Conversion Cylinders for black powder

[dickydalton]

Well apparently the Santa Monica killer decided to have an 1858 Remington with a 45 conversion cylinder in it. He also had 9 magazines that can hold 270 rounds if they are 30 rounders and a spare upper. The news stories claim that those 9 magazines hold 1300 rounds. The officials are making a big thing about the fact that he assembled legal parts to make an "Illegal Assault Weapon". They also made a point that he converted an "antique black powder revolver" into a nasty 45 Colt powered revolver. How long do you think before some gun-grabber proposes a law to require background checks for conversion cylinders and Contender barrels?

 

[danez71]

How long do you think before some gun-grabber proposes a law to require background checks for conversion cylinders and Contender barrels?

Shhhh... the NSAATFFBI is listening. And Feinstein too!

 

[Tommygunn]

Those conversion cylinders are not as "efficient'' as you might think. You first have to remove it from the revolver, then the rear must be lifted off. The rear sits where the nipples would be; they would have been milled off the rear of the cylinder leaving the chambers open on both ends, if not the cylinder was manufactured from scratch as a conversion.
When the empties are removed the rear must be aligned and replaced and then the cylinder returned to the revolver.
The process isn't so hard at a range but it is not the set up I would like in today's world if I had to operate under duress.

 

[dickydalton]

Sorry Tommy, some conversion cylinders have a loading gate and load the same as a modern Ruger or Colt. They Will be after Black Powder guns too so don't throw: the AR and Mini 14 guys under the bus. ALL gun type owners will lose if we let them pass any new laws, you might just get a little longer before it's your turn.:banghead:

 

[Tommygunn]

The one in the pictured gun did not have that.
Usually (not always) if there is a loading gate the "conversion" is done to the revolvers recoil shield, as the gate must stay in place while the cylinder rotates past it.
I have a repro of a Colt Richard/Mason 1851 that is made this way. There is a "ring" but it is attached to the revolver, not the cylinder.
Politicians may very well come after BP guns -- they will I think come after all of 'em if we let them.
And don't worry about me "throw(ing) the AR and Mini 14 guys under the bus," I have an AR-15 as well as several other modern "evil black rifles" so I have as much to lose as most people here.

 

[Robert]

This is already under discussion.