I've owned three Dan Wesson 22 revolvers that I sold for various reason's, mostly because I'd see something else I wanted more. Good guns, accurate as could be, but a little heavy to lug around in a holster. Those little 22 holes leave a lot of steel behind.
I'd never owned one of their centerfire ones though, until a month or so ago. I saw one at my LGS, with a four inch, half underlug barrel/shroud. The exact type of barrel setup I like. It looked and felt pretty much like new. They wanted about $700.00 for it. I asked if they could do better, they came back with $650. That was good enough. I felt like I'd "won."
I've had it out a time or two. It really likes 38 wadcutters, but then most 38/357's like wadcutters, so that's no surprise. Next time I'll try some magnums just for grins and giggles, but I mostly shoot wadcutters these days. Paper targets don't take a lot of killing. The trigger is very much like the one on my 2020 Pythons, or very good.
The front cylinder latch has never bothered me, but then I only shoot it at the range. I could see where someone who was used to either the push/pull type cylinder latches might not care for it if the revolver was being used for serious purposes.
I ordered a barrel wrench, a cylinder gap gauge, and a set of Allen wrenches for it from some online place. I'll never change the barrel but will pull it from time to time for cleaning. I like my revolvers with 4" (ish) barrels, and don't care for longer or shorter these days. They just look and feel "right."
I'd never owned one of their centerfire ones though, until a month or so ago. I saw one at my LGS, with a four inch, half underlug barrel/shroud. The exact type of barrel setup I like. It looked and felt pretty much like new. They wanted about $700.00 for it. I asked if they could do better, they came back with $650. That was good enough. I felt like I'd "won."
I've had it out a time or two. It really likes 38 wadcutters, but then most 38/357's like wadcutters, so that's no surprise. Next time I'll try some magnums just for grins and giggles, but I mostly shoot wadcutters these days. Paper targets don't take a lot of killing. The trigger is very much like the one on my 2020 Pythons, or very good.
The front cylinder latch has never bothered me, but then I only shoot it at the range. I could see where someone who was used to either the push/pull type cylinder latches might not care for it if the revolver was being used for serious purposes.
I ordered a barrel wrench, a cylinder gap gauge, and a set of Allen wrenches for it from some online place. I'll never change the barrel but will pull it from time to time for cleaning. I like my revolvers with 4" (ish) barrels, and don't care for longer or shorter these days. They just look and feel "right."
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