for Carbon .for the blued guns
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January 24, 2009
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That makes sense. After they are polished, it would be hard to tell them apart before the steel ones were blued.
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March 2, 2008
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Having Mark (hotbluer) here is turning out to be very cool
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.
George Carlin
January 22, 2008
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Now the question is when did they start doing this? My Norwich shrouds has the S and C but not the Monson era guns. So can one safely assume this started once they moved to Norwich under Bob Serva? Anyone have a Palmer gun they can check for us?
January 22, 2008
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Also just check my 741 and it does not have 2 pins. It's a Norwich gun...
April 29, 2009
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I do believe it was started by Bob so that we could tell the difference when we were polishing,
Mark
December 17, 2008
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That makes sense. All of the shrouds probably look the same before they are blued. Good manufacturing line thinking to prevent mix ups, etc.
--->Another mystery solved!
Nice work Mark. 
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