The Dan Wesson revolvers were THE gun for metallic silhouette shooting in the 70's and 80's. They were strong, well made and most were astoundingly accurate. The interchangeable barrels made them unique. The DW locking system is probably stronger than S&W's especially on the .44 Magnums. It is too bad that DW's quality control went out the door in 1989-90 range and pretty much killed the company.

I ordered two DW revolvers in 1990 a 8 inch .357 and a three barrel kit .22 LR (4-6-8 inch). The dealer had to send both back to his distributor. The .357 action wouldn't cock and all three barrels (the actual tube-not the shrouds) on the .22 were plugged with rust!! I ended up with my S&W 617 and a Colt Python (sold long ago).

These days I only see two kinds of used DW's- safe queen multi-barrel kits for $$$$ and total shot out former IHMSA guns that I would not want for free.