WHAT DOES DAN WESSON SPECIALIST MEAN?

I have viewed a number of posts below about feasible dates of 1978 for serial numbers starting up in 16**** but I lately picked up a an aged Pistol pack in the initial brown Dan Wesson case Together with the manufacturing unit hideous yellow covering in excess of the foam. Mine could be the full lug model 357 and my serial amount commences off with

How about the "Initial Issue" and also the revolvers coming out of Norwich or no less than following Bob Serva acquired the company? How do they stack up? I detect the cylinders on just one gun I've viewed were not recessed as an example. So there were style changes.Additionally, it has a two line roll marked shroud also. I know they transitioned t