I bought a used Dan Wesson .357 6 inch barrel blued from a gun dealer. I took it out to the range today for the 1st time and shot about 50 rounds of .38 special. After awhile it started to jam up. The cylinder wouldn't turn, the latch was opening to easy and there was shards of lead gumming up the works. Is this normal? I cleaned it and worked okay for a little while and started to jam up again. The person next to me told me they were feeling the lead shards hit them and I could see pieces of lead on the bench too. Anyone have any suggestions to remedy this?
Dan Wesson .357
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The Dan Wesson revolvers have removable barrels. They are tighten from
the muzzle using a special tool and set using a supplied feeler gauge.
As you fire the revolver, the barrel will start to torque and turn the
barrel in - tightening the cylinder to forcing cone gap. This will
eventually cause the cylinder face to rub the forcing cone. Not
a good thing as this binds the action and cylinder begins to
act like a sanding wheel against the forcing cone.
Also, the actual barrel is thin and tends to heat up and expand a
lot faster than the heavier walled barrels say on a stock S&W or
Colt/Ruger. The expansion is in all its dimension, hence you will
again see the cylinder to forcing cone gap reduce as the barrel
heats up.
Once properly set for optimal gap (optimal accuracy), it should hold up
for 200 rounds. Then it needs to be checked and readjusted.
That's my experience with them. I would not recommend them,
especially if you are them in 150+ round matches where you
don't have the opportunity to keep checking the gap.
the muzzle using a special tool and set using a supplied feeler gauge.
As you fire the revolver, the barrel will start to torque and turn the
barrel in - tightening the cylinder to forcing cone gap. This will
eventually cause the cylinder face to rub the forcing cone. Not
a good thing as this binds the action and cylinder begins to
act like a sanding wheel against the forcing cone.
Also, the actual barrel is thin and tends to heat up and expand a
lot faster than the heavier walled barrels say on a stock S&W or
Colt/Ruger. The expansion is in all its dimension, hence you will
again see the cylinder to forcing cone gap reduce as the barrel
heats up.
Once properly set for optimal gap (optimal accuracy), it should hold up
for 200 rounds. Then it needs to be checked and readjusted.
That's my experience with them. I would not recommend them,
especially if you are them in 150+ round matches where you
don't have the opportunity to keep checking the gap.
Set it at a loose 0.006" and you should be fine. You can also use mild (blue) Loc Tite to keep any creep from happening. - dan
