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Who could do this to a DW 44? Not for the weak at heart!
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November 26, 2009 - 8:18 pm
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http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=9458765&oh=216543

Guys, I was cruising the auctions sites hoping to find a GTDW while everyone else was still full from the turkey and stumbled upon a destroyed DW44!  

It's a sad day when someone would intentionally do this to an American made firearm and especially one of our beloved Dan Wesson's! 

Please a moment of silence...Cry

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November 26, 2009 - 8:23 pm
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November 26, 2009 - 11:40 pm
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My guess would be a police seizure before they wised up and started selling them...

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November 27, 2009 - 12:36 am
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I,ll let you know if I win the auction. This guy has a bin FULL of many different brands of both long and short guns in the same condition.Cry

yes, mauser8x57 is superdan's & my name on gb, aa, ga, ebay,  other sites.

WE hope to repair it if possible, or at least salvage what we can.

Can't se letting a DW die if we can help itSmileSmile

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November 27, 2009 - 9:07 am
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My best guess was seizure guns also.  They always look very much on purpose when these things show up for sale.

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November 27, 2009 - 10:04 am
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Looks like barrel/shroud and cylinder damage only. Unfortunately, DW lists the Small Frame cylinder on the parts list, but not the Large Frame

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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November 27, 2009 - 11:18 am
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    I saw that, it looks like a cat ran over it.Cry

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November 27, 2009 - 11:26 am
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That is enough to break my heart...........did anyone look at the list.  Gorgeous 1911s, a German made PPK,...................

Definately looks like someone went fishing in the "demill" bin somewhere.

As noted above it looks like that DW could be resurrected.

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November 27, 2009 - 2:26 pm
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Man, that is painful!Cry  788, I hope you are able to get it & be able to repair it.

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November 27, 2009 - 8:16 pm
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I think that barrel and shroud could be cost down by someone who knows what they're doing and reworked as well.

I agree I bet these were confiscated guns and destroyed!  Makes no sense but neither did cash for clunkers (in my opinion)!

 
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That just breaks my heart to see these item's this way. Freakin anti gun nuts! That kimber won't be bad but I think they got the frame on it. But this is one way for us to get parts when needed. Buy Now

"I don't believe in repeat offenders I believe in dead offenders." Ted Nugent

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November 29, 2009 - 6:53 pm
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Looks like a dozer ran over it... poor thing.

If it was a seized gun and "destroyed", how can it be sold again even for parts as a whole gun?? Just wondering.

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I believe the intent is to make it a non-shooter, and then sell it for scrap. Hammering the barrel like that is obviously not something that disables a DW. Interesting that it requires an FFL transfer

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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Any receiver in any condition requires an FFL transfer.  I've bought a few over the years-back when Ebay was in it's parts prime, I was able to build a complete HS sport king with a receiver I picked up on GB, and the internals from ebay.

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That seemed like a good price to me ($93.89) I was tempted to bid....Smile Did anyone here get it?

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