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January 10, 2025
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Is there a list somewhere of the different barrel and shroud combination specifications?
i.e.:
how does my 44 caliber V10 compare to a VH10?
or how about
a V8 and a VH6?
Thanks in advance.
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Dans Club
March 28, 2023
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I don't know the weight specs but they are about the same. Both have the under lug cut off but the length is the same! Also you will see some barrels that do not have the vent cuts on top. If you have a 10V there will be 5 vents, and going down an 8 inch barrel will have 4 vents and so on. Of course the non VH barrel will be lighter. The pic shows my 44 mag next to a 357 max which is a large frame gun similar to the 44. Don't let the 357 part throw you it's really as big or bigger than
Dans Club
February 24, 2013
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15-2 with 15” BA and empty cylinder = 4 lbs & 8.0 ozs
January 10, 2025
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found what I needed, (but can't seem to get it to load here ?)
thanks.
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edit: heck, I didn't even have to start this thread 
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the answer was posted by Jody in 2008 https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/reference-files/dan-wesson-brochure-pdf/
that's a new guy for ya 
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Dans Club
February 24, 2013
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Yea, most questions already answered sometime in a past thread. It takes some trial and error to get good at using the DWF search function. Once you learn its quirks, you can find a lot of stuff.
February 16, 2016
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I didn't even have to start this thread, the answer was posted by Jody in 2008.
Good find, I've never seen that post.
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Dans Club
March 25, 2013
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A vent shroud is considerably lighter than a vent heavy shroud. The 44 mag 8"VH was too heavy for IHMSA but DW shaved some of the underlug off the bottom so it would quailify. The 10" Vent (91/5" actually) does make the weight limit. The Supermag guns are heavier due to the longer frame but DW slotted the shrouds to keep it under the weight limit. Unslotted 8 and 10" VH are too heavy. The 357 Maximum. (Model 40/740) is heavier than the 375,414,and 445 because of the smaller chambers and bore. Same goes for the 375 compared to the 414 and 445. Ditto the 414 versus the 445. For hunting there is no problem with weight although a 10" VH is very heavy. As far as I know there are no Standard or Heavy Shroud (non vented) in the large and Supermag guns.
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