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April 18, 2014
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Well not exactly DWAS but I couldn't pass it up. Was saving some monies for another item but....$175 wouldn't stay down.... here she is for your viewing pleasure..before any cleaning. 
Complained that it spits lead and fire. he had no barrel tools. I tried to tell him just needs a little TLC, but he had it with another man for more than a year and was told it was out of time. No parts or anyone around who could work on it.. I'm like why you bringing it to me if you don't want it fixed??? Well, alrighty then..
Locks up good and you can tell it needs cleaned and adjusted. Has some scratches and holster wear though I got it in a cheap rug. Haven't tried to fire it yet but will soon. blue is rough, frame is barney and the upper side plate screw is missing... quite sure I have one to fit, if not it ain't far from my finger tips to get one..
I'll let you know how she does on the range and what all I find when I open her up..
Cecil
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March 2, 2008
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At $175, I'd have jumped on it too, and I have never owned a porkchop or a HS revolver.
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April 20, 2010
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Yep at that price you gotta buy, it is a cool old revolver with a lot of character. I have a 4" MK11 I bought a few years ago at a gun show for $125, it shoots great.
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January 24, 2009
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I have a 4" one too, but I didn't get as good a deal.
Yours looks great for the price, nice catch!
August 15, 2014
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Good deal at that price Cecil. Shows how little I know, as I thought Hi-Standard Sentinels were 22 LR.
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Dans Club
March 27, 2009
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Ah now you need to find that other one made by Dan Wesson in like what 1995! Yip I would have brought that one home to settle in with the pen of of pork!
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April 18, 2014
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Well Ed honestly my friend I had no idea. Never owned one and the only ones I had seen were .38, .357 and .44. Then you showed me one today in .22. I couldn't let it go. The man didn't even want to try and fix it. So, who am I to argue with a client. Just the playing with it at my table and I can not find any timing issues. I'll keep y'all up on what I come up with but I really think it just needs some love.....I do love firearms..
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April 18, 2014
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I do have a question for anyone in the know...If these were milled in the Monson shop, why are they stamped with a Hamden, Conn. mark?? Maybe, assembled there?
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March 2, 2008
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I must confess upfront that there is a Dan Wesson>High Standard connection that I have never understood.
What I know is that DW (in the Daniel B. Wesson era) and High Standard were located within about 40 miles of each other, and it is clear that there was some shared manufacturing/licensing
Dan Wesson and High Standard both manufactured high quality guns, and there is a clear connection between the DW design and High Standard manufacturing.
John Stimson is the High Standard expert, and he visits here rarely (much less rarely in the past few years), but he sometimes offers info on the High Standard/Dan Wesson connection.
I also know that there are later High Standard "re-incarnations" from Texas and California (Mitchell Arms) that are a little suspect in terms of quality.
I think that any High Standard Hamden DW type gun will be good quality and fully compatible with any classic Dan Wesson parts and procedures
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.
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April 18, 2014
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Sounds good. I'll look up John's posts.
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July 9, 2014
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Hi Guys,
I think I can shed a little light on this relationship with High Standard and DWA. Basically it was a win win situation for both. The 14-2 and 15-2 had been introduced and the demand was for the new models. That left DWA with an raw materials inventory of the old style 14 and 15. So Don Mitchell of High Standard and DWA made an agreement to purchase the old raw material inventory and market it under High Standard. This also gave High Standard the ability to enter the .357 market which they had not yet been able to do. The guns were completely machined and built in Monson. This also helped DWA with revenue in a struggling time. So I hope this helps a bit.
Best regards
Eric Wesson
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March 27, 2009
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Eric, you continue to amaze me with the info! Thank you for sharing this history!
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December 4, 2011
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This is great info! Thanks again Eric.
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April 18, 2014
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Sweet info filler again Eric. Thank you brother. That makes so much sense and answers several questions..
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January 24, 2009
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Eric, thanks for that info, it makes complete sense. That clears up one more grey area in the current info we have. Very good to know!
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March 25, 2013
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I don't know how I missed this thread. Eric has now laid this controversy to rest. I found a HS mk. II beater for 200 $ out the door My wife accused me of wasting my money. Cleaned up and with new Wolff springs, she declared it the sweetest most accurate revolver she had ever fired and it was now hers. This is an unfounded opinion but the porkchops could be the most accurate Dans of all.
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