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November 7, 2016
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On my .357 magnum revolver, if I fire it as double action and do not immediately release the trigger, the trigger stays in the fired position. If I squeeze and release, it returns to the firing position. Is this normal?
Dans Club
December 5, 2008
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This is not normal but I have had it happen to me. Mine was corrected by adjusting the over travel screw so that the trigger only goes back far enough to release the hammer, then immediately stops. there may be other reasons but I would try this first. Let us know how it goes.
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Dans Club
March 25, 2013
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I would do the "Average Joe Tuneup" . You may need a new trigger return spring too.
November 7, 2016
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Taking my 15-2 to a gunsmith to have it thoroughly cleaned and adjusted. I'll get as much rust off as I can, but a total restoration is not in my plans. Thanks for the replies.
Jack
February 16, 2016
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I wouldn't let a gunsmith touch my Dan's ! An average joe tune-up is not a full restoration, just a cleaning, a little deburring and some new, low power Wolffe springs and it's better than new !
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Dans Club
March 25, 2013
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Don't let a Smith near your Dan. It is not like a Smith and Wesson they are used to. There is nothing to adjust. Clean, perhaps smooth the sideplate and frame, new springs if needed and you are good to go. Anybody can do it. Karl Lewis designed it to rarely need a Smith. The Average Joe Tuneup will walk you through it. Remember, never over tighten any screws. Sideplate or barrel nut, snug is good. A Smith will try to tune it up like a Smith or Colt and ruin it.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Ole Dog said
Don't let a Smith near your Dan. It is not like a Smith and Wesson they are used to. There is nothing to adjust. Clean, perhaps smooth the sideplate and frame, new springs if needed and you are good to go. Anybody can do it. Karl Lewis designed it to rarely need a Smith. The Average Joe Tuneup will walk you through it. Remember, never over tighten any screws. Sideplate or barrel nut, snug is good. A Smith will try to tune it up like a Smith or Colt and ruin it.
I understand this statement, given knowledge I have now that I did not have several years ago.
I bought a 15-2 at a very good price and took it to the best local gunsmith I knew of. I wanted to have this gun refinished in bright nickel. They did all the tear down and prep for refinishing, and sent barrel and frame (locally) for refinishing. When it came back they did some smoothing and fitting of the internals and new springs (this was before Average Joe Tune Up existed).
A good, smart gunsmith can do good work on a DW, fortunately, you can too.
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George Carlin
May 22, 2016
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I carried a DW for years as my social/service revolver. It was designed for USER maintenance, which is a large part of the reason that I am again carrying a DW as my social gun (the other two parts being the accuracy and the glass-on-glass feel of the action). My rule now is that my 10mm EAA is for "harness" or utility use, but if I'm wearing "city" clothes I've got the DW and a couple of speed loaders. This is to tell you that my DW isn't a safe queen or a display, it's getting daily carry.
I only know of TWO smiths in a 100-mile radius that I would permit to hold my DW, much less take a tool to it. Few smiths are any more competent to work on them than YOU will be after you read the section on the tune-up.
One of the selling points, when DW was pitching this to law enforcement, was that the department smiths would find them so much easier to work on than S&W or Colt's. I found this to be the case, then and now.
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