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October 9, 2025
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Greetings,
As the title says...I guess I have a "Dan" but missing the "Wesson"!
Inherited a DW .44V frame only. No barrel, shroud, wrench, or feeler guage. I think that is all I need from what I have been reading and gathering from the webz and now hopefully here.
My new to me DW:
It looks to be in great shape. Don't know why the trigger and hammer are gold or if that was some sort of option?
Gun is Blued or says so on the box it came in:
It looks more like dark blue to me, maybe black? What is Bright Blue?
So, I need said barrels, etc, but don't know which ones. Standard, Heavy, ported, non-ported, stainless..etc.
Can someone point me in some sort of direction that would round out this gun? Thinking general shooting, maybe 8 inch?
Thx.
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Dans Club
March 25, 2013
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Bright blue means highly polished and Blued as opposed to a matte finish. Blue, black, plum are all the same. Plum is the color some frames turn.
The Power Ports are not actually a ported barrel. The barrel tube can have 6 holes near the muzzle which let's gases into the space between the barrel tube and shroud, and then releasing the pressure through the ports in the shroud. 91!2" Barrel Assemblies don't have the ports but shorter ones do. The 44 came with two barrel tubes. The one without holes for lead bullets and the ported one for jacketed bullets if you didn't mind scrubbing the shroud out after each use. Most folk don't use the tube with holes at all.
The ' gold ' hammer and trigger are probably aftermarket. EBay is probably the best place to hunt for the appropriate barrel assembly. A Monson shroud with the two line roll mark would be more period correct. The frame came without a BA. Hence RCVR on the label. Receiver/frame. You might consider buying several length BAs. 4, 6, 8 and 91/2" are available. Some few 21/2" are out there but I can't imagine why anyone would do that. The choices are either Vent or Vent Heavy with a full lug.
Dans Club
March 28, 2023
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I could use that if you want to sell it! I just happen to have a 10VH barrel sitting here all alone!
Dans Club
December 7, 2020
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Or you can just order New Barrel assemblies, and wrench, tools from the Dan Wesson/CZUSA Factory Webstore:
https://shop.cz-usa.com/dw-products/revolver/barrels-shrouds/44-magnum.html
Or, Toll/Wrench from DWF Supporter EWK: https://www.ewkarms.com/zen8/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=67
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This is the 2nd or 3rd such Dan we've seen lately with the Gold Cerakote Hammer and Trigger lately. In this case being sent by factory as a receiver and having those parts, I wonder if this was another spin on the Dan Wesson Gold Series Trigger jobs? It does not make sense to have aftermarket parts put in but not have a barrel for it?
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