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December 3, 2021
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I am just posting the A-list ad as reference. I just ran into it\'s blued cousin here at LGS...<P>https://www.armslist.com/posts/12091953/huntsville-alabama-handguns-for-sale--dan-wesson--357rare-fixed-barrel-ported-from-plamer-massachusetts-plantrn</p>Does anyone know why they have that area in front of the rifling, and why the thing is given a bottle cap nut? Seems to me all of the gases would be swirling around with much turmoil once the bullet clears the crown, and possibly harming accuracy. But, I am open to learn, LOL.
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March 25, 2013
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Without seeing it I will tell you about the compensated barrels. Forget the fact that it is a fixed barrel. They were made in limited quantities in the early 90s. Some folk think they are worth a premium but why buy a gun without its most salient feature.
Now, the compensator. The barrel and rifling ends before the slots. The front sight is where the barrel ends. There is a conventional barrel nut that fits inside and is screwed in with a special longer barrel tool. The bottle cap nut screws on the end of the compensator. It probable helps direct gases into the slots.
December 30, 2018
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I have a DW model 14 5 in full lug from Palmer Ma in 357 mag that is damn near perfect. I am always surprised when people downgrade the fixed barrels.. I understand the DW trademark was change barrels however they are superb firearms in their own right and Very rare in fixed bbl configuration. They shoot every 
bit as well as their S&W , Colt counterparts(often the trigger is actually better). I have looked for years and cannot even find a picture of another one like mine.
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