[Winchester_73]

The most important thing to check is whether the gun was a Monson made gun or a Palmer made gun. Monson was the original factory and that factory produced great guns. The Palmer plant had some QC issues and thats when DW got their bad rep and eventually went out of business. I never heard anything bad about Monson guns and I think my friends DW model 15 is a Monsoon gun and its great. Some palmer guns were good as well but many from that factory were not. I would not buy a Palmer gun.