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September 17, 2010
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MyFather purchased this many years ago... probably 1991 or so. All i know is he bought it at a gun show for home protection and it really recoils when I fire it. I have recently inherited it and am trying to figure out exactly what I have here. I have been doing a lot of reading on here about the pistol packs and all. I would really think it to be pretty cool to have the ability to change out the barrels and make this a smaller calibur pistol. Any and all help is appreciated.
yeah... how do i upload photos on here?
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Welcome to DWF, two pretty easy questions to help with. Taken out of order, to post photos, I find this to be the easiest solution:
https://www.danwessonforum.com/?page_id=193
When you post those photos, please resize to 800x600 or so, they still display well without over running page margins.
A Dan Wesson .44 Magnum will either be a Model 44 (blue) or a Model 744 (stainless). The barrel configuration will be listed by length (4/6/8 etc) and shroud style (V/VH) as a number and letter(s). So a 6" Vented Heavy Underlug Stainless would be a 744 6VH.
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September 17, 2010
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May 2, 2009
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Wow---really clean and nice looking. What you have there is a 744 with vented 8" barrel. 744V8
You don't happen to have the original sales recipt do you?
SHOOT
September 17, 2010
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no receipt, no paperwork.
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November 17, 2008
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to the 
. Nice looking 744 ya got there. If I understood your question Yes you can change barrel length but you can not change caliber.
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March 25, 2008
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Wellcome to the forum! I just want to clear up why shoot asked for a sales reciept, with Dan Wessons going out of business then starting back up the ATF collected all production records so that left historical production dates up in the air for those of us that are collectors. So anytime we have a new member usually someone will ask if they have papers or reciepts. this will add to the forums database. Good luck with your new treasure and enjoy the forum!
pops2
September 17, 2010
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yeah i thought maybe he was being a little smart asking for a reciept. That makes sense tho. Another question, What benifit is there to putting on a shorter barrel? Would that not cause a loss in accuracy? Thanks.
May 17, 2010
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stuge123 said:
yeah i thought maybe he was being a little smart asking for a reciept. That makes sense tho. Another question, What benifit is there to putting on a shorter barrel? Would that not cause a loss in accuracy? Thanks.
Welcome!
A gun is accurate given all things are correct. A longer barrel aids the shooter in being more accurate ( for the most part). I can shoot just as well ( accurate) with my 6" barrel as my 8" up to 10 yards. After that, the 8" barrel helps me be more accurate.
Given all that above... if I only intended to shoot say in a home defense situation of 5 yards.. any barrel is going to be long enough. But a shorter barrel would be easier to move about and conceal . Pulling a gun with an 8" barrel out of my night stand would take me a minute!
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stuge123 said:
yeah i thought maybe he was being a little smart asking for a reciept. That makes sense tho. Another question, What benifit is there to putting on a shorter barrel? Would that not cause a loss in accuracy? Thanks.
Sorry, should have explained my reasoning 
... Sometimes I forget to explain all the details.
SHOOT
April 25, 2008
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That is a very nice looking 744.
The Savantist
September 17, 2010
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thanks for all the info. How bout cleaning and what type of ammo to fire thru this thing? Im just now getting into guns and all so any help is appreciated.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Good questions, I don't think we have any specific info on general maintainence and cleaning of Dan Wesson revolvers. Many resources are available on the Web for this, you could start there,
AND
I'm going to start a new Topic here
https://www.danwessonforum.com/?page_id=3/reloading/dan-wesson-revolver-cleaning-and-maintainence/
for future reference
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