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May 2, 2009
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What do you do when you have a bunch of parts staring at you....;) Make yourself a one of a kind DW !!! I took my high polish 14-2, fitted a SS cylinder, slotted an old 14-2 shroud, and installed a SS barrel... The result....
Ugly day outside, so the pic isn't that good. I'll send the shroud to Hotbluer some day, so it will match the frame better. I learned a lot on this project about DW cylinders (the hard way). I ended up using the star and rod from the original blue cylinder because the SS threads were kind of messed up. I really like the looks of this one, and I have another project in the works that should look even better 🙂
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November 17, 2008
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Shoot you beat me to it, I wanted to be the first to slot a 4". Oh well it turned out nice. Can't wait to see what you turn out next.
LB
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March 2, 2008
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Very nice, especially the slotted shroud. A rainy day project lurking in the background for me is to swap shrouds and cylinders from a 15-2 and a 715, sort of "alternate universe" pair of revolvers. Hmmmm-calendar photo?
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February 9, 2009
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Shoot, nice creation. You have the amount of spare time I only dream of. I like the slots on any shroud, so this one gets a High "5"!
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January 24, 2009
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Nice work!
The 'one long slot' idea looks really cool.
And what's that grip? Not sure if I've seen one of those before on a DW.
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Charger Fan said:
Nice work!
The 'one long slot' idea looks really cool.
And what's that grip? Not sure if I've seen one of those before on a DW.
I have no idea who made the grip or if it is a DW product. I love the grip... What really ticks me off is I passed two of these up last year on GB because I saw the screw in the side and decided there was no way they were for a DW.
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February 11, 2010
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Sweet ! Are the DW cylinder's pretty much interchangable or is there fitting and timing adjustment's needed ?
-Blacktop
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Blacktop said:
Sweet ! Are the DW cylinder's pretty much interchangable or is there fitting and timing adjustment's needed ?
-Blacktop
They require fitting and some timing adjustment. The hand is where the fitting is critical to smooth rotation. I had to take .008 of the cylinder to get it to fit in the frame.
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January 22, 2008
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Nice work SHOOT! Thanks for sharing!
I think if I every get around to ordering up a 4" shroud from my 445 SuperMag I think I might have to have it slotted!
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This sucker is BAD 🙂 It may very well end up as my favorite carry gun. I have no idea how many rounds I put through it today--I just couldn't put it down. It functions flawlessly and it dead on for a fixed sight gun. I couldn't believe my eyes when my first 6 shots were all in the bull !!! I don't think the snubby barrel is ever going back on this thing. It just feels perfect with the 4" barrel and the compact grips.
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