DAN WESSON 44 MAG
THIS IS MY FIRST POSTING, SO BE KIND. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A DAN WESSON 44 MAGNUM. IT IS A "FIXED BARREL" GUN WITH A TWO INCH BARREL, SERIAL NUMBER SD100XX. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS GUN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIXED BARRELED GUNS WERE ONLY MADE IN 1994 AS AN ATTEMPT TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH S&W AND TAURUS. IT DID NOT WORK. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DAN WESSON SITE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I CANNOT GET INFORMATION FROM THEM ON THIS GUN BECAUSE WHEN DAN WESSON SOLD IN 1996 ALL PREVIOUS SERIAL NUMBER RECORDS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE BATF. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FIXED BARRELED GUNS WERE PRODUCED. ALSO, VALUE OF THE GUN. IT IS IN LIKE NEW CONDITION. IT HAS THE FACTORY BOX, BUT THE BOX WAS ORIGINALLY MADE FOR THE INTERCHANGEABLE BARRELED GUNS AND HAS BEEN MARKED 2" FIXED BARREL WITH A SHARPIE. LOW SERIAL NUMBER THOUGH. I WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM OTHERS WGO HAVE THE FIXED BARREL GUNS.....THANKS
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Hi,
I have a Dan Wesson 1 of 250 made to introduce the 44mag to the Dan Wesson line of guns. It's serial # is less than 1/2 or the 250 made. It's never been fired and looks brand new. It has a 6" ribbed barrel, is made of stainless steel and has all the paperwork including the cert of authenticity. I have the box and the presentation case it came in. It's all new. The gun came with light etching.
Any help will be greatly appreaciated.
Are there any books out their for DW collectors?
Thank You,
Mark
Mark S. Taylor0 -
You have a strange one there. The 'fixed' bbl guns were made during the second resurrection of DW. Should have been made at the Palmer, MA location 1994-1995. No way of realy telling what the production numbers were for the Monson or Palmer, MA guns as those records were surrendered to BATF at bankruptcy and not enough collector interest to have an 'unofficial' listing.
I have never heard of or seen any of the DW 44mags with a 2in bbl!! The shortest 44 I have seen in a Mod 44(blue)or Mod 744(stainless) is 4 in. A 2in 44 would make extraction very difficult as the ejector rod would have to be very, very short for such a long cartridge. Does not sound like a particualary low Serial #. I have one of the Fixed bbl Palmers in the 0078XX range. Sounds a lot closer to the very end of production though. Blue Book shows in 98% a 44 fixed as $305 and a 744 @$345 both of which I think are about $75 low.
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