wesson 357 mag ss revolver fixed barrel

[rimshoes]

Hello:

I just got a Dan Wesson Stainless Steel Revolver with a fixed two and one half inch barrel. The back sight is a "fixed groove" ant the front has a pin. The cylinder is "whole recessed", meaning the cylinder has a rim around it with the ejector and chambers recessed. I was wondering if any of you know anything about this revolver. I did some research and some sites tell me it was from the "Palmer" plant ?? The revolver is a really nice looking, well made, smooth action gun.

It has a piece in between the hammer and the firing pin that works to fire the revovler. I have never seen this before. I take it this is fairly common on dan wesson revolvers ??

If you need pics, let me know. I have to go to town for batteries. Thanks in advance

[blhof]

You indeed have a Palmer gun and one of their better made. The plate between the hammer and the firing pin was on all DW's and on most other revolvers made after the early 70's.  It prevents the gun from firing if dropped on the hammer and allows 6 rounds to be carried as opposed to 5 for the original Colts or Rugers. 

[David Carey]

In 1994, the Dan Wesson revolver became available in a conventional fixed barrel version, at slightly less cost. These fixed barrel guns were an attempt to compete with the big boys (S&W, Ruger, Tarus) for the vanilla gun buyer. These fixed barrel guns will not be reintroduced by the NYI company.

The Dan Wesson revolver uses a trigger transfer bar safety that is very similar if not identical to that used by the Rugers, you can expect to end up with a post-trigger job trigger on par with the post-trigger job trigger you would get on a Ruger. It will not be the 'glass-rod' clean break of the S&W revolvers, but it will suffice for all but the most critical.

This is just copied from the history thread at the top of this Dan Wesson forum.

Nice find how much did you have to pay. I have never seen one with the short barrel. Atleast you know what year it was made many others look for the year but never find it. The fixed barrel guns were only made in 1994.

Dave

[rimshoes]

Thank you so much for your response. I will post a pic as soon as I get batteries for the digital.
the price tag on this one was 329. I traded for another gun and got the transfer and tax included. The trigger must have already been done by a gunsmith because it is very smooth.
It does say Palmer Mass on the side of the gun and it is a 357 mag. I found it at the local pawn shop in town. It is a very small community.

[PASingleshot]

So the fixed barrels were only made for a year?  I have a 6" ss .357 that I bought new around 1994 & I love it.  I bought it to go bear hunting back then because the laurel was too thick where I was hunting at the time to carry a rifle without beating the tar out of the stock.  I think I only pd around $300 new but I can't remember back that far (much less what happened last week for that matter).  Anyway, the action on mine is so smooth and it shoots so nice.  Like I said before, I love it.

[PASingleshot]

Holy crap. I just noticed that this post was from Oct.  Sorry to post up an old topic.