Dan Wesson vs Smith & Wesson

[torizus]

Something to consider..today at the S&W Performance Center there a few models coming out with sleeved barrels,sidelock cylinders,full lug barrels,short stroke actions.etc.. These were all features of the 70's era Dan Wessons.

 

[Decker]

As it turns out, an Italian company is going to turn out Reproduction Pythons:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/firearms-knives-other-brands/426428-pietta-python-2.html

Pietta P 1955

I'm skeptical, because it may look like a Python, but... you know how you can hold a Python up next to your ear while slowly cocking the hammer, and all you hear is.. silence, until it stages and locks?
And how all you feel is... butter?
And how you look into the finish and just see endless black with just a touch of blue?

Those are the tests I want to see when the Pietta P 1955 comes out.
If it passes those tests, then I'm in.

 

[Tradewind36]

First gun I bought was a Hi Standard Sentinel MKII .357 4" in the early 70's, a friend said I needed a gun for home defense. I put maybe 50 rounds through it in the late 70's then stored it for around 30+ years while the military sent me here and there. Sold it 4 years ago and just recently became interested in firearms and bought it back last week.

I took it to the range today and put 100 rounds through it and it was extremely accurate. My buddy had his new-to-him S&W 19-5 and after firing both the trigger pull seemed a little more on the Hi Standard. A round jammed in his 19, gunsmith had to put a dowel down the barrel and tap the round back into the cylinder in order to get the cylinder to open.

As for extracting empty cases I found the Hi Standard easier once I got used to it because my thumb was not in the way.

I had thought about selling it and shopping for a 686 but I think I'll keep it and save up for a 686plus.

 

[PatriotX]

First gun I bought was a Hi Standard Sentinel MKII .357 4" in the early 70's, a friend said I needed a gun for home defense. I put maybe 50 rounds through it in the late 70's then stored it for around 30+ years while the military sent me here and there. Sold it 4 years ago and just recently became interested in firearms and bought it back last week.

I took it to the range today and put 100 rounds through it and it was extremely accurate...

Some may not know that your Hi Standard is a Dan Wesson Model 14 in disguise - AKA the "pork chop" barrel model.

Please feel free to post up some pics, as I'm sure not to be the only one interested.