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May 7, 2009
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Hey all,
New to the forum, but glad to find a great resource for Dan Weson revolvers! I picked up a used model 715 with a 6VH barrel. Love it! But, the previous owner had replaced the stock hammer spring with a lighter power spring and I get an occassional mis-fire. I have the stock spring, but cannot figure out how to replace it. I've done some searching and found the information where you can remove the side plate and use the long side plate screw to hold the hammer spring back. I was hoping that you didn't have to pull the gun apart (remove side plate and pull some of the guts out, including the hammer) just to remove the hammer spring, but it appears this is the case. Any help and direction would be appreciated!
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February 28, 2009
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Well, deputyjoel — The only help I can provide is 
. I have never taken my 715 apart. I'm sure someone else here can provide the correct answer.
January 4, 2009
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Hey Deputy.. welcome.. I also have never taken my 15-2 apart.. HOWEVER
this may help..doesn't appear to hard and I have to do it one of these days.. so keep us posted Pictures and all.. ( did I beat Dusty to the Draw ??).. hee hee hee
good Luck.. let us know how it turns out.. also you know about getting parts from CZ right ?
Wayne
May 7, 2009
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Thanks for the welcome and info about parts. I did see the link to CZ and parts. Nice to know you can still get some! Hopefully someone will have the answer to the hammer spring.
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January 24, 2009
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I've had mine apart & yes you do need to remove the hammer to replace the spring. I don't have a manual with mine, so I probably did a couple things the hard way...I didn't find out about using one of the side plate screws to hold the spring until a few weeks after I had mine apart & back together. I'll have to try that trich next time.
The spring is under pretty stout tension when it's compressed, so be careful. I used an old brake spring tool to manhandle mine & it worked fine. The gun is actually pretty darn basic inside, the best way to keep from mixing things up is to lay them out exactly how you removed them. Taking some pics before you tear it apart might help too.
Here's mine, when I took it apart for a good bath.
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January 4, 2009
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Charger .. do you really need to take it all apart for a "good" bath ?
Couldn't you just take the side plate off and do a "shower" kind of thing and get it really clean.. maybe even dunking it in cleaner or what ever? Was it REALLY neccesary to take it completely apart.... or were you just curious ?? Be honest !!
and I see that your timely answer to this ?? will put you in quad diigit posts... congrats.. you win the "Chatty Kathy award"... lol..
W
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January 24, 2009
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Well, I did initially remove the cover to see how things looked in there, mostly out of curiosity. This gun has been shot a LOT & I wanted to see if there were any obvious weak areas, plus the action wasn't as smooth as I thought it could be.
Initially, I took the cover off so I could get the cylinder off the crane, because it was really gummed up & hard to turn...wouldn't spin freely. When I got the cover off, it had a lot of old grease & residue in there...seeing that, I knew I wasn't going to just leave it like that. A happy gun is a clean gun. So that day, I just cleaned up the cylinder, put it back together & went out & shot it for the first time. After that, I took it all apart & gave it a good scrubbing and a re-lube. The action works pretty slick now.
"Chatty Kathy"?? Yeah, I guess that's me.
January 4, 2009
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Charger Fan said:
“Chatty Kathy”?? Yeah, I guess that's me.
I .. guess that's me... GUESS !!! no guessing about it...LOL..
your like by a factor of 25-30% higher then then anyone... you must have started
posting before Jody put the site up !!! hahahaha
and no need to be embarrassed.. your comments almost always get us to thinking... like shooting at pressurized cans for instance !!!
( ya.. you'll NEVER live that one down lol.)
W
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January 24, 2009
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Shooting paper targets only holds my attention for so long, then it's time to blow some stuff up! 
LOL!!
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February 9, 2009
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Charger,
You need to come visit. I am always collecting non-boring stuff to shoot at. My boys and I went to a baseball game last year and they were handing out "bobble head" figures. I did not even know what a bobble head was prior to that. Any one the three of us determined they made excellent targets. The shatter really well!
SMF
A man cannot have too many SuperMags
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January 24, 2009
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SMF,
Bobble head toys sound fun! Although cleanup could be sorta hard, since I try to leave my shooting area in as good or better shape than I found it. Unless I find a long forgotten trash dump that is, then I just add to it.
In my younger days, my friends & I would bring cylinder heads, blocks, truck rims & such...set 'em up about 75 yards out, then blow big holes in them with large caliber bullets. Shotguns with 3" slugs are particularly devastating on cast iron heads. 
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February 9, 2009
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Charger, I do have one of those spots where clean upis not an issue. I have quite a collection of plastic jugs waiting on a good Supermag day! I'll keep you posted!
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December 17, 2008
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Charger Fan said:
Shooting paper targets only holds my attention for so long, then it's time to blow some stuff up!
LOL!!
Love the icon!! You might want to send that one to Jody...
February 2, 2009
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A while back I got a few exploding targets from the Sportsmans guide. They looked like solid clay pigeons, but made a heck of a bang when hit. I set up 3 targets with them and when I hit the 1st, everybody was at my table, wanting to know what kind of bullets I was using. I might have to see if they still carry them....
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January 24, 2009
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Dusty Trail said:
Love the icon!! You might want to send that one to Jody…
Ok, I'll send to him & see what he says.
RobHof, is this similar to what you're thinking of?
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/exploding-star-shooting-targets.aspx?a=532460
That picture looks like a BIG 'OL BANG from here...looks fun!
May 7, 2009
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Thanks Charger Fan! This was the information I needed. In looking at the design, it didn't appear to be any other way around tearing into the side plate and removing most of the parts. I'm use to S&W or Colt where the hammer spring change is a 2 minute job! As a note on the design, it appears the reason for the hammer spring change being more difficult is the frame design and the hammer spring being mounted in the short shaft the grip slips onto. A great design for changing grips, but a challenge for the hammer spring change. Then again, which gets changed more often! 
December 17, 2008
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Now this is my kind of product description:
Positive report rifle targets. Each easy-mix container comes with pre-measured catalyst for mixing up a thunderous blast in less than 60 seconds!
The result? A shock-wave of skull-shaking sound, a BIG flash and signal smoke. Perfectly safe, a fuse or a fire won't even set these off... only a direct shot will do the trick.
A shock-wave of skull-shaking sound, a BIG flash and signal smoke.
DANG! Might have to git me some o' dat...
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January 24, 2009
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Deputy, you're welcome. Glad I could help & let us know how it goes.
Dusty, I agree. That stuff sounds FUN!
December 17, 2008
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Charger, I figured you probably already had a few drums of this stuff in stock!!
Oh yeah, that's you....
February 2, 2009
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That's it, but the ones that I ordered were sticky back claylike discs that went off as in the picture and could be heard with ear plugs in. I'm going to order some of the mix and I'll give a range report when I get it.
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