D.B. Cooper
Member
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2016
- Messages
- 4,400
Is it possible to convert a .38 Spl (or a 357 for that matter) to shoot 9mm using just moon clips? If so, will that negate the use of 38 Spl AND the ejector star? (I don't want to end up with something like a Colt 1917 where I have to eject cases with a pencil one at a time.) My thoughts here are to take something like an older Model 10, Taurus, or Security Six, and have the cylinder machined to fit a moon clip or something rather simple along those lines.
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: In my original post, above, I used the term "convert." Perhaps I shouldn't have. What I intended to ask is some way to modify an original 38 spl revolver cylinder such that I can load a moon clip with 9mm, drop it in the original cylinder and safely fire them? (Ammo interchangeablity is the ultimate goal here.)
I know that there are 9mm revolvers out there, just not aware of one that is purpose built to interchange 38 and 9 in the same cylinder.
While bullet diameter is only .002" smaller for the 9mm, I'm not sure that the case diameters are close enough. If I hang a 9mm cartridge on a moon clip and stick it in a 38 Spl cylinder, will the case rupture because the cylinder walls are too big?
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: In my original post, above, I used the term "convert." Perhaps I shouldn't have. What I intended to ask is some way to modify an original 38 spl revolver cylinder such that I can load a moon clip with 9mm, drop it in the original cylinder and safely fire them? (Ammo interchangeablity is the ultimate goal here.)
I know that there are 9mm revolvers out there, just not aware of one that is purpose built to interchange 38 and 9 in the same cylinder.
While bullet diameter is only .002" smaller for the 9mm, I'm not sure that the case diameters are close enough. If I hang a 9mm cartridge on a moon clip and stick it in a 38 Spl cylinder, will the case rupture because the cylinder walls are too big?
Last edited: