Any personal experience on Dan wesson 715

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Finally saw one in my lgs . I like the appearance but I wish they rounded off some of the sharp corners. The trigger seemed quite heavy but most reviews I see online liked the triggers.anybody with their own experience to share?
 
I've had my 715 for over 10 years, it was the first gun I ever bought on an auction site. It's near mint and shoots great. Mine has a custom rear sight, and it came with 3 grips, the original box, wrench, and some parts for $269! It's one of only a couple of guns I will never sell.

I shot one of the new ones, and it didn't seem a lot different than mine, except the trigger was slightly heavier on DA. SA it seemed nearly identical. My only objection is the price, but all revolvers are overpriced these days. Jeez, I sound old..
 
I have two Dan Wesson .357s, a 715 and a 15-2. Both are Monson guns, so old manufacture. I think the DA triggers are worse than a good S&W or Ruger, but the single action is phenomenal. If you're blasting bowling pins rapid fire, choose another gun, but if you're shooting at a slower pace, and want the extreme accuracy of the DW, then get one. The two piece barrels are very accurate.
 
I have one with a 2 1/2 " and a 6 " barrel. The 2 1/2 is very accurate, as is the 6" but I like the short barrel more as the 6 is quite muzzle heavy. The action is different , but easy to get used to. Like mine.
 
I have one with a 2 1/2 " and a 6 " barrel. The 2 1/2 is very accurate, as is the 6" but I like the short barrel more as the 6 is quite muzzle heavy. The action is different , but easy to get used to. Like mine.
You might consider a lighter weight shroud for your 6" - makes a big difference between heavy & light shrouds.
 
I personally always prefer the heavy shrouds on DW guns. I have a 15-2 also, and have VH shrouds for both 4" and 6" barrels. I got the "pitted" 4" SS barrel and shroud for about half what a "perfect" one would have cost. Funny thing was, a couple of passes with a Lewis Lead Remover, and the "pits" disappeared, leaving the barrel "perfect". My next deal was on a 6" VH blued shroud and barrel that the previous owner used red loctite on, and getting the nut off was a huge hassle.
 
I personally always prefer the heavy shrouds on DW guns. I have a 15-2 also, and have VH shrouds for both 4" and 6" barrels. I got the "pitted" 4" SS barrel and shroud for about half what a "perfect" one would have cost. Funny thing was, a couple of passes with a Lewis Lead Remover, and the "pits" disappeared, leaving the barrel "perfect". My next deal was on a 6" VH blued shroud and barrel that the previous owner used red loctite on, and getting the nut off was a huge hassle.

IIRC, heat is the recommended method to release red Loctite. I only use blue, but some claim it doesn't work well for small diameter bolts/screws. I've never had any problems, so..... :cool:
 
IIRC, heat is the recommended method to release red Loctite. I only use blue, but some claim it doesn't work well for small diameter bolts/screws. I've never had any problems, so..... :cool:
I had to use heat AND a lot of muscle to get it off. When it finally broke loose, it had a strip of Loctite that hung off the nut threads. I pulled it off as soon as it got cool enough to handle and then soaked the nut in nail polish remover for about a half hour. The barrel tube had almost no Loctite in the threads at all, which seemed odd. Once the nut and barrel were "clean", the nut went on and off nicely.

The only time I used red Loctite on a gun was on one of my first 15-2s that had the pressed in cylinder stop coming out. I dimpled the sideplate hole with a punch, and then put a little bit of red Loctite on the cylinder stop and with the sideplate on a flat surface, drove the cylinder stop into the sideplate with a rubber mallet. I put hundreds of rounds through that gun afterwards with no loosening of the cylinder stop.
 
We have several members on the Dan Wesson Forum that own the "new" 715, they seem to be very happy with them. The CZ/DW 715 is true to the original design, there is a lot the owner can easily do tune and enhance the action.
And, you can change the barrel length in about 30 seconds
 
I've had my 715 for more than thirty years. A gift from a friend who was dying of a brain tumor. He shot silhouette.

He asked that I shoot the , . . . , poop, out of it. That I have done.

Tomorrow it will go to the range with me again. I'll put a hundred rounds of hand loads through it, and hopefully knock down, close to, as many steel plates.

I love this pistol, like no other.

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What about the triggers on the new ones? It seemed pretty heavy in da. In sa it's good but I just like shooting a da gun in da. Anybody had issues with the trigger not returning or hanging up. I saw a youtube video where something like it happened. DW eventually fixed it but took a while.
 
I have had a 715VH for a bunch of years. Got the "multi" pack. A couple of years ago I had EWK make a VH 3" for me.
http://www.ewkarms.com/zen8/

The DW can be polished and tuned for a very good trigger pull. Because of the way it is constructed, the trigger pull length is shorter than most.

Won't compare to a tuned Smith but it can serve up a can of whoopass in the accuracy department.
 

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Negative, IIRC the new DW hadn't come about yet. I didn't pay a whole lot for it, sold it to a guy for cheap who said he could fix it himself. Never heard back from him.
 
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