Dan wesson making revolvers again!

[spuscg]

http://cz-usa.com/products/view/dw715/

[armoredman]

Yes, they are, no Pistol Pacs yet, but this nice new wheelie will go over well! They have always had the barrels and shrouds, and I am told this one will use the older barresl and shrouds as well.

[spuscg]

I hope they keep it all in good supply, and make a .44, met a guy when i was out hunting who had the nicest .44 by dan wesson.

[tachardiapsyche]

44 special???? When?

[Temma]

44 special???? When?

.44 Magnum, actually. An Army and college friend had one when I was stationed at Ft. Knox back in the early '80s. It was a WONDERFUL gun.

Apparently, they're going to start with the .357s, which is fine with me. There's currently no company making a full sized .357 that I'd buy. If I wanted to buy a NEW .357 right now, I'd be completely out of luck.

[Combat Diver]

I would consider a .41 Mag pistol pac if offered.

CD

[Vern Humphrey]

I would definitely buy a 4" barrel version in .45 Colt.

[O C]

I've had one (.357) with 2.5", 4", 6" ,& 8" BBLs since 1972 (or thereabouts). Now, if I understand correctly, I can get the 10" BBL from CZ.... life is good!

[tachardiapsyche]

Someone has to explain where there is more of a market share in starting to build revolvers compared to continuing the 10mm line.

[pmeisel]

tach, it seems to me that there are a lot of people who are just more into revolvers. I am one. I have one semi-automatic pistol, and might consider one more, that's it, don't need a collection.

But I have 4 revolvers and am always looking at them in hopes a bargain will follow me home.

Of course, same applies to crunchenticker fans....

For those who have DW revolver experience:

The frame looks pretty bulky and heavy. How would a 4" be as a belt gun? What would it compare to, is it bigger than an N Frame?

[spuscg]

I thought it looked a little big, the original 15s were a good size. Im thinking it looks marketed as a hunting and a target gun though. I think they should re introduce the commander classic bobtail though.

[O C]

My uneducated guess is, there aren't many competition grade revolvers being made now. CZ has the tooling and patents for the DW revolvers. Plus you CAN swap barrels in a matter of seconds, giving more value to the end user. Just look at the price of quality revolvers, and "why not" comes to mind. There will always be a market for good guns no matter the type. They won't put Ruger, or S&W out of business, but they can make a buck or two. If you notice, S&W brought out their old discontinued revolver models, not just for old times sake,but because the market's there.

[tipoc]

Someone has to explain where there is more of a market share in starting to build revolvers compared to continuing the 10mm line.

I don't know the ins and outs, but there has been a steady clamor for DW to resume revolver production. They have been working for a few years to do so.

In the past DW & CZ have stopped and resumed production of 10mm guns more than once. They will start back up again at some point. It will actually help if you send them a letter encouraging them to resume production. It shows that there is a demand.

tipoc

[revjen45]

Cool!! Glad to see this fine ree-volvulator back in production.

[P5 Guy]

Nice looking revolver, except for the vented rib and full underlug. One of the reasons I never much cared for the Python. Full underlugs on barrels longer than three inch throw the balance off for me. And shotguns the vented rib is useful, on a six shooter, I don't know?

[Temma]

Nice looking revolver, except for the vented rib and full underlug.

Shrouds used to be made with unventilated ribs and partial lugs.

[Vern Humphrey]

One good thing about the Dan Wesson revolvers is you can have different shrouds, too. Shrouds can be switched just like barrels.

[Ohen Cepel]

That is good news!

I've been looking for an old one for a while now but if I can get new that works also.

Big .357 fan which is also a plus.

[idaho81]

This is great news. I own an old Monson 715 Dan Wesson and it shoots like a dream. Not may double action triggers can touch a Dan Wesson if you never have had the pleasure to fire one, correct as soon as possible.

[ev239]

Amen idaho81 on their triggers! I've got a Model 14 that has the sweetest shortest DA revolver trigger I've ever pulled. I wouldn't mind a nice 6" barrel to go with my 4"...

[Tom Servo]

In the past DW & CZ have stopped and resumed production of 10mm guns more than once. They will start back up again at some point

For a moment, I thought you were talking about a Dan Wesson 10mm revolver. In that moment, I got a warm and fuzzy feeling that could only be compared to eating pop-rocks with a coffee chaser.

Then I realized I'd read it out of context. Drat. Well, one can hope.

Still, bringing back the old line is great news. All that remains is to make a 5" barrel for the V15. I think that'd be the perfect balance for the gun.

What would it compare to, is it bigger than an N Frame?

Closer to an L-Frame, for the most part.

[Paul47]

The 15's and 715's are smaller, more like K frames or a tad bigger. The 744's are definitely larger than N frames. If you shoot a lot of .44 Mag, they are the way to go. Really soak up the recoil.

I don't think the DA triggers are that great. Never will touch a S&W DA trigger. Grant Cunningham, who gunsmiths these guns, agrees. The SA trigger is fine.

Nice looking revolver, except for the vented rib and full underlug

I got 6" shroud and barrel for my 744 some years back, told them I didn't like the full underlug because the gun was already too heavy. They didn't have any of the short underlug shrouds at the time, so they just took a full shroud and milled it off for me. No extra charge IIRC; I thought that was pretty nice.

[Hamilton Felix]

Back when Handgun Metallic Silhouette was really hot in the '80's, Dan Wesson offered some revolvers with lightened shrouds, slots cut from them and all, just to come in under the weight limit for Production Class on some of their big revolvers. I'm sure they can do light shrouds if they want to.

[ChopperKen]

I'll take a 10" heavy vent in 22lr, thank you!!!
My first handgun was a ex silhouette 357 6"light vent...accurate and nice trigger.
I still have it after 25 years and it has killed a lot of dear since I got it.

[azredhawk44]

Someone has to explain where there is more of a market share in starting to build revolvers compared to continuing the 10mm line.

Because Smiths have locks.

And Taurii, Charter, Rossi and Comanche aren't up to snuff for serious work.

And Colt is gone from the revolver market.

All that's left is Ruger.

This is a great time for CZ to fire-up the Dan Wesson revolver line again. They can, as long as they produce quality guns that appeal to competitor-types, regain dominance in a niche market. Pistol silhouette. Pistol hunters. Perhaps some of the ICORE crowd, though the cylinder release isn't nearly as fast as a Smith or Ruger... and the advent of the 686+ and 8-shot N-frames may make that less likely.

I have a 3" SP101.

I have a 4" Smith M65 pre-lock K frame.

I'd love to have a DW 715 with 4"/6"/8" barrels. But I'm not a fan of the ultra-heavy, bulky, ribbed and heavy barrel shrouds. I'd want an 8" pencil-thin shroud, a 6" medium shroud and a 4" heavy shroud.

The problem CZ/DW will face... is EVERYONE wants something different. There's already calls here for larger-framed DW offerings in .41 and .45, but few takers that say they're happy with this happy-medium offering of a super-heavy 6" .357 platform.