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May 10, 2011
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Both frames back from Norwich with a few repaired parts, a few chased threads, new springs, and a clean bill of health. The 6 and 12 shrouds were reblued there, as well, and OH MY GOD it's a perfect match, like black glass, and they cut me a new 12" barrel as the old one had split and replaced the nut. Funny-the new barrel crown looks a whole lot better than the originals on the 6 and 2.5! Here it all is next to the little 2.5 that stayed with me in the bag. I'm going to order a new barrel wrench from EWK tomorrow, find myself a set of feeler gauges, and hopefully make it to the range this weekend to do my barrel accuracy comparo. Hopefully.
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March 27, 2009
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May 2, 2009
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Looks great !!! -- I'm kind of surprised DW went with the recessed crown--the flat cut was part of their hstory.
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January 24, 2009
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Yay, the 12" BA is saved!
Sure looks like the did a great job on those, have fun running them through their paces.
May 10, 2011
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is the flat crown better for some reason, or is it just more historically accurate? I'd hate to have that be a factor in my little accuracy comparison. I want that hat!!
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November 17, 2008
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is the flat crown better for some reason, or is it just more historically accurate?
I will try my hand at this one and someone will straighten me out eventually.
The early Dans all came with a flat crown because that was what Dan Wesson liked and believed to be the best way. At some point (not sure when) they began to use a more modern style crown. I personally can not say which is better.
So I guess at least the flat crown is historically accurate for a gun of earlier production. Maybe someone here will know about when they started crowning the barrels.
LB
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October 26, 2008
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lbruce said:
Maybe someone here will know about when they started crowning the barrels.
Norwich is when DW started putting the recessed crown on their barrels, I personally like the looks of those better than the flat.
December 26, 2010
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They look great! 
. Thanks for sharing.
February 11, 2010
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Sweet ! Let us know how they perform.
-Blacktop
May 10, 2011
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Right, well, somehow I managed to forget that I'd completely destroyed my barrel wrench so I had to order one from EWK (probably a good thing, anyway), along with a feeler/wrench set. Looks like it may have to wait til later in the week, but I'm still on it.
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