Hello and welcome to another replica review. This time we're looking at the ASG Dan Wesson 6" revolver in the lovely Nickel finish. This is only one of several options you can get this pistol in, theres the 8" version which is most commonly found in the black finish but you can get it in the nickel version as well if you look hard enough, the same is said for the 6 inch version, if you don't like the nickel version you can source it in black. The gun we have here for you to see is the .177 (4.5mm) BB firing version but you can also get the Dan Wesson chambered for 6mm plastic BB's. So before we move onto the rest of the review, heres a overview of all the specifications:
Velocity: 426 FPS (130 ms)
Energy: 3 Joule
Magazine capacity: 6
Weight: 1014g
Length: 298 mm
Material: Metal/ ABS
Anyway lets move onto the rest of the review where we'll go into the ins and outs of this revolver in more detail.
Included in the box
Opening the box the first thing you'll notice is the fairly high quality user manual, in this manual it covers everything from basic safety, loading Co2 into the revolver and then how to load your bb's into the dummy shells and speed loader that are also included with the revolver. Also found in the manual is an exploded diagram of the revolver, this clearly shows exactly what to expect if you took the revolver apart, if the diagram isn't large enough you can download a pdf version of it from the ASG website and enlarge it as much as you like. Also included in the box is the plastic speed loader and 6 dummy shells, the shells can be placed into the speed loader quickly and it really does speed up loading the revolver. The last two things that you'll find excluding the revolver is an all metal rail and a small Allen key to help fit the rail onto the revolver. To fit the rail you use the supplied Allen key to remove the rear sight and then tighten the grub screws up on the rail once it is in the desired position.
The Revolver
The first thing you'll notice when you take the Dan Wesson out of the box is the weight and size of it, with the barrel alone its 6 inches long which adds a lot of weight to the front of the revolver. As you can see this is the Nickel version of the Dan Wesson and the finish is spotless, there are virtually no imperfections in the finish at all and as you may have noticed from some of the pictures its so polished its hard to get any shots of it without catching the reflection of the camera or yourself. For the most part this gun is full metal, the only parts that aren't metal are the co2 tightening tab and the grips. both of which still remain high quality and show no signs of breaking easily. The grips themselves have an almost ruberised feel to them and seem to fit the hand very well, how well the ruberised finish will last is yet to be seen but from my first impressions of the quality of this gun i don't think it will be any time soon.
So lets move onto the features of this revolver, the main feature has to be the rear sight, unlike many other co2 guns out there on the market at the current time it has a fully adjustable rear sight, you can adjust the sight to compensate for windage and also for elevation, this i thought was a useful feature to have and makes sighting in this revolver a lot easier than many others on the market today. As for other features on the revolver there is the selector switch on the left hand side of the revolver, this switch is used to open the chamber and also to activate the safety on this weapon, when the safety is applied the hammer cannot be cocked and the trigger cannot be pulled, although you cannot cock the hammer when the safety is one you can cock the weapon then apply the safety.
Unlike many other co2 guns on the market this revolver doesn't use a magazine as such, it uses 6 brass and plastic replica shells, this is a really nice feature of the Dan Wesson and makes loading and firing it so realistic, in my opinion this has to be one of the most realistic gun on the market to date. Although the loading of the revolver may be very realistic the firing isn't, being a revolver there is no blowback and thus no kick when you fire this weapon, putting this to one side it does make a great sound when its fired and due to the size of the barrel it has a fairly decent accuracy and power with the gun firing at around 420 fps, if you get the 8 inch version the power is higher again.
Overall this is a great gun to get, i personally was really looking forward to get this gun in and had high expectations of it and i must say it hasn't let me down at all, it was just as good as i thought it was going to be. The finish is superb, both the choice of the finish and the way i n which it has been applied, there are no imperfections in the nickel finish at all, there are no imperfections in the metal either, its a perfectly smooth finish and flawless. The plastic parts are usually where guns let themselves down however the plastic parts of this revolver are incredibly high quality, the grips are smooth and seem to fit the hand perfectly and the ruberised finish is one of the best quality finishes I've seen to date. once outside shooting the gun still met all my expectations, its accurate, powerful and great fun to shoot. this gun is a great addition to any collection and is well worth the asking price; anywhere between £108 and £140 here in the UK, Even if you're just into shooting cans this is still a great gun to get.
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