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February 20, 2012
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O.k -o.k - I can't take it anymore ...... there is very much to learn by newcomers , and my head is spinning .
I kinda have a handle on figuring out the year of manufacture by serial #'s .
I have familiarized myself with the guns history and places of manufacture .
I am all set to buy a nice "Pack" from around 1978 and am buying a really pretty
15 VH6 .357mag with the Heavy Vent ......
I think the 15 VH6 is a "porkchop" ; but what the heck is a porkchop ?
And the shroud that runs under the barrels - sometimes it runs all the way to the muzzle and sometimes not ......
The later produced years seem to me to have the square full length shrouds -but the 1976 I'm buying has the big square shroud under the barrel ...and the "PAC" I'm getting don't , yet it was made a couple years later .
Are the shrouds under the barrel alot like the "rails" on top of the barrels ?
some ventilated and some not . etc. , etc ???
February 4, 2012
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The ones where the heighth of the barrel stays the same to the muzzle are heavy barrels. The ones that step down to a smaller height past the ejector rod are standard barrels. Heavy barrels are designated with an "H", standard barrels carry no designation. Some ribs on top the barrel were solid, and some had slots separating them from the main barrel. The ones with slots are vented ribs, designated by the letter "V". Non-vented is standard with no designation.
Pork Chop shrouds have a 'leg' which goes all the way to the bottom of the frames where the cylinder pivots out. Newer ones stop below the ejector rod and do not extend that far down. I can't comment on what years a given style was produced but everything known about DW's is on this forum somewhere and someone else will point you to links here which will help.
Phil
Mod 14-2 4"
(357 Fixed sights 4" standard barrel)
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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This should help you out:
https://www.danwessonforum.com/archive/shroud-types/
Based on those dates, you are looking at 15-2 models.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
November 23, 2011
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Steve CT Very nice! R S
February 20, 2012
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You fellers sure know how to make a new member feel welcome !
And now I know the answers to my questions !! Thanks
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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We'll answer every question, but sometimes the answer will be "I got nuthin".
I bought my first DW in 1977, and I still don't know much. I do know that it's pretty hard to go wrong with a classic Dan Wesson revolver.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
February 11, 2010
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Steve CT said:
I do know that it's pretty hard to go wrong with a classic Dan Wesson revolver.
+1 
-Blacktop
November 23, 2008
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Steve CT said:
We'll answer every question, but sometimes the answer will be "I got nuthin".
I bought my first DW in 1977, and I still don't know much. I do know that it's pretty hard to go wrong with a classic Dan Wesson revolver.
Good morning Selling it ! That is very wrong and hard to un-do.
Mike in Peru 
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