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I inherited a Dan Wesson 44 mag revolver, and noticed the barrel is loose from the frame. I can hand tighten the outer barrel, but it becomes tight with the frame in the wrong position. I didn't inherit any tools with the gun, so I bought a barrel wrench and gap tool from CZ. However, when I tried to tighten the barrel, I noticed there was no barrel nut. I can't figure out how to tighten the inner barrel so that the outer barrel lines up with the frame correctly. I don't think my gun even had a barrel nut, because it doesn't appear that one would fit. It is probably obvious that I know very little about the gun, and need a little assistance. Any suggestions on how to tighten the barrel correctly would be appreciated.
August 28, 2008
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If you can post some pictures it would help.
I don't really understand what exactly is going on. The Dan Wesson's with the changeable barrels have an internal barrel that is threaded on both ends. The end with the most threads screws into the frame and the gap tool is used to set the proper barrel cylinder gap. The shroud or outer barrel then simply slides over the inner barrel and is aligned to the frame with a pin. The barrel nut then screws onto the end of the inner barrel and locks everything in place.
Take a look at this site and it will help you understand how the whole thing works.
January 22, 2008
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Take a look at this thread it has pictures of a fixed barrel gun. If it is loose you will need to take it to a gunsmith or see if you can send it back to DanWesson and ask them to fix it for you. Use the same contact info you did to order the tools they will take care of you.
https://www.danwessonforum.com/?page_id=3/revolvers/fixed-barrel-dws/page-1
Dave
The gun was made in Palmer, Mass. like the fixed barrel guns in the post Dave sent. I guess I'll have to send it to a gun smith. Thanks for the help.
January 22, 2008
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You have one a the few Dan Wessons that we can tell when it was made because all of the fixed barrel guns were made at Palmer,Mass. In 1994, the Dan Wesson revolver became available in a conventional fixed barrel version, at slightly less cost. These fixed barrel guns were an attempt to compete with the big boys (S&W, Ruger, Tarus) for the vanilla gun buyer.
Dave
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