Any good convertibles?

[RJM52]

I have several single-action and double-actions in .22/.22 Magnum...all are great shooters...

For centerfires I took a slightly different route. Have two .357s and one .38 S&Ws that were sent to TK Custom for conversion to shoot .38 Super and 9mm...they came out great...

First was a 60-10 3" .357 Magnum... Not wanting to modify the original cylinder found a brand new on on one of the auction sites. It dropped right in and timed perfectly... That cylinder will run all four rounds but I usually shoot .38s or .357s from the original cylinder.





Next was a 66-2 3"..same thing...found a new cylinder and was lucky in that it dropped right in...





The last gun was a 649 Bodyguard in stainless...just had the original cylinder modified...





They work...Bob

 

[RJM52]

FROGO...what did you have to do to the cylinder on the .30 Carbine BH to run .327s??? New Model or Old Model? I have read that New Model guns will run .32-20 right from the original .30 Carbine cylinder...

Bob

 

[CajunBass]

I've got two, and they're the same as a lot of peoples, both Rugers.

50th Anniversary Single-Six 22LR/22 Mag.



And a Blackhawk, 45 acp/ 45 LC. (no need to correct me on the use of "Long Colt." It says "LONG COLT" on the side of the ammo box, and that's good enough for me.)



Personally I think the idea of a convertable is more of a novelty than anything else. I find I never switch cylinders. I've never fired a round of 22 Magnum (in anything), and don't see that changing. I doubt seriously I'll ever fire a round of 45 LC in the Blackhawk.

 

[FROGO207]

RJM52--- I got a spare cylinder and had it reamed out and the face planed down to fit the 327 FED. Tapered the throats of the cylinder as well. Shooting the 30 Carbine ammo still is accurate with the original cylinder and using lead gas checked bullets in 32 caliber one is also accurate for me. Worked well in both of them.

 

[Dframe]

I once owned a 45Colt/45acp Ruger. I'd owned it for about a year when I realized I had never installed the acp cylinder. Just isn't anything the acp can do that the 45 Colt does just as well. The novelty wore off and I sent that Ruger on to a new owner who liked the switchable factor more than I did.