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September 26, 2010
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I was exploring Dan Wesson patents and came across a neat one that I don't think every made production, it could be the "holy grail" for collectors if a prototype exists. US patent 4833810
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=5TE3AAAAEBAJ&dq=4833810
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May 2, 2009
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Pretty cool drawings--haven't seen those ones before. that looks like the aristocrat rail setup. One of our members here has a version similiar to that one.
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January 24, 2009
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Filed in 1987, that surprises me. I would have expected it to be closer to 1976, or so.
Interesting design, although it sure looks fragile when it's not mounted to the gun.
January 22, 2008
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I don't really see any benefit over sight being incorporated into the frame...
December 21, 2009
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If I were to venture a guess the benefit was likely supposed to be the ability to change barrels and count on having no change in point of impact. Rather like if you have a shroud set up with a scope. As long as the scope is only on the shroud you don't usually see a impact shift when you take off and then re-attach the shroud. Just a guess though, and the extra cost of producing barrels like that along with a likely weakening of the topstrap probably made the negatives outweigh the positives.
January 27, 2011
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This was meant to be a way of putting adjustable rear sights on the guns that had "fixed sights". I saw a .357 and a .38 back in the old days (1980?) that had a groove type rear sight with no adjustment. They were made as "carry" or self defense weapons before someone realized that EVERY DAN WESSON was a TARGET killer. I wish DW would have produced this piece of equipment and advertised it... those two revolvers were CHEAP!!!
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April 25, 2008
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SPW1 said:
If I were to venture a guess the benefit was likely supposed to be the ability to change barrels and count on having no change in point of impact.
That is exactly the same benefit of a TC Contender barrel. Each one contains both front and rear sights. Swap barrels and the gun remains sighted in.
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