caliber conversion
#2
Typical Buck
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 515
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From: Wide open Nevada
You may be able to order one from taurus. Apples and oranges ,but ruger will send one out for the black hawk its about 75.00 . Doug Turnbull is a name I hear alot in the Cowboy action circles .
#4
Fork Horn
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 140
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From: Shadyside Ohio
Sorry if this sounds stupin, but , I thoughtt half moon clips could be used to run acp's in long colt cyl. Might be worth checking out? the only problem I can see would be clearance from frame & cylinder (chamber) ?
JUST A THOUGHT. GB50
JUST A THOUGHT. GB50
#5
ORIGINAL: graybeard 50
Sorry if this sounds stupin, but , I thoughtt half moon clips could be used to run acp's in long colt cyl. Might be worth checking out? the only problem I can see would be clearance from frame & cylinder (chamber) ?
JUST A THOUGHT. GB50
Sorry if this sounds stupin, but , I thoughtt half moon clips could be used to run acp's in long colt cyl. Might be worth checking out? the only problem I can see would be clearance from frame & cylinder (chamber) ?
JUST A THOUGHT. GB50
However, if you could get another .45 COLT cylinder from Taurus, the cylinder can be mounted in a lathe and the rear end of the cylinder can be turned off until the ACP round in the half-moon clip (or the .45 Auto-Rim case w/o clips) will headspacecorrectly in the frame. Doing thiswould be about the same operation as converting the British .455 Webley to use .45 ACP in clips (or the .45 Auto-Rim round w/o clips. MANY THOUSANDS of such conversions have been done since the end of WWII.)
Any decent revolver/pistol smith can do this simple conversion. Please let us know of your results! Get a copy of HANDGUNNER magazine-it's full of ads from such outfits.
#6
ORIGINAL: harter66
You may be able to order one from taurus. Apples and oranges ,but ruger will send one out for the black hawk its about 75.00 . Doug Turnbull is a name I hear alot in the Cowboy action circles .
You may be able to order one from taurus. Apples and oranges ,but ruger will send one out for the black hawk its about 75.00 . Doug Turnbull is a name I hear alot in the Cowboy action circles .
Anyways...I'd ask some of the more noted smiths about it. It'll cost you proberly at least 1/2 the price of a new gun I'd think and proberly a good lead time. Maybe ask ata Taurus forum.




