dick metcalf collection on gun broker right now...

[Big Frank]

The .41 Magnum may not be as useless at tits on a boar, but anything it can do the .44 Magnum can do better, and with bigger bullets, plus shoot a lesser caliber when you want to. If it's supposed to be halfway between a .357 Mag and .44 Mag, it should be something like .393 caliber, not .410. At just .019" smaller than the .44, the .41 has no good reason to exist.

[alfsauve]

Speaking of 41 mag...

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1092809536

No firing pin?  I didn’t check.all of the DWs but at least 2 of the 6 I did said the same thing.  I also noted several have rust and other imperfections.  Either he acquired them that way or didn’t rake good care of them.

[TAB]

He did die a couple of years ago.    It could very well be they were not looked after for some time.   I didn't see the no firing pin deal.   That is very interesting.  Maybe he was not all there and instead of taking his guns his family just made them not functional.  I did that with my grandfather.   Could be something else, but just a thought

[alfsauve]

I only looked at the first 6 DWs.  I might check some of the SWs later.  Could be the estate, in both cases, but removing a revolver firing pin, while not advanced gun smithing, it’s not something you just casually do.  A little bit more work than say taking a bolt out of an AR.  The only time I’ve removed firing pins for any length of time is when providing guns for stage/video props.

[TAB]

Iirc on Dan wessons wheel guns it's just a 1/16" roll pin and it comes right out.   It's been a few years since I had my hands on one.

[Sponsor]

[Big Frank]

There are 5 distinct deigns of Dan Wesson revolvers. This one includes the Model 15-2, which I believe is what I had. It was a 15-something and I don't know if there was a 15-3 or higher. Just one little pin to knock out. If you need a new firing pin, or other parts for a Dan Wesson check this site.

https://jackfirstinc.com/product/dan-wesson-revolver-firing-pin-357-must-be-fitted-1043-92016/

[Diamondback]

.41 Mag? Part of why I went .450 SMC is comparable ballistics with the bonus of a bigger hole.

[Big Frank]

Big holes bleed more! That's one reason .454 Casull is better than .44 Magnum, and .44 Magnum is better than .41 Magnum. 

[Diamondback]

Yeah, but good luck building a 1911 in .454 Casull that can be shot by anything but freakishly HUGE hands. My Uncle Frank (the one who hunted SS three days ahead of Patton's front line) could palm a basketball, and even then he preferred more normal sized irons. (He wasn't exactly a gun guy though, TBH, he had his war bringbacks and knew how to use 'em and that was enough for him.)

[Big Frank]

I wasn't suggesting anyone try building a 1911 in .454 Casull, just that it's better than .44 Magnum.