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Post by savit260 on Jan 16, 2014 20:18:13 GMT -5
From a historical perspective I find cartridge conversion pretty fascinating.
I do switch back and forth with my 1860 between percussion and cartridge, although been shooting the cartridge cylinder more lately. The cartridges are certainly more convenient!
The Thuer conversion that Gary does is pretty darned cool, if not 100% historically accurate in the cartridge it fires.
The 41 Colt does solve the bore size issue without having to shoot heal base or hollow base bullets.
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Post by golfswithwolves on Jan 17, 2014 1:31:12 GMT -5
Mr. savit- I looked at the site you reference that provides .41 Colt conversions. Seems like a neat deal! If a guy can indeed shoot .386 soft lead bullets through the Colt Navy barrel without problems then this is a pretty slick solution. The 200 grain bullet in the old .41 Long Colt had a reputation as being plenty powerful. Please report your results if you go with this conversion; I bet I am not the only one who is curious about this. GWW
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Post by savit260 on Jan 17, 2014 18:02:41 GMT -5
I've found a couple of bullet molds in the .380 - .382 range that probably would work well. There's even one that's about 95 grains which would be about the same weight as a .380 round ball. Would think with the same measure of BP, that the POI would be about the same as a round ball. I'd love to do this Navy up with that conversion and a second barrel in the neiborhood of 5 1/2". Still in the planning stages but in my opinion, that could be a cool set up. Kind of a double convertible. Cartridge/percussion-short/long barrel.
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