Greetings;
So my question is as follows:
Can one buy a .44 Magnum (like a Ruger Super Blackhawk) and have a custom .41 Mag cylinder and barrel put in? If so, how much would it cost? If that is prohibitively expensive, does anybody know what it costs to get a revolver refinished to something that isn't the bright blue advertised for the Smith & Wesson Model 57?
Thanks for the info
- ctsarr3
For the "Why do you want to know" crowd:
A few years back, I bought a used reloading set up. There were several die sets thrown in, including a few sets of .44 Mag, a couple of .357 Mag, a .30-06, and a .223. I only just realized (after, like, 4 years) that one of the die sets was for .41 Magnum.
Well, that seems as good excuse as any to start shopping around for a .41 Magnum. However, only one manufacturer has paid the appropriate bribe to be able to sell their .41 Mag in the People's Republic of California, and that is Smith & Wesson's model 57.
I am not against S&W, but I own 2 of their revolvers (686 Competitor and 460V) and a semi-auto (one of the 59 series) already and I want to mix it up a little. Hence the question about rechambering a revolver, which I can only imagine costs a lot.
Also, I am not really into the classic look of the 57; most of the beautiful blueing jobs I've seen are either on guns that never get used, or on guns that get used and end up rusting. I'd give up a pretty gun for a durable gun most any day. Also, considering most of my handguns are made out of some sort of plastic with the steel being either stainless or melonite finished, the blueing looks a little flashy by comparison. So that is why I am asking about refinishing a revolver.
So my question is as follows:
Can one buy a .44 Magnum (like a Ruger Super Blackhawk) and have a custom .41 Mag cylinder and barrel put in? If so, how much would it cost? If that is prohibitively expensive, does anybody know what it costs to get a revolver refinished to something that isn't the bright blue advertised for the Smith & Wesson Model 57?
Thanks for the info
- ctsarr3
For the "Why do you want to know" crowd:
A few years back, I bought a used reloading set up. There were several die sets thrown in, including a few sets of .44 Mag, a couple of .357 Mag, a .30-06, and a .223. I only just realized (after, like, 4 years) that one of the die sets was for .41 Magnum.
Well, that seems as good excuse as any to start shopping around for a .41 Magnum. However, only one manufacturer has paid the appropriate bribe to be able to sell their .41 Mag in the People's Republic of California, and that is Smith & Wesson's model 57.
I am not against S&W, but I own 2 of their revolvers (686 Competitor and 460V) and a semi-auto (one of the 59 series) already and I want to mix it up a little. Hence the question about rechambering a revolver, which I can only imagine costs a lot.
Also, I am not really into the classic look of the 57; most of the beautiful blueing jobs I've seen are either on guns that never get used, or on guns that get used and end up rusting. I'd give up a pretty gun for a durable gun most any day. Also, considering most of my handguns are made out of some sort of plastic with the steel being either stainless or melonite finished, the blueing looks a little flashy by comparison. So that is why I am asking about refinishing a revolver.