Posted: 2/12/2008 12:26:44 PM EDT
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Many of you down this way may have heard of Bob Yurina, a gun smith here in Chesapeake. He came highly recommended to me at a local range and seeing one of the custom revolvers he'd done made me an admirer of his work. I was warned by folks though to NOT expect it to be done fast! But that he did damned good work. Well, they were right.  I dropped off my problem child, a Dan Wesson "small frame" (By DW standards) 3" .357 there in Oct. I knew it has a terrible problem with the gap in the cylinder to barrel fit. Way wide. .014" actually. It is a rare fixed barrel type they built during one of their near bankruptcies to lower costs. It had been built out of spec to the best of my knowledge, hence I got it cheap. I wanted to save it and hoped Bob could do the job. I have read that when CZ took over DW they didn't keep their tooling for the small frames as it was worn out. My gun proved that theory to me.  Bob found other issues in it to tackle. And he really made it right. The front of the cylinder was cup shaped vice flat. He stoned that to perfection. The rear of the cylinder had been rubbing the frame. Fixed that too! His tweaking of it also nailed the timing. And the gap between the barrel's forcing cone to the cylinder is now just a couple thou of an inch. He really perfected this mechanically with his careful hand work. Very reasonable cost to repair too.This'll never be one of the "collectible" DWs. But now it works as a good DW should and has that great "Built like a Tank" DW character. It should make a fine carry piece. So for any of you who decide to use Bob's services, prepare to be patient. But, in my opinion, his craftsmanship is well worth it! |