Pistols 9mm, .357 and .40 cal

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Pistol Conversion Kits in 9mm, .357 & .40 cal???

Are there any decent name brand pistols that have conversion kits that are 9mm, .357 and .40 caliber? Desert Eagle has the 357, 44, and 50 conversion kit but I am loooking for a 9mm, .357 and .40 kit.
 
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Any 40 S&W Glock will very easily switch to 357 Sig with a simple barrel swap and run just fine; though I'd also recommend adding a recoil spring with weight appropriately matched to caliber. You can use the same mags since the 357 Sig is just a necked down 40 S&W. Going to 9mm will require 9mm mags in addition to the barrel and recoil spring. As for going 9mm or 357 Sig to 40 S&W I don't know for sure if the muzzle opening on their slides will accomodate a 40 cal barrel, but at worst you'd just have to pick up an extra slide or just buy a 40 to start with. Otherwise the frames for all 3 calibers are the same size in each configuration (full, mid, and compact size). They don't sell them as a kit per se, but plenty of places online sell both Glock OE and aftermarket barrels, springs, mags, slides, and just about everything else you can think of for customizing a Glock. I don't see why the Springfield XDs wouldn't do the same, but it's far easier to get the Glock parts. You could theoretically also do it with a S&W Sigma; though I wouldn't know where to get the parts, nor would I put that kind of money into a Sigma. The Sigmas are good basic pistols, but not on par with a Glock or XD epecially for this type of thing. I would think that the Sigs, HK USPs, and CZs would also be able to this type of thing. However, beyond knowing they are quality pistols, I do not have any real knowledge on those three brands and will hence leave those answers to other members on this forum.

Edit: This might also very well be possible with a Beretta 92/96. I don't know if Beretta ever chambered either in 357 Sig, but if not an aftermarket barrel and spring shouldn't be too difficult to get.
 
You could do this with some SIGs. P239, P226 and P229 in .40 or .357 can swap to the other caliber with a barrel change and in some cases a mag change as well. You would also be able to shoot 9x19 with a conversion barrel (and a mag swap, although I keep reading reports from people who say 9x19 feeds fine from their .40/.357 mags even though the feed lips are wider).
 
If you're looking for a kit from the manufacturer, I think your out of luck.
A glock 22 is the best (easiest) place to start.
You can just buy a glock 31 (357sig) to shoot 357sig.
To shoot 9mm, you need a conversion barrel. A glock 17 barrel WILL NOT WORK.
KKM, Barsto and others make conversion barrels for various Glocks (22,23,31,32,35 and others).
9mm magazines are recomended. The extractors and ejectors are not perfect for 9mm, so it is just a practice/range conversion, not something to stake your life on.
Of course, you can swap extractors, ejector w/trigger housing to get better reliability.
Part swapping on Glocks is easy and requiers no fitting.
Sigs work well too, especially between .40s&w and 357sig.
 
Sig .357sig and .40 barrels are interchangable and you can then buy a 9mm conversion barrel from BarSto allowing you to shoot all 3 calibers. .357sig and .40 use the same mags, 9mm uses different mags.
 
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