Thoughts on the Dan Wesson revolver?

Got my DW m15 VRHB pistol pack in 1979. Only complaint is the included buckle broke.

Will never sell it and my son will use it after I'm gone.

There two brands of revolvers. DW and all of the rest.
 
I'll post my Dan Wessons. I love my Valor and my 15... only complaint is the 15 DA isn't great. SA is very nice. I just ordered a PM9 also. Their 1911's are first rate.
 
I'm a bit late to this thread, but here goes

Here are some useful sources of Dan Wesson revolver info:

< http://www.danwessonforum.com/ >

< http://www.notpurfect.com/main/dwrev.htm >

< http://www.grantcunningham.com/blog_...-problems.html >

< http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php?topic=87282.0 >

< http://dwcollectors.org/ >

I've recently picked up complete mintish "Valu-Paks" in both the heavy vented and partial-rib vented models. These things are addictive, even when you already have a respectable collection of other high-quality revolvers. Adjusting the gap with a feeler gauge brings back memories of adjusting points in cars...does it get any better than that?
 
I was a bit of a Junior Gunsmith years ago starting with my personal guns then spread out to coworkers in my department. Most would buy a personal gun like the one's they were required to carry on duty so they could practice and some for the shooting team and their comp guns. This was way back in the heavy bull barreled 38 special revolver time frame. You are correct in the accuracy assumption as it's called a tensioned barrel. Volquartsen has a bunch of tensioned barrel options for the 10-22 and 77-22 and Ruger now offers a 45/22 pistol with a tensioned barrel. What I found unique with the Dan Wesson series of revolvers (and rarely is ever mentioned) is the gun was designed so that a double action or single action pull of the trigger happens at the very same instant. This is very unlike other revolvers whose DA break occurs quite a bit before the hammer's position during single action firing. What this all means is that the Dan Wesson is more easily accurately fired in the double action mode than any of its competitors. The gun is easy to stage and then it's just like firing a single action shot even though you're using a double action pull.

Dan Wesson went to a fixed barrel and slowly but surely discontinued the barrel swapping option models. Their fixed barreled guns did not sell as well and they darn near went belly up. Now they're just making 1911 knock offs. I wish they'd get back to what made them special in the first place and reintroduce what use to be their bread and butter products. Smithy.
 
They (Dan Wesson part of CZ, who bought them out) just came out with a full-lug 715 .357 magnum revolver. I played with it at an LGS. The double-action trigger was astonishingly heavy. From time to time CZ hints that other DW revolvers are in the works and some supposed photos have appeared briefly on the web, but I suspect that they, too, will be DWs in name only.
 
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DW 15 in original Configuration

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DW 15 with extra heavy shroud and pach grips.

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My Valor. nuff said.:D
 
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