DWM commercial for review

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by alanint

If you look closely, those "flats" on the barrel flange are both ends of a steel rod, spot welded to the barrel, that runs through the chamber, making it impossible to insert a round.

The owner did mention that it was demilled and I'm guessing this was part of that process.

Yes, Doug I can see that now after looking more closely at the larger view of the pic...good eye.

Hans, if what Doug says is true--and it makes sense at this juncture that it likely is--changing the barrel and maybe the extension should restore this one to function. The pics Alexander posts after he has it in hand will tell the fine details of the story, but so far it looks like this was all that was messed with. Part tragedy, part annoyance, seeing these deactivated pistols always tugs at my heart somehow, and I go into a sort of "triage" mode, and try to think of a workaround so they, at least, will work again. But its originality is now a ghost of the past. I guess I prefer the deactivated form to what happens to those sent to a foundry!