Posted: 10/2/2008 8:35:17 PM EDT
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I didn't want to hijack the 1851 BP gun thread.............. Why don't they make a centerfire conversion cylinder for the open top BP pistols like they do the New Army/New Navy & other BP guns? I want a conversion for the .44 Walker SO bad I can taste it!!!!!  Granted, they could do the conversion in .44spl instead of .44mag, since there's no top strap. But WHY can't/don't they make one?????  Does the top strap make that much of a difference????? |
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Yes. The top strap adds a HUGE amount of strength. I'd like a cartridge conversion ,44 Remington 1858 , but it's low on the list right now. ETA: Fix year. ETA2: Maybe one of these instead. Smokeless loads. |
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midway USA has them! The one for the Uberti WALKER is out of stock right now. It is chambered for the .45LC. Midway Conversion Cylinder |
Cool!  |
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Note that this cylinder is described as suitable only for “cowboy” ammunition. I’d think that removing and replacing the wedge and barrel assembly every time you wanted to load the cylinder would get very old, very quickly. I also wonder how quickly the wedge and mating slots are going to wear from being constantly changed. Still, given the problems (around here at least) finding a place to shoot black powder, it would give you a chance to fire the revolver. |
Urban sprawl and the predominance of indoor ranges in this area. If I were a dyed-in-the-wool black powder shooter, I could no doubt find someplace usable. But it certainly wouldn’t be worth the inconvenience and extra cost to simply send a few black powder rounds downrange. For that exact reason, I’ve been seriously toying with getting a conversion cylinder for my 1858 Remington, which hasn’t been shot in years. I’m just put off a bit by the cost. 
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| I have been giving serious thought to taking some of my "fun fund" and getting one of these as a inexpensive plinker. |
So does it shoot "normal" .38spl loads or the so-called "cowboy" loads? |
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Can't say yes with 100% reliability without contacting the manufacturer. I would probably just be shooting wadcutters through it anyway. I was wondering the same thing on their .45 Colt versions of these pistols. Whether that was the .45 LC or a different Cowboy cartridge. Edited to add: The page that lists all their Richards-Mason conversions says "blackpowder cartridge or smokeless cowboy cartridge revolvers" so I guess that answers that. It looks like the conversions for your percussion revolver are also blackpowder cartridge and smokeless cowboy cartridge only. |
