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June 17, 2012
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I have a model 14 with a 5 digit serial number. How do you folks tell if it is a -2 or -3 etc? thanks
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January 24, 2009
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A model 14 with a 5-digit s/n sounds to me like a Porkchop style. A "drift" rear sight is a 14, a fixed rear sight is a 14-1...141-2's should be into the 6-digit area. These guesses pertain to Monson guns, of course.
As always, a photo would speak just under 1,000 words when ID'ing DW's..
December 27, 2010
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What is a drift rear sight?
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March 2, 2008
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A drift rear sight is adjustable by "drifting" or pushing left or right. It is not height adjustable, and you adjust windage (left-right) by tapping the sight body/blade with a drift punch and hammer (or a sight pusher if available and it will fit). This is a somewhat adjustable rear sight that will also stay pretty fixed once it is adjusted.
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February 11, 2010
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waltfraz said:
What is a drift rear sight?
Like the GI 1911 combat models had.
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March 2, 2008
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Proof positive that a picture is worth 1000 words (well about 60 words in this case)
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June 17, 2012
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Charger Fan said:
A model 14 with a 5-digit s/n sounds to me like a Porkchop style. A "drift" rear sight is a 14, a fixed rear sight is a 14-1...141-2's should be into the 6-digit area. These guesses pertain to Monson guns, of course.
As always, a photo would speak just under 1,000 words when ID'ing DW's..
Mine has a fixed sight, sorry that I didn't mention that. Thanks all for the responses, with this information I would assume mine is a 14-1, which made in Monson.
June 17, 2012
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My DW does have the fixed sight, but not the Pork chop style. Of course the shroud could have been changed. The body has the locating pin on it, so I'm thinking it wasn't the pork chop style from the beginning.
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March 2, 2008
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No Porkchop = a 14-2.
-1's had many running changes leading into the -2, but any straight shroud gun will be a -2.
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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