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[edit] Dan Wesson

[edit] General information

Dan Wesson[1] this name[2] is related to person company, and products just like Smith & Wesson.


  • Dan Wesson - tradename (popular) for all products of DW company
  • Dan Wesson - the company
  • Daniel B. Wesson (I.)(1916-1978) co-founder of Smith & Wesson company
  • Dan B. Wesson (II.)(1916-1978) founder of Dan Wesson Firearms
  • Dan B. Wesson (III.)(19x-1990) son of II.
  • Dan B. Wesson (IV.) son of III. in research ..

[edit] Company information

Dan Wesson Firearms (DW) is a manufacturer of handguns in the United States. The corporate headquarter is in Kansas City, Kansas, service and plant in Norwich, New York. Dan Wesson is known for its revolver expertise and for some types of ammunition it has introduced over the years.

WEO is the FirearmMakecode[3], 61636016 is the Firearm manufacturer license of Dan Wesson.


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[edit] Biographic fragments on Dan B. Wesson II.

Dan B. Wesson (II.) lived from 1916 til 1978. He was the grand-grandson[4] of Daniel B. Wesson (I.)co-founder of Smith & Wesson company in which he worked from 1938 til 1963. He had a degree[5] in Material Science and Metallurgy and watched strictly for the quality of his production. A son of him was named Dan B. Wesson (III.)


[edit] Company history

The company was founded in 1968 by Dan B. Wesson

Karl R. Lewis[6] invented the main features of Dan Wesson Revolvers.

Company history has seen lots of struggle and various changes in ownership.[7]

The company name changed serveral times[8]. Due to this it is common to call it "Dan Wesson"

The Dan Wesson company has gone through several reincarnations since its inception in 1968. Interesting history, intertwined with Smith & Wesson, Browning, Colt and High Standard and revolving around a gun-design genius named Karl Lewis.


Dan B. Wesson Arms US WEO Out of business; now known as Wesson Firearms Co., Inc. Wesson Arms US WEO See Wesson Firearms Co., Inc. Wesson Firearms Co., Inc. US WEO Palmer, MA; formerly known as Dan B. Wesson Wesson, Dan B., Arms US WEO Out of business; now known as Wesson Firearms Co., Inc.

www.michigan.gov/documents/NCIC_Gun_Data_Codes says:

  • WEO Wesson Arms
  • WEO Dan B. Wesson Arms (out of business)
  • WEO Wesson, Dan B., Arms
  • WEO Wesson Firearms Co., Inc. (formerly known as Dan B.

Wesson)




Company history Dan Wesson Firearms
Timetable Company name Production place State CEO Owner Notes
1948-1968 D. B. Wesson Inc. Monson Massachusetts D. B. Wesson D. B. Wesson tools&dies
1968-1971 Dan Wesson Arms Inc. Monson Massachusetts D. B. Wesson D. B. Wesson much develoment
1971-1983 Dan Wesson Arms Inc. Monson Massachusetts Seth and Carol Wesson Wesson familiy
1983-1995 Wesson Firearms Co. Palmer Massachusetts Wesson + ? Wesson + ?
1996-2005 Wesson Firearms Norwich New York Bob Serva New York International Corp. new plant
2005-present Wesson Firearms Norwich New York CZ-USA


2005 CZ-USA has aquired the company continuing production with some new products.

Support (also for early products) is available.[9]

ZKP CK BRZ See Brno Zbrojovka rifles & shotguns

[edit] Dan Wesson Handguns

Dan Wesson Revolver and automatic pistols M1911 ACP Modells) were the main producs of DW company.


[edit] Dan Wesson Revolver

User:Dan Wesson/Sandbox/Dan Wesson Revolver

[edit] Dan Wesson M1911 ACP Modells

User:Dan Wesson/Sandbox/Dan Wesson M1911 ACP Modells

[edit] Dan Wesson Rifles

User:Dan Wesson/Sandbox/Dan Wesson Rifles


[edit] Dan Wesson Ammunition

User:Dan Wesson/Sandbox/Dan Wesson Ammunition


  • Rifles
  • Shotguns
  • Internal locking mechanism
  • Other products
  • Miscellaneous



[edit] References

  1. ^ Wesson
  2. ^ Onomastics
  3. ^ http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/flex/RLEXProcurement/Exhibit%20E%20-%20NDEX%20Data%20Element%20Domains.xls
  4. ^ http://www.danwessonforum.com/?page_id=20
  5. ^ http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-125409.html
  6. ^ http://www.danwessonforum.com/?page_id=23
  7. ^ http://www.danwessonforum.com/?page_id=20
  8. ^ http://www.doj.state.wi.us/DLES/cibmanuals/files/Code/PDF/Code.pdf Code Manual Wisconsin Department of Justice
  9. ^ http://www.cz-usa.com/about_contacts.php



[edit] External links


[edit] Patent Informations

DW Patents concerning Revolver:


Lewis Patents for Revolver


Lewis Patents concerning Rifles


Lewis Patents (others)





Patents of Daniel Biard Wesson I.

  • GB190124597 [1] Improvements relating to Revolvers 1902-02-27 WESSON DANIEL BAIRD (US)

[edit] Historic production information

Information based on 'Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Reports' (AFMER)


The Dan Wesson manufacturer License is 61636016 (to look up in the reports)


[edit] Addtional information sources

Grant Cunningham / what's with Dan Wesson?

Development of 'THE SUPERMAGS' by John Taffin

Papers of families: Weston / Wesson / Smith

WESSON/WESTON genealogy

Dan Wesson history

The new sixguns of Dan Wesson arms by John Taffin

Movie/Film with DW Revolver used in: 'Last Action Hero'

DW 44 Magnum in 'sheriff wyler scott series' - ref: Mark Paul Sebar

Robert Crais wrote the Title: L.A. REQUIEM (1999) german title 'Die Stunde der Rache' (2003) in the story private investigator Elvis Cole uses a Dan Wesson .38 .

ROBERT CRAIS: EXCERPT - L.A. REQUIEM

Short biography + mentioning DW


Books/Storys + DW Revolver


michigan.gov/documents/NCIC_Gun_Data

Wisconsin Department of Justice Code Manual

Florida Code Manual Firearm manufacturer


American Handgunner January/February 1978 DW Article

Grant Cunningham Article and links concering approved dates



DW at federal Court : papers of Ninth District Court Judge Harold L. Ryan (#155) Clayton Grubham v. Dan Wesson Arms Co., 1983-1987


DW at United States District Court No. CV-95-0049 (Cite as Hamilton v. Accu-Tek)


Report, Christopher S. Koper, Gun Density Versus Gun Type


Gun violence in the United States



[edit] Forums containing infomations to Dan Wesson

Dan Wesson Forum at Yahoo

DanWessonForum = offline since 13.03.2008

thefiringline.com/forum



[edit] Additional historic information source Wesson family

Records on Dan B. Wesson


Wesson Coat of Arms

newenglandgenealogy Weston / Wesson family

The Wesson Estate 'White Cliffs'

Smith & Wesson Company history

The Wesson's The Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame’s

Smith & Wesson Company history



Pistol by DBW I.

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