Well the pistol Pac were never cheap . I bought mine New Old stock around 1986 as I remember . It was made in 1979 but the gun shop recieved it from distributor about 1983 and had it priced over $600 as I remember I waited 3 years as it gather dust before the owner lowered the price to $500+ tax (there were no license fee back then
) I was all ready owner of a couple Pythons; a 6" and a 2.5" and fired them pretty regularly . I shot a box of .357s thru the 6" barrel of the DW it had on it and sighted it in , indoor range at 25 yards, and found it was as accurate as the 6" python from bags !!. I fired a cylinder or two out of the other two barrels to make sure everything was good , detail stripped the gun and was startled in the ease of doing so. It the went into my (only) gun safe with a mental note to have it be the last .357 I owned when I got old as it did everything and I could maintain it. Well I got old
I would pull it out of safe every 5 years or so and oil it with Balistol (I used it since the 70s) and played with the other guns. I bought an 8" polished nickeled NIB Python in the mid 90s but never shot it much as the prices on them were climbing .
In the 20teens I sold my well used and maintained Pythons for a lot , double or more than I paid, finally sold the 8" a couple years ago , virtually new for $2500 and thought about the stashed M27-2 5" .357 and 4" Colt Model ".357" and the DW I still had. I still had the 5" M27-2 in the wood presentation box in real pretty shape and the wonderful better than Python Colt .357 with the Fuzzy Farrants on them . With the rising price of the M27s I just sold that recently to finance my month in Mexico
and thought about the next choice of the old Colt .357 4" which I love and the DW Pistol pack which will do anything and is like new. I decided to stick with the Old 1953 .357 4" Colt and sell the DW . It is on GB for a $1600 buy now , I was giving THR guys a break . We will see how it goes , I have no doubt it will sell over $1000 . I have around 200 guns to sell left, the kids all ready got theirs. I am 74 and want them all gone within next 5 years so I only have maybe 6 remaining and those wont be the expensive ones .
When the grim reaper calls for me I will be holding the lower value stuff that still works well for my uses. , rather than the high dollar /collectible stuff which will be gone and the $ spent . The fighting guns are pretty much distributed to kids in the free states allready. , I of course have access to them . The Dan Wesson is a very kewl do all pistol (with the Pac) that the average enthusiast can maintain and it is robust and crazy accurate design. The Monson made early ones are very carefully made and finished.
PS : I forgot about my 2.5 " Nickel Model 19 !! That will go after the Colt 357 ! Also got a Ruger .357 3 screw somewhere
