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February 8, 2013
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Hi all, I have just been bitten by the DW bug. I picked up what I think is a 15-2 Pistol Pac from 1977. My questions are this: Does it look original with the right parts? My case does not have the yellow liner. Do the grips look original, they seem different from the others I have seen. It came with 4 barrels, a frame, 2 grips, wrench, barrel nut and gap gauge, 4 extra sights, a patch and belt buckle. Is that everything it should have or is it missing something? Thanks
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Welcome to the Forum, that is indeed a 1977. I am the original owner of 7261x, and I can tell you that the grips are exactly correct. The one loose in your Pack is identical to mine, yours is one of the very few others like it I have seen. You also have a correct barrel wrench, please do yourself a favor and don't use it. If you are not careful you can round out the slots in the barrel nut, especially if the barrel has not been removed in many years. If you must use it, go very slow and keep the tines of the hex headed "spud" very firmly in place. The EWK Arms wrench (see the right sidebar) is the only wrench I will ever use.
My guess is that the fabric was removed and lost at some time, it is easily replaced.
Your gun should have recessed chambers to enclose the cartridge rim, and the trigger overtravel screw is probably integral to the trigger, rather than frame mounted behind the trigger.
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
February 8, 2013
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Thanks for the info. I have a new wrench on order. Any other tips or pointers would be appreciated.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Two places any new DW owner might find interesting:
http://dwcollectors.org/history
https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/reloading/tuning-up-your-15-2-the-average-joe-method/
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
February 2, 2009
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Looks like a great set. Is your buckle pewter or brass? Most are pewter, but a lucky few were brass. The brass buckles were awarded at shot shows and matches, but a few were actually placed in pac's and are very collectable.
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January 24, 2009
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Your Pac case may have not originally had fabric in it, especially if you have a black case. I'm fairly certain they introduced the fabric around the time they switched to the brown cases, which I think was sometime during '78.
From here, everything else looks correct in your Pac. Congrats on your cool find & aboard!
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