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dan wesson 44 mag

juddroyjuddroy Member Posts: 204 ✭✭✭
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
does anyone know how you get the barrel
out once you have taken the nut loose.
I know it screws out but is there a tool
for that as well or does anyone know any
tricks.

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  • lokdok1lokdok1 Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did you pull the Barrel shroud off?

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  • CWatsonCWatson Member Posts: 964 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There was a wrench supplied,but I believe it was to remove the nut only.After that you pull (not turn)the barrelshroud off.Somebody correct me if I am wrong but I think you have to measure the barrel to cylinder gap when you reinstall it.CW

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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    juddroy, This applies to the Wesson 15 .357 so it will probably work for the .44 as well. After you've removed the nut with the special tool (or whatever you used to unscrew it) the barrel shroud is simply pulled off leaving the barrel screwed into the frame. The barrel unscrews counter clockwise and if the pistol has been fired many times it may be in there TIGHT. Do not clamp the barrel in a vise and attempt to unscrew it from the frame. It was not designed to come apart that way. Put the frame in a vise (padded with leather), get a strap wrench, place that on the barrel and unscrew it, that way there should be no damage to the barrel or its threads. When its time to reassemble the barrel to the frame, remember the barrel end with the longer threaded section goes into the frame. There should have been a gauge supplied with the pistol to measure the distance between the rear face of the barrel and the front of the cylinder. I don't know the correct gap space for a .44 mag barrel. It is .006 for the .357.
    Do not over tighten the barrel or you're right back where you started from next time. As I said the .44 MAY BE DIFFERENT.


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  • lokdok1lokdok1 Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's right, you pull the shroud straight off, and then unscrew the barrel. To re-assemble you screw the barrel back on and use the feeler guage supplied to measure the flash gap,then put the shroud back on and tighten the nut, keep an eye on the feeler guage measurement.

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  • lokdok1lokdok1 Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry, I type slow.
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