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July 19, 2017, 12:39 PM | #1 |
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Anyone have a Colt walker cartridge conversion?
Looked at a uberti bp walker and I'll admit I forgot how massive this thing is I don't really have interest non bp but a conversion to 45lc would interest me. Does anyone have any experience with any of those options?
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July 19, 2017, 02:56 PM | #2 |
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45Dragoon uses converted dragoons, dunno about a walker but I think he has worked on a few converted Walkers.
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July 20, 2017, 05:40 AM | #3 |
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Hawg is right!!
The Dragoons I have are excellent shooters, the most accurate revolvers I've ever owned!! The same setup for the Walker exists with the Kirst gated conversion. I highly recommend it!! Mike www.goonsgunworks.com Follow me on Instagram @ goonsgunworks |
July 23, 2017, 04:35 AM | #4 |
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I have a Whitneyville Dragoon with a Howell .45 Long Colt cylinder. WOW,that thing is the most accurate revolver I have. I would guess that the Walker would be the same. Good luck!!!
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July 23, 2017, 06:35 AM | #5 |
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One thing I'm surprised dragoon didn't mention is you will need to correct the short arbor. If you don't the wedge will be taking the brunt of the recoil.
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July 23, 2017, 02:53 PM | #6 |
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Hawg is right again (I'm slippin Hawgie!!) !! He's right in that all Uberti's have a short arbor. This essentially means that in order to have the same revolver each time you assemble it (after cleaning or such), the arbor needs to dead end into the arbor hole. That is how they were designed to function and that is also what determines the barrel/cyl clearance (no matter how far you drive the wedge in). The wedge isn't a "gap setting" instrument, its job is to hold two assemblies together under tension.
I accomplish this by shimming up the hole to meet the arbor. The shims are held in place with " metal impregnated epoxy " and I set the bbl/cyl clearance to .0025" on cap guns. Setting them up correctly makes them shoot and act as a solid frame revolver. It's amazing what kind of accuracy these revolvers will produce!! (Thanks Hawg!!) Mike www.goonsgunworks.com Follow me on Instagram @ goonsgunworks |
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