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October 11, 2009
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Has anyone built a "Custom" DW? How did you do it? Did you buy a complete? Did you find a "lower" on GB? I have seen a few but they range from 150-250 on GB. Whats the best way to go about putting together a "Custom" DW?
Thanks for your help.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Kind of depends on what you mean by custom. Standard (non-fixed barrel) DW's are the most inherently customizable revolvers you can find.
Recently it has become possible to do even more, with the addition of the new EWK barrel/shroud assemblies.
You can slot shrouds, flash hiders and comps are available
You can add an LB grip, which you can have very custom made to your specs.
You can refinish in a variety of ways, including two or multi tone finishes.
One Member here has bobbed a hammer.
A variety of front sight styles are available.
Rear sights can have interchangeable outline styles, aftermarket rear sights are available (but scarce)
You can mount scopes, either as a clamp on or by drilling/tapping a shroud. Some folks have gotten just an extra shroud in the length they prefer, D&T'd it and install/uninstall it without ever removing the barrel.
There have been DW Carbines made
It is possible to build up from just a frame and do any of these options. Any 15-2/715 frame should lend itself to most or all of these options.
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Range Officers
May 2, 2009
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Sure, as long as you have an idea, go for it !!! I have a few I've modded up a little for my personal taste. Here are sold older pics of my CCW 14-2 -- it now wears a bobbed hammer also.
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Range Officers
May 2, 2009
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Or how about everybodys favorite toy... a DW22
SHOOT
December 26, 2010
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Nice pics Shoot. How did you get the slotted shroud for the 22? Is that 22 grouping with the gun on a rest? That's good shooting. (In my best John Wayne voice from Big Jake.)
February 28, 2011
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Aw shoot, SHOOT!
I just succumbed to 
with a new-to-me 14-2 with a bunch of barrels and now you go and show me stuff like that! I've got a 4-inch 15-2 barrel that has a little bit o' rust and I was thinking of having it re-blued. NOW, I'm thinking it'd be pretty neat with one of those slots down the side, a silver cylinder and a flash suppressor from EWK! I KNEW I should have bought one on my order yesterday!
SHOOOOOOT!!!!!!
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Range Officers
May 2, 2009
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I had a buddy with a mill do the slotting for me--I did some detailed measuring and gave him the specs I wanted...and Presto !!!
22 group was off a nice set of steady sandbags--I'm good offhand, but I'm not that good 
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It's hard to tell, but if you scroll up and take a careful look--the slots on the 14-2 was my test shroud. those slots are a little narrower than the ones on the .22 shroud. The wider slots look much better if you have the SS barrel liner to show off.
The barrel liners are stock DW SS ones, but I put a high polish on them with the lathe.
SHOOT
December 27, 2010
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Where did you get ss barrel liner I have never seen one for sale.
December 26, 2010
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Both of those modified shrouds are gorgeous. Nice job! 
It's bad enough I'm fighting , now I'm fighting Dan Wesson Modification Syndrome.
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May 2, 2009
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waltfraz said:
Where did you get ss barrel liner I have never seen one for sale.
They come in SS BA's from the factory.
SHOOT
May 17, 2010
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Customize a 15-2????
Hmmmmm…………
15-2
Hammer, trigger, and latch are SS from e-bay back when they allowed that
Grip LB .. custom winged/grooved/big ole fat swell and palm rest grip
EWK tool (holding the gun up)
I still have the SS crane…. but no cylinder.
Same gun sporting:
EWK 1 of 3 1:12 barrel that I was testing at the time
SS 6" shroud
EWK Flash Enhancer ( version 1)
LB custom Target grip
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in that order.
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October 11, 2009
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Okay let me rephrase my question. I (possiblyin the near future) am going to build a 357 DW rifle. Eric and I have talked breifly about him doing the barrel. So would it be better to find a whole DW or just look for the lower? Just looking at my options right now. Thanks
February 28, 2011
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I'm sure that others will have valuable information as well but, my thought would be to find a complete DW and then use what you need. If you're looking for specific parts like just a frame or whatnot, you'll most likely be looking to buy from people who have stripped down a gun to part it out and get the most money for it as possible. I've seen (and bought) complete guns for what some of the parts cost individually.
And, if you have extra parts left over, they can also be sent back in to the cycle of life for someone else looking to include another barrel, grip, or whatever to their stable of DWs. That helps in your overall cost by putting back into the project. Just my twin-stack of change and it's probably worth every penny you paid for it. 
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