I sort of want a Dan Wesson 715...

[hardluk1]

With a little time you will find the cylinder gap that works for different purpose's or Set it more like a current production s&w set theres and it will never rub. I keep all mine at 1th's to 2th's for hunting and back to 4th to 6th for play time. I don't ever remember a rub on mine during play time, that would be with 2 -357's an a 44mag.

Bikermutt maybe if yours has been shoot enough you might need a shim on your cylinder pin to keep the cylinder a bit more to the rear. They do wear over many many thousands of round. My older 357 does have more free play than my newer old 357 and that will be in its future. I do tend to push the cylinder back to set the gap and check it again at rest and it gets very close when set for hunting.

 

[HDCamel]

I'm certainly the "fiddly" type. The range I use has no hourly fee and no time limits, so time isn't a factor.

 

[dcarch]

Definitely don't want to sell it, but tuition got hiked another 7% this year, and I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I may just sell a kidney instead...

 

[Mr.454]

I would love to get my hands on a 715 as well. Really getting tired of CZ's ads showing their NEW 715 that doesn't exist.

 

[warnerwh]

I've never worried about my barrel becoming loose after I fired one of my Dan's. All stay tight. Also changing barrels takes maybe 3 minutes and is very easy to do. If anyone has problems with those two things it's not the gun. If you can operate an end wrench it will be easy for you to swap barrels.
The B/C gap can be adjusted. If you adjust it to spec cleaning the front cylinder face doesn't become any more of a problem than any other brand of gun. These are excellent guns with superior accuracy, likely the most accurate double action revolvers ever produced, and strong enough to fire hot loads day in and day out.

 

[bikerdoc]

This is a delightfully civilized thread full of good info on DW.

 

[bikemutt]

hardluk1, thanks for the cylinder shim tip, I'll check that out next.

 

[HDCamel]

I found a 15-2 w/ a 6" barrel in a pawn shop for $450. I put it on layaway and I'll have it in 2-4 weeks depending on how well I can pinch my pennies.

 

[hemiram]

I've had 5 Model 15-2's and a 715, and the only problems I've had with any of them going back 30+ years is one had the cylinder stop fall out, and once I put a new grip on one of them and due to the screw being too long, it fired as I was cocking it. Kind of embarrassing. I prefer them over any revolvers I've owned. Between the accuracy, the ease of repairs, if needed (Simplest mechanism of any revolver made, as far as I've seen), and the barrel change ability makes them the winner. And maybe because it's the first good gun I shot much, I find the cylinder latch to be in the perfect spot, and the S&W/Colt, etc to be "wrong".