I wonder how many bad barrels are out there? It would seem that an upstanding company that discovered a problem in a certain batch or run would try to do some sort of recall. Isn’t that the right thing to do if you value your reputation?
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**UPDATED - gun replaced**. My Dan Wesson 357 is toast.
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@whatluck mentioned them in post #2.
Honestly don't know what I have, I don't have the tool to disassemble. I've never rebarreled it but I'm not the original owner.
Be warned, the project they did for me was expensive, but they had to send a few guys down and the catastrophe they analyzed involved the destruction of some very expensive datacenter gear.
Sweeney
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Not mine. It's at Tombstone Trading or was years ago. Shooter had a first round squib then kept firing. Your failed barrel shows signs of being soft as the metal is stretched on the perimeter of the crack. I'd say the same for Tim's.
Email to Bob and Keith have been sent! Though I got an auto reply from Keith saying he's out of the office until 10/4....Maybe he meant 11/4...
Bob is good at responding so I suspect a response first thing Monday morning if I had to guess. Unless he wants to talk to Keith first before responding.
Bob is good at responding so I suspect a response first thing Monday morning if I had to guess. Unless he wants to talk to Keith first before responding.
This^
That looks more like a squib was stuck in the barrel just past the forcing cone.
I'm a former 715 owner (Monson made), I bought used in the mid 80's, then added barrels as I went along.
One of them had an incorrectly cut forcing cone which wasn't concentric with the bore.
I took it with me to a Springfield show (back when Springfield was THE show) and met up with an FFL who had a table full of DW goodies. I don't know why I remember his name, but it was Lyman T. Moores, a retired DW factory worker.
He looked at it and agreed it was NFG, and was appalled and ashamed that it even got out of the factory.
He swapped the barrel for me right there on the spot, no charge.
I think he took it back to the factory and stuck it in someones face.
Also, on his table, he had a plugged-up DW barrel, sawed down the middle, almost identical to this one below, so this isn't a one time occurrence.
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“Andrew, This seems to be the new normal on barrel wear, I have been told it’s because of the recycling of the steel. I don’t know, I’ve seen barrels with thousands of rounds through them with no wear and then some with hundreds of rounds with wear. HeavyhuntingMagnumloadsandhand loads will cause erosion but I have seen this with target loads also.
@dhuze now you can really say I broke a gun officially!!
It definitely seems like my barrel wasn’t heat treated either. Any metallurgists here??
![[rofl]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/013.gif "ROFL [rofl]")
Lets fix that.
I believe the process is called embrittlement? or thats what happens with along with erosion. I only read the first few posts, so if someone mentioned it and beat me to it, then thats on me.
Not to derail, but outer limits pro shop in holbrook had 2 d.w.'s on consignment. Might still be there.
My condolences for your hand cannon.
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Been following and drooling over your DW posts! Sorry to hear about your loss.
On a complete separate topic. I recently picked up a pm9 and pm10, dated 2004 and 2005. Have you ever had any issues with your 1911?Anything that I need to keep an eye on? How has the coating on your pm9 held up over the years that you had done a while back? Worth the investment?
Thank you in advance for any advice.
On a complete separate topic. I recently picked up a pm9 and pm10, dated 2004 and 2005. Have you ever had any issues with your 1911?Anything that I need to keep an eye on? How has the coating on your pm9 held up over the years that you had done a while back? Worth the investment?
Thank you in advance for any advice.
Devils Paintbrush
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I think fir
Well, the good news is that it probably doesn't need a trigger lock anymore.
In this case the firearm hasn't earned its "Metal of Honor" but it would be a posthumous award.
I think they should make it right.
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That's a terrible loss for sure... the flag out front will be at half mast. Glad it wasn't a more catastrophic failure and you weren't hurt. I'll be watching to see what DW comes back with since I bought a 10" for my Monson 44VH in January. I just havent had the opportunity to really shoot it yet. Maybe that's a good thing. I was going to try to scoop up some other length barrels to make my own sorta "Pistol Pac" but I may hold off on buying other barrels for now.
I think you've got a pretty good case made to them where they have to do something about it. Particularly the email that says "you should be good, keep shooting, let us know."
I think you've got a pretty good case made to them where they have to do something about it. Particularly the email that says "you should be good, keep shooting, let us know."
Yup I think so
Some guys on the DW FB group think it was out of time and the bullets weren’t aligned with the bore. I don’t buy that as I should have got horrible accuracy and lead spitting. Neither of which were a problem. 1.5" groups at 100 yards when scoped.
If other people are getting similsr problems, I'd almost guess they forgot to heat treat a batch of barrels or something. It looks like the threads were the weak point of failure.
I hope they make it right.
I hope they make it right.
All I need to do is post his email response from June on all forms of social media and I think that will force them to do the right thing.
I don’t need a new shroud just need new frame and barrel tube. That saves them $300ish. So now we’re talking like $800ish at stake for them. You want to ruin your reputation over $800??
jaypap
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Well now I'm terrified to shoot my Monson DW 357
Are you shooting it with a crappy barrel from the new Dan Wesson?
I have a Monson guns with Monson barrels so I don't worry. The new Dan Wesson is also having quality control issues with 1911's now.
Honestly, I don't know. I'm not the origonal owner and don't have the tool to check.
@andrew1220 DAMN! That sucks Andrews. I would not necessarily mention using reloads though just so you don't give them an out.
