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February 26, 2011
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Gun arrived last week. I am pleased.
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February 22, 2009
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October 11, 2009
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looking great, how much, artex
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December 4, 2011
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Looks great! Wonder how they remove old roll mark and remark, it looks factory. Can't wait to hear how it shoots.
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March 2, 2008
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SCORPIO said
Looks great! Wonder how they remove old roll mark and remark, it looks factory. Can't wait to hear how it shoots.
My question is "What is this gun now" as far as BATFE is concerned? It started life as a serial numbered DW .357 SuperMag. Now that it is a different caliber (and every time I have bought/sold/transferred a gun the s/n and caliber are recorded in the FFL's bound book) is this now a different gun?
I'm sure that the gunsmith handled whatever needed to be done, I'm just sort of interested in how it was done.
Maybe Harly has some insight???
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January 24, 2009
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SCORPIO said
Wonder how they remove old roll mark and remark, it looks factory.
Exactly what I was wondering. Looks fantastic Axe, thanks for showing it off!
Is Alan ready to start doing these by the dozen now?
May 3, 2011
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That is really awesome! I love that caliber. What did your Gun smith have to do in changing the caliber? Did he just bore out the existing cylinder and the frame to accommodate the new caliber barrel, etc.? Thanks, Gary.
February 26, 2011
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Can't speak to any BATFE ins and outs but can say that these top end gunsmiths routinely convert guns to different calibers. Might be nice to note that all DWs are not caliber marked on the frame. This 357 Maximum was not. The only caliber marking was on the barrel shroud.
On this conversion the original barrel was bored and rifled. The original cylinder was bored to 414. It was Alan's first DW conversion. He told me he had a lot of bad thoughts when he was working on it and in the midst of the conversion thought he would never work on another. By the time he was done he had changed his mind. Price? That is between you and Alan.
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