Why do people say "no dash?"

[GM4spd]

No dash---IS important info! Pete

 

[donaldw870]

Depends on audience

As at least one poster said above, it depends on the audience. If I'm viewing a gun in the classifieds, I want to know what it is with all ambiguity removed, so I'd want to see "no dash" if that's what it is. If talking with a generic gun owner (who probably does not even know what the dashes designate) I'd just describe the gun as, for instance, a "Model 10" whether it's a 10-5, a no dash, or whatever. (However, I wouldn't refer to a pre-Model number M&P, for instance, as a "Model 10" to anyone, but that's another terminological debate.)
Best,
Donald

 

[MKT]

Nothing odd about the barrel on this 627-0!!

That is what happens when I answer from a hotel while on the road. I get things confused sometimes. I clearly remembered the non fluted cylinder and thought it had that new flat sided, comp style barrel.

 

[Wingwiper]

+1

This is the only kind of model info I care about if I'm considering a gun for purchase. As long as there are lots of nice, clear (in focus, please) photos - including one of the model number like this, then the ad really doesn't have to say very much else, except for the price.

No-pictures? Then don't bother to say no-dash...... it won't matter, anyway

 

[Zilmo]

That is what happens when I answer from a hotel while on the road. I get things confused sometimes. I clearly remembered the non fluted cylinder and thought it had that new flat sided, comp style barrel.

I for one, can't stand the Performance Center slab sided barrels with that nasty flat angel leading up to the muzzle. IMHO, they are as ugly as a Glock. But hey, that's just me. I grew up around model 19's and 27's and such, and fell in love with the full lugs on the L frames when they arrived in '81. I prefer the "classic" lines of those to the "space gun" lines of some of the new stuff! Not trying to insult anyone's taste, just my opinion.

 

[bamabiker]

I was at the B'Ham gun show yesterday looking at a very nice model 29. I opened the cylinder and the guy said "don't open that". He went on to say it was unfired and did not want anyone opening the cylinder putting marks on the gun. I closed it back and asked him what dash it was. He said "dash?". I said "yes, the dash number after the model number". He said 'I don't think it has a dash". I told him that while I had it opened I saw a dash and think it was a -2 but since he would not let me open it to be sure I was no longer interested in it. As I was walking away he asked what year that would make the gun and I told him I would need to see the serial number but I would not dare ask to take off the grips for that. Told him good luck with the sale.

 

[Bullseye Smith]

i'm not exactly an expert, but i prefer the "no dash" added on. If someone tells me they have a model 29 for sale, am i to assume it's a no dash? Could be a big, and expensive, mistake. I've inquired about a few guns on gb where it was listed as a simple model number. When i asked if it was a no dash, i was told it was a -3, -7, whatever. Imho, no-dash is good. It tells me just what it is, instead of leaving me to assume. And we all know what happens when we assume! +1 for no dash!

+1

 

[longhorn too]

Got to agree with Misty on this one!