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Hangfire
Rufe- She didn't actually say A.C.P., just 45.That was one of the things Bert and I were talking about. We discussed the difficulty in converting to a short cased rimless round.Neither of us were sure what handgun was used prior to the Ballister Mollina . Any idea if it could have been a Colt or Smith[or similar] revolver in 45 Long Colt????

Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob

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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by Hangfire
    Rufe- She didn't actually say A.C.P., just 45.That was one of the things Bert and I were talking about. We discussed the difficulty in converting to a short cased rimless round.Neither of us were sure what handgun was used prior to the Ballister Mollina . Any idea if it could have been a Colt or Smith[or similar] revolver in 45 Long Colt????

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob

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    The Argentines were armed with semi-auto pistols from the early 1900's ( Model 1900 Mannlicher's in 7.65 Mannlicher ). They started buying 1911's from Colt as early as 1915. Colt supplied them with pistols for many years, until they licensed the Argentines to produce there own in the 1920's. The Ballister Mollina's didn't go into production until the late 30's.

    I'm not aware of either the Argentine Police or Military, using revolvers chambered for the .45 Long Colt?

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  • Hangfire
    Thanks...guess we'll just have to see what Cora really has.

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob
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  • Bert H.
    Rufe...

    Now just think about this a minute... the Winchester Model 1892 action was designed for a rimmed cartridge. This includes the extractor, magazine tube, cartridge lifter, etc. There is absolutely NO easy way to convert a Model 1892 to make it reliably feed, chamber, and extract the short cased .45 ACP cartridge... at least not without extensive modifications to the gun. I personally do not believe that the Argentinians went to all the trouble and exspense of completely redesigning the gun to make it work with .45 ACP ammo. Conversely, converting it from 44 W.C.F. to .45 LC is quite simple to accomplish... simply ream out the bore and rerifle it. The magazine tube, lifter would require no modifications, and the extractor minimal work.

    Bert H.

    Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!
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  • rufe-snow
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    Rufe...

    Now just think about this a minute... the Winchester Model 1892 action was designed for a rimmed cartridge. This includes the extractor, magazine tube, cartridge lifter, etc. There is absolutely NO easy way to convert a Model 1892 to make it reliably feed, chamber, and extract the short cased .45 ACP cartridge... at least not without extensive modifications to the gun. I personally do not believe that the Argentinians went to all the trouble and exspense of completely redesigning the gun to make it work with .45 ACP ammo. Conversely, converting it from 44 W.C.F. to .45 LC is quite simple to accomplish... simply ream out the bore and rerifle it. The magazine tube, lifter would require no modifications, and the extractor minimal work.

    Bert H.

    Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!




    As are Amigo Hangfire says, "Guess we'll just have to see what Cora really has."

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  • gottagun
    Sorry guys didn't mean to leave you hanging. Life gets busy sometimes. After my panic at not finding the rifle I looked through my records and it looks like I sold the rifle to a gentleman in California that had purchased my other Ruger 357 maximum. I do have some very poor photographs of the rifle that I would be happy to post if I could figure out how. The rifle was 45 LC as near as I can remember. The photo I have that displays the caliber is pretty crummy.
    You guys are great!
    Cora

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  • Bert H.
    Hello Cora...

    I believe that your memory was accurate concerning the caliber/cartridge stamp. As I previously stated, converting a 44-40 chambered Model 1892 to .45 Long Colt is not an overly daunting task... however, converting one to .45 ACP would be a real difficult task.

    Bert H.

    Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!
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