Hello everyone, i have an ambitious project i want to start. I've been doing lots of searching trying to find a 45 70 cartridge converted walker to no avail. However this website did come up a lot in the searches so i figured this is a good place as any to post this.
What i want to do is get a Uberti Walker and convert it to fire 45 70 gov rounds. The walker is a big gun and holds 60 grains of powder, it isn't 70 but if you bore all the way through the nipple area i think it may be possible.
I'm very inexperienced but at this point i just want to know if everything will fit before i take things further. So can any of you smiths or tinkerers out there help me out? Maybe its even been done before but i cant find it.
I think it would make a beastly gun! Also as a side note there are two Uberti Walkers on the market, one is finished and one is a kit. This is the only kit gun Uberti makes to my knowledge and i'm wondering if the frame on the kit gun is going to be weaker since it isn't color case hardened, any thoughts?
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=2033
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=1022
Thanks!
What i want to do is get a Uberti Walker and convert it to fire 45 70 gov rounds. The walker is a big gun and holds 60 grains of powder, it isn't 70 but if you bore all the way through the nipple area i think it may be possible.
I'm very inexperienced but at this point i just want to know if everything will fit before i take things further. So can any of you smiths or tinkerers out there help me out? Maybe its even been done before but i cant find it.
I think it would make a beastly gun! Also as a side note there are two Uberti Walkers on the market, one is finished and one is a kit. This is the only kit gun Uberti makes to my knowledge and i'm wondering if the frame on the kit gun is going to be weaker since it isn't color case hardened, any thoughts?
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=2033
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=1022
Thanks!