Oh yes, the SS model is a dream. Albeit rather .... extremely dirty
to the point it would not function properly when it arrived. After
some diligent care it shoots like a dream. My wife doesn't
understand why I bought "such a big gun", because I can't carry it
CCW. "Ummmmm, because I can". I will scope it eventually. The
IHSMA model I am going to pack in grease and put it away to give to
my next generation.

--- In danwesson@yahoogroups.com, "pinetor" <pinetor@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In danwesson@yahoogroups.com, mnt409 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Well, hopefully I will get some good insight from the fellow
members
> > here. I recently just purchased 2 DW 44 mag VH . One is a
NIB/never
> > turned IHSMA commissioned blued 8" model from the late
70's/early
> 80's
> > that I bought for a collector's piece. And I just closed a deal
on
> > Gunbroker on same gun but in the stainless variety (because not
being
> > able to shoot the first one would kill me). So when that gets
here
> in
> > a couple weeks, I will let you all know how it shoots !!
> >
>
> Congratulations on your two purchases. I am delighted that people
still
> find DW revolvers something to relish and enjoy ownership of. I
have to
> say though it saddens me just a bit to think of this great line of
guns
> as gone and so collectable. I have owned a few and always bought
them
> with full intention to use them as they were designed... to be
shot.
> Certainly, there are not ugly guns, but to relagate one to the
glass
> case just seems to fly in the face of thier intent. Thier beauty
is in
> how they shoot. It rather like asking a ballerina to "only stand
about
> and not harm her legs". The beauty is not her legs, but abilty to
use
> them such as to delight an audience. I am crossing my fingers that
CZ
> will consider maintaining the line in some fashion, though I won't
be
> holding my breath.
>
> When you shoot the "second" one, I hope you feel the excitment
that
> many of us do. It is one thing to be the owner of a DW, it is many
> levels higher to be a shooter.
>