Great stuff Dddrees. Thanks for sharing that.
i certainly can't take any credit but I thought it was pretty interesting.
Great stuff Dddrees. Thanks for sharing that.
Overpriced?Dan Wesson is a Mercedes, overpriced, upkeep is costly and god forbids it bereaks down when you need it. Buy a worker, get a Honda. Runs for miles, cheap to keep.
I just came across the following post today and although it doesn't include a Springfield TRP it does include others such a Les Baer, Dan Wesson, Ed Brown, and a Colt.
There is so much info here. No time to read it all right now but I will.
What I did see is the 1st Valor pics on the strip and inspect section is properly fit up as compared to the Geeks gun.
Ii think no matter where you look you could always find some bad examples. This is certainly true for anything although some manufactures do better than others. However from what I've read Dan Wesson has continued to improve ever since CZ purchased them. It would be nice I think if we could find someone who had done
Apology's as I hit edit instead of reply. My bad.
After all of that information, I have decided to either get the stainless steel DW Valor, or the Silverback two-tone. I will be ordering this week.
Thanks everyone for all of the help and advice.
I ended up with the Dan Wesson Silverback two-tone. Very, very SWEET!!! I posted pics in the 1911 image thread here:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/handguns/4714-1911-show-n-tell-381.html#post7106880
Nice choice. Can't wait to hear a range trip report.
Congrats on the DW. I miss my Specialist everyday.
That's just the way thin paper hanging loosely tears. Back up the targets with cardboard and/or use heavier tag board targets.
I thought you would enjoy the Silverback...love mine.
Here is a bit more of a range report with the new Dan Wesson:
Day Two with the Silverback, and I am pretty blown away by the whole thing actually.
DW recommends that during the break-in period, you clean the gun every 50 rounds, so between yesterday and today's range trips, I only brought one 50 round box of ammo with me so I would not be tempted to shoot "just a few more"!
I am still getting used to the sights and the trigger, but I can see the potential with this gun, and I am excited to see what it can do once I get more proficient with her.
So far, I have 100 rounds down the pipe without a single failure, hiccup or problem. I am running her VERY wet with lots of Weapon Shield, so that might be helping. I also cleaned and lubed her really well when I got her home, hand-racked her 500 times before shooting, and then cleaned her again before I took her to the range for the first time.
No need to run your new DW really wet. Especially during break-in. The extra lube attracts dirt, and dirt isnot ideal for break-in. You want clean, lubed metal on clean, lubed metal.
The amount of lube it takes to actually lubricate is vanishingly small. We're talking boundary lubrication here-- a film that is only microns thick.
In other words, applying the lube and wiping it "dry" with a clean cloth will leave more than enough lubrication behind.
You simply cannot remove all lube from a shiny metal surface with a dry cloth.