Range report for Dan Wesson 715 4” and Dan Wesson 44 10”

[garryj]

As promised here is a range report for my two Dan Wesson revolvers.

First up is the Dan Wesson 44 with a 10” barrel. Before I get into the targets and groups, I discovered after I got home from the range that the barrel nut was loose causing movement between the barrel and frame. I discovered this when I was cleaning it. I don’t know if I didn’t tighten it properly or if it worked loose under recoil. This is something I will keep an eye on in the future. Also, I changed out the front sight to a fiber optic for better visibility for my old eyes.

These are three of the best groups today. I did try a some of my hotter loads, but even with the 10” barrel they were real hand tinglers, so I only shot a few of these and went on to target loads. They were 240gr lead swc under 6.5gr of American Select, 240gr lead swc under 6.7gr W231 and finally a 240gr TMJ under 22.0gr W296. The last one is not really a target load, but I wanted to see how accurate they were. All were 6-shot groups at 25 yards on an 8” target.

I really believe these groups would have been smaller if I had tightened the barrel nut. I will find out next range trip.

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Next up is the Dan Wesson 715 .38/.357 with my new CZ 4” barrel. I shot one 12-shot group of .357 158gr lead rnfp under 4.0gr American Select. The other three targets were .38 Special 158gr Rainier plated under 4.2gr W231. One target is 12-shots and the other two are 10-shot(I only had 32 loaded). All targets were at 15 yards. As I expected the .357 loads were just as accurate than the .38 loads.

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Garry

[Cofisher]

Great work Garry. That had to be a wrist workout! I really like the 357 groups.

[North Country Gal]

Nice shooting, Garry, especially with those 357s. Don't seem to loose much with switching to the 4" barrel. I'm going to have to get one of those for my 715, now.

[BigAl52]

Dan Wesson Revolvers are top shelf and you did a nice job Garry. Im sure with you finding what you did that your success with the 10 inch will be better the next time

[Mistered]

Yep - pretty impressive accuracy,
I have a neighbor who has a compete DW pistol pack and I just texted him and asked if he is at all interested in selling it.....

[ESquared]

Very nice! What a bruiser that 44 sounds like! As RR likes to say, "Big holes!"