Ever wonder?
I was looking at my blackpowder pistol and started to wonder how the conversion from powder/ball to cartrige took place and could a layman make that conversion?
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Brownells has a conversion cylinder for sale, so I guess that's where it came from. 0 -
A lot of the old cap and ball revolvers were in fact converted to cartridges way back. Most of that work was done by armorors and smiths. 0 -
Yup - have one of those conversion cylinders for my replica 1858 Remington. Changes from .44 c&b to .45LC. With moderate loads and using gas checked cast bullets, I've been having a great time at the range with it. Replaced the post front sight to a ramped Lyman bead which is windage adjustable. Great 25 yd groups.
The cylinder was twice as expensive as the revolver!
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www.cabelas.com also has conversion cylinders and I'm sure there are others. The cartridge thing started when S&W bought out the rimfire cartridge patent way back about 1855 (I don't remember exact dates). Colt had pattents on revolving cylinder for some time, so that held everybody else up. If I remember, Colt was stuck with cap & ball almost to 1870, before the pattents ran out, then brought out the Single Action Army. Before that, others converted cap & balls, seems like Westly-Richards was one of the more popular, and is one of the conversion cylinder types that can be bought now. 0
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