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Lost Sheep · December 26, 2009, 08:50 AM

My first revolver was a Dan Wesson with a 6" barrel purchased new in Arizona for $150 in 1975.

The early models were manufactured only from 1970 to 1971 and can be easily identified by the exposed barrel nut and the "knee" that covers the cylinder crane's front. In my opinion, they were ugly and poorly balanced.

The later models were beauteous things and well balanced in the 8", 6" and 4" models. The 2.5" barrel never looked right to me.

Geetarman, the difficult of cocking the hammer is the tradeoff you get for the very short hammer fall which hives you the fast lock time.

Would I buy another? Yes. But I would much rather buy a set of Dan Wesson barrels I could mount on my GP100, Security Six, Redhawk or Super Redhawk. I never had any trouble with barrels coming loose, and having that barrel/cylinder gap always perfectly adjusted appealed to me.

Lost Sheep.

December 26, 2009, 08:50 AM	#7
Lost Sheep Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2009 Location: Anchorage Alaska Posts: 3,341	1980 is not early model My first revolver was a Dan Wesson with a 6" barrel purchased new in Arizona for $150 in 1975. The early models were manufactured only from 1970 to 1971 and can be easily identified by the exposed barrel nut and the "knee" that covers the cylinder crane's front. In my opinion, they were ugly and poorly balanced. The later models were beauteous things and well balanced in the 8", 6" and 4" models. The 2.5" barrel never looked right to me. Geetarman, the difficult of cocking the hammer is the tradeoff you get for the very short hammer fall which hives you the fast lock time. Would I buy another? Yes. But I would much rather buy a set of Dan Wesson barrels I could mount on my GP100, Security Six, Redhawk or Super Redhawk. I never had any trouble with barrels coming loose, and having that barrel/cylinder gap always perfectly adjusted appealed to me. Lost Sheep.