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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You'd think!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?
What place did you contact?I sent them an email now just to see what it costs and what the turnaround time is for that service.
@whatluck mentioned them in post #2.What place did you contact?
If you've got an older original Monson barrel, I think you're fine. I really believe this is a steel issue with their new barrels.Well now I'm terrified to shoot my Monson DW 357
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.If you've got an older original Monson barrel, I think you're fine. I really believe this is a steel issue with their new barrels.
@whatluck mentioned them in post #2.
Daaamn that your barrel?I like my Dans.
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Their old barrels could handle some abuse.
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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.Daaamn that your barrel?
Thanks Matt.Sorry to hear of your pistol's demise Andrew. Best of luck on the outcome.
~Enbloc
Overcharge should have blown the cylinder not the barrel
Their old barrels could handle some abuse.
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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??
Definitely not a squib. I saw my hits on the target. And every squib photo I’ve ever seen doesn’t look like my barrel.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.
Exactly!!! Okay so I’m not being too demanding then. Glad to have some confirmation from others.
I’ve literally given them thousands of dollars in work over the years so I really hope they don’t tell me to pound sand
You can make a lamp out of it now. Maybe display it next to my blown BFR barrel.
Modern art.
No issues with their 1911s yet. The hard chrome has held up very well to holster wear.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.
They told you to keep shooting and it would be fine. So hold them to it.
Yup I think soI 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 would like to think that DW will see 4 pages of bad press and decide to make it right. Glad you didn't get hurt.
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.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.
Well now I'm terrified to shoot my Monson DW 357
Honestly, I don't know. I'm not the origonal owner and don't have the tool to check.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.
And they can argue all day long about me using reloads but it would’ve been very tough for me to overcharge that round using 2400 powder under a 158 gr JHP. I look at the cases before seating a bullet. I would’ve needed powder pretty much overflowing which would’ve made it impossible to seat the bullet