The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on October 16, 2009, 12:13:02 AM
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Any of you guys ever try one of these .45 colt-to-.22lr conversion kits?
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cowboy-22-conversion.aspx?a=471503
Doesn't look like it would work well as far as accuracy, but the reviews seem good. It says the inserts are rifled so it would be about like a NAA length barrel.
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The reviews on their website seem good..... you should also try to see if cabellas and midway sell it and see what those reviews say.
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For the price, if it works OK, it would let a lot of folks knock the cobwebs of those .45 Colts that they can't find ammo for.
I need to see if they make them for .44's.
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Saw a guy use these in a .22 side match last year, He couldn't hit a 4 inch plate at 10 yards with it.
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Saw a guy use these in a .22 side match last year, He couldn't hit a 4 inch plate at 10 yards with it.
Thanks for that info, Majer..........that was my worry in the OP.....I guess if you were just plinking it would be OK, just not good for high accuracy stuff.
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Saw a guy use these in a .22 side match last year, He couldn't hit a 4 inch plate at 10 yards with it.
That is what I was wondering. It is only a bushing, and there is no rifling. I view it as a 1.25" smooth bore. However, if it goes bang and that's all you care about ::)
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That is what I was wondering. It is only a bushing, and there is no rifling. I view it as a 1.25" smooth bore. However, if it goes bang and that's all you care about ::)
I think one of the reviews says the adapter itself is rifled.....but that can't be very much.....I'm figuring about like a NAA mini .22.
I imagine there's a good bit of tumbling.
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I know they USED to make blocks for converting say, a 30-06 into a .308, but they are the same actual bullet diameter.
I don't see any kind of real predictability in this.
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I always though a couple of those in a titanium judge would make a great woods rambling gun.
Except for the accuracy bit.
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Why bother if ya can't hit what you're aiming at with it?
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I did read recently, maybe on here someplace, about someone trying these. I don't remember the details, but I thing they did tumble fairly quickly. After rerading what the user had to say I made a mental note not to bother with that product.
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Would be good for plinking only in the backyard. Notice that the round is offset to have the firing pin hit the rim of the .22LR in the insert. For best accuracy you would to have to index the rounds the same every time. Barrel length would be the length of the insert only.
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